Invert Selection

ZvezdanD · Post by **ZvezdanD** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 12:05 pm

Music manager which I used before has option Invert Selection, it would be nice if MM will get some similar.

Let say that I want to enter Disc # for some 2-disc album. I first select tracks from first CD, change their properties, and after that I need to select tracks from second disc. Currently, I must to do this selecting track by track again.

Eyal · Post by **Eyal** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 12:30 am

Actually you can do it with the mouse.

Press CTRL while dragging the mouse (from an empty space in the list) over the selected tracks.

ZvezdanD · Post by **ZvezdanD** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 5:27 am

Eyal wrote:Actually you can do it with the mouse.

Press CTRL while dragging the mouse (from an empty space in the list) over the selected tracks.

Actually, it don't work as should be, and is not obvious (I don't know any Windows software with same approach).

Eyal · Post by **Eyal** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 9:17 am

I know, it's not obvious. It's only something I discovered.

ZvezdanD · Post by **ZvezdanD** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 10:24 am

Not only that it is not obvious, but it don't works as it should. I got random selected rows in table. In fact, selection depends on speed of dragging mouse. Not useful at all.

Steegy · Post by **Steegy** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:10 am

I don't know any Windows software with same approach

Try Windows. The Details view of Explorer works (almost) exactly the same.

Bex · Post by **Bex** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:25 am

I just noticed that it is a "invert selection" entry in the edit menu of the now playing window. Strange that I haven't seen it before?

davidbspalding · Post by **davidbspalding** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 7:36 am

I also vote for an "Invert Selection" command on the Edit menu, active for detail lists (Show Details, Album Art, Album Art with Details, Track Browser). The CTRL + mouse selection box is NOT the same thing. "Invert Selection" is very common in Windows file/object views.

Use case?

You've selected Tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9 in a track listing of 12, and now want to select the inverse. Edit | Invert Selection now selects 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12.

nohitter151 · Post by **nohitter151** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:33 am

davidbspalding wrote:I also vote for an "Invert Selection" command on the Edit menu, active for detail lists (Show Details, Album Art, Album Art with Details, Track Browser). The CTRL + mouse selection box is NOT the same thing. "Invert Selection" is very common in Windows file/object views.

Use case?

You've selected Tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9 in a track listing of 12, and now want to select the inverse. Edit | Invert Selection now selects 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12.

http://mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic. ... on#p151650

davidbspalding · Post by **davidbspalding** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:09 pm

Lovely. But that doesn't invalidate filing it as an RFE just because a third party has supplied it.

What if the third party stops development and the script is incompatible with 4.0?

Please add to the official wishlist under User Interface.
(Just reviewed the wishlist sticky. Mea culpa for not reviewing that first.)

nohitter151 · Post by **nohitter151** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:25 pm

davidbspalding wrote:Lovely. But that doesn't invalidate filing it as an RFE just because a third party has supplied it. What if the third party stops development and the script is incompatible with 4.0?

Please add to the official wishlist under User Interface.
(Just reviewed the wishlist sticky. Mea culpa for not reviewing that first.)

Well, someone else could always pick up the development!

It's always a debate about what features should be included vs. what should be handled with add-ons. I'm not sure the best way to determine if something should be handled by the program itself vs with add-ons, but since this is already partially implemented natively via the Now Playing panel, it makes sense to add it in fully to me.

rothschild86 · Post by **rothschild86** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 1:29 pm

Really missing this when doing complicated tagging jobs. Too easy to implement not to have it. A standard feature in file managers...

nohitter151 · Post by **nohitter151** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 7:12 pm

http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewto ... +selection

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