Strange field behavior when flipping through file properties

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inpariswithyou
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Strange field behavior when flipping through file properties

Post by inpariswithyou »

I tend to edit the metadata (properties) of files in large batches.

Normally (that is, on Windows 7), you can click Alt+arrow to move between the various files, and your cursor would remain in the same field. So I could change the data, Alt+arrow, change the data, Alt+arrow, etc. It was very quick!

But now, after I installed a fresh Windows 8 os and reinstalled Media Monkey, that behavior is gone. I can Alt+arrow to get to the next file's properties, but my cursor is no longer in the same field, and I have to take my hands off the keyboard to move the mouse and click.

It's little, I know, but incredibly annoying.

Any ideas why this happened? And how to get the old behavior back?
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Re: Strange field behavior when flipping through file proper

Post by Lowlander »

Which version of MediaMonkey?
inpariswithyou
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Re: Strange field behavior when flipping through file proper

Post by inpariswithyou »

Lowlander wrote:Which version of MediaMonkey?
The newest one available... 4.1.5.1719 Gold.
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Re: Strange field behavior when flipping through file proper

Post by dtsig »

You might try the newest beta but don't guarantee that it will solve the problem. Windows 8 is a very different beast and my guess is, having talked to other low level window developers, the MMW crew are having to rethink/do many things to make windows 8 as accessible was Win7-
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Re: Strange field behavior when flipping through file proper

Post by inpariswithyou »

I'll try the new beta version, then.

I just lost all the metadata to my 23000+ files, and I have to enter it all again by hand... and having to click the field each time I Alt-Arrow to the next file is exhausting and time-consuming!
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