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Title: Please: I think MC needs a new way of selecting columns visibility
Post by: Cmagic on November 18, 2003, 02:15:01 pm: Hi Folks,

I finally decided to upgrade my MC from build 291 that I was using till now to the new build 307. Everything seems to work Ok so far but there one thing that really bother me:
All my custom "column selection and ordering" are gone. Everything got back to the default "Name/Artist/Album..." scheme. I understand that this may have been necessary but in order to retrieve my custom columns settings I have to use the "multiple RMC/Column to show command".

I think the GUI to select the visible columns has to be reworked in MC. In the current GUI, each time you select/deselect a column you are sent out of the menu so you have to RMC/find a field again and again. I did it again this time, it took me about 20 minutes to reconfigure my MC columns in my different views.

So please, please, can you think about another GUI to select the column visibility (a window with checkboxes per columns and an Ok button would be fine). I think this is especially useful now that MC has 55 default fields and many more customs (14 on my side).

thanks,

Christian
Title: Re:Please: I think MC needs a new way of selecting columns visibility
Post by: xen-uno on November 18, 2003, 03:19:22 pm: I second that motion. It is extremely tedious to reduce the visible column count. I reduced it to bare minimum and applied it to all views.

10^-27
Title: Re:Please: I think MC needs a new way of selecting columns visibility
Post by: KingSparta on November 18, 2003, 04:11:19 pm: ditto
Title: Re:Please: I think MC needs a new way of selecting columns visibility
Post by: TimB on November 18, 2003, 04:14:17 pm: Ayup!

-=Tim=-
Title: Re:Please: I think MC needs a new way of selecting columns visibility
Post by: RemyJ on November 18, 2003, 04:16:22 pm: How about a "column chooser" popup like Outlook's.? You can drag columns from the chooser to the place in the list you like and drag any column off the list to get rid of it.

Hmmm. Maybe an enhancement to the action window so it does this.
Title: Re:Please: I think MC needs a new way of selecting columns visibility
Post by: Jaguu on November 18, 2003, 04:17:39 pm: Yes,
I have reorganized my columns at least 5 or 6 times during the MC9 development cycle and it takes a lot of time.
Title: Re:Please: I think MC needs a new way of selecting columns visibility
Post by: texduck88 on November 18, 2003, 06:00:17 pm: Agreed. It's very tedious now...

Duck
Title: Re:Please: I think MC needs a new way of selecting columns visibility
Post by: Omni on November 18, 2003, 06:40:48 pm: If more voices will make Jim consider reworking this before v.10, then add me to the list! This is the one and only aspect of the software that I despise with a passion.

(Of course, to put that in perspective, I suppose there are hundreds and hundreds features which I love beyond reason, so I guess it all evens out in the end. ;))
Title: Re:Please: I think MC needs a new way of selecting columns visibility
Post by: dingoBaby on November 18, 2003, 07:16:19 pm: I agree too!!! I would like a right click/delete function for unwanted columns.
Title: Re:Please: I think MC needs a new way of selecting columns visibility
Post by: crowfan on November 18, 2003, 09:46:08 pm: I'll jump on this wagon....

crow
Title: Re:Please: I think MC needs a new way of selecting columns visibility
Post by: LisaRCT on November 18, 2003, 10:30:10 pm: I'll pack a picnic lunch
umm, how many can we fit in his wagon?
Title: Re:Please: I think MC needs a new way of selecting columns visibility
Post by: skidoo on November 18, 2003, 10:45:55 pm: Add one more to the list!
Title: Re:Please: I think MC needs a new way of selecting columns visibility
Post by: skeeterfood on November 18, 2003, 11:01:14 pm: Add me to the list of supporters!

-John
Title: Re:Please: I think MC needs a new way of selecting columns visibility
Post by: MGD_King on November 18, 2003, 11:13:56 pm: Sure... why not? I'm on the wagon!!! ;D
Title: Re:Please: I think MC needs a new way of selecting columns visibility
Post by: JollyJim on November 19, 2003, 12:21:00 am: count me in too...

By the way, in England, the phrase 'on the wagon' means 'to turn teetotal'. Surely this is taking things a bit far innit?? Or, maybe MC is more powerful than we all thought....

Jim
Title: Re:Please: I think MC needs a new way of selecting columns visibility
Post by: sraymond on November 19, 2003, 12:52:21 am: What is this, a democracy?

I do agree with Cmagic - I hate having to add or remove columns. I find myself making a lot of mostly useless VSs just to avoid having to modify the columns.

But I think I'll reserve my vote for functionality items... web media, anyone. Pocket?

Scott-
Title: Re:Please: I think MC needs a new way of selecting columns visibility
Post by: nila on November 19, 2003, 02:52:13 am: *attaches new cart to the back of the old waggon* - sorry folks - ur wagon got too crowded - I want my own! *then jumps on new wagon* :)

More important to me though is some way of organising the fields for the 'tagging' - the current way is just a pain in the ass :(

Need field grouping!
Title: Re:Please: I think MC needs a new way of selecting columns visibility
Post by: dragyn on November 19, 2003, 04:30:00 am: no, I like it the way it is ::)
Title: Re:Please: I think MC needs a new way of selecting columns visibility
Post by: nila on November 19, 2003, 06:08:25 am: The list of fields is just becoming HUGE - which is good in terms of it lets us have control - I've added tons myself.

The problem is though they're just all in one big list and it's getting really unmanageable!
Title: Re:Please: I think MC needs a new way of selecting columns visibility
Post by: jleerigby on November 19, 2003, 07:33:31 am: I was just about to jump on this wagon when it veered off down another road.

A simple long list with checkboxes gets my vote. This has always been a shortcoming of MC but it only really gets highlighted when a new build comes along and removes all your customisation. Most of the time we don't need to make so many changes so we forget what a PITA it must be for newbies setting MC up for the first time.
Title: Re:Please: I think MC needs a new way of selecting columns visibility
Post by: Cmagic on November 19, 2003, 08:10:09 am: You're right JLee this problem only surface when installing a new build but still, that does not mean the procedure should be tedious only because it is used once in a while, n'est ce pas ?

As for the GUI details, a list with checkboxes is fine as long as the list is persistant until all the selections are made.

Have a nice day folks !

C.
Title: Re:Please: I think MC needs a new way of selecting columns visibility
Post by: sraymond on November 19, 2003, 08:22:26 am: Quote
A simple long list with checkboxes gets my vote.

I'd suggest two panes... the left for fields available to add and the right for fields to remove. I'd put the standard single (act on selected) and double (act on all) arrows between the two and a set of up/down arrows on the right to allow qucik resorting (in addition to the GUI drag and drop that already exists.

Scott-
Title: Re:Please: I think MC needs a new way of selecting columns visibility
Post by: KingSparta on November 19, 2003, 06:21:04 pm: Quote from: Dragyn on November 19, 2003, 04:30:00 am
no, I like it the way it is ::)

your vote does not count

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