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lostvibrations

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Change info displayed when selecting album
« on: August 25, 2011, 05:54:12 am »

When browsing in "standard view" and an album is selected, the album details appear in the right-hand window. At the top of this window it has "[album] by [album artist]" and also "year" (see screenshot):



How can I change this info? In particular, I want it to have [genre] and [year] on the right hand side. I do not want to alter the node tree structure.

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Re: Change info displayed when selecting album
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2011, 11:59:31 am »

Two basic steps:

1) Create your own expression field (Tools > Options > Library & Folders > Manage Library Fields), and enter the expression that shows the desired fields and arrangement.

2) In your tab's File List pulldown, select Group By > More (sort ...) and select the name of the new field you just added.  I don't know how to right justify the date - this is being done internally by MC for the stock views.  Maybe someone can help with this portion.
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Re: Change info displayed when selecting album
« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2011, 03:11:36 pm »

Hmm... the tab's file list pulldown shows "sort by" but no "group by" as you mentioned. Obviously, there is no "more" submenu either.
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Re: Change info displayed when selecting album
« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2011, 04:06:56 pm »

That looks like a Categories view, and the Group By doesn't exist for that view type.  Create your own new view under Audio, but use a different view type such as Panes.
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Re: Change info displayed when selecting album
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2011, 11:29:37 am »

I don't want panes view - I just want the selection tree on the left, and the album details on the right.

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Re: Change info displayed when selecting album
« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2011, 11:42:40 am »

Ack! Now the node tree on the left is no longer listing album artists alphabetically ! When I go to "customise view" it says to show categories in this order:

Album artist [auto]
Album artist
Year - Album

Why is the list not in alphabetical order any more? Thanks :)
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Re: Change info displayed when selecting album
« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2011, 11:47:20 am »

I don't want panes view - I just want the selection tree on the left, and the album details on the right.

Create a Panes view, and set the View Details: Panes: Dropdown.  This will hide the panes, but make them available in the Tabs.  Change your Group By as mentioned above.
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Re: Change info displayed when selecting album
« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2011, 11:56:18 am »

Ack! Now the node tree on the left is no longer listing album artists alphabetically ! When I go to "customise view" it says to show categories in this order:

Album artist [auto]
Album artist
Year - Album

Why is the list not in alphabetical order any more? Thanks :)

Looks like you changed the sort order.  That's in the pull down in the tab.  Select the Sort order you want.  Hit F5 to refresh the tree.
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Re: Change info displayed when selecting album
« Reply #8 on: August 26, 2011, 02:41:56 pm »

Thanks so much MrC, I got the view I wanted following your instructions!

If you find out about how to justify the items (i.e. place some at the right of the screen), let me know  :)
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Re: Change info displayed when selecting album
« Reply #9 on: September 20, 2011, 01:14:24 pm »

A further question - using this view, is it possible to then sort (not group) by year ?

Thanks
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