Will there be a way to change layouts?

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Will there be a way to change layouts?

Post by Dan33185 »

Right now it appears the only way to view MM5 is using this layout:


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I prefer the "text" layout, like so:

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Am I not able to find this for some reason, or is it not implemented in MM5?
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Re: Will there be a way to change layouts?

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There is a way. I don't have it in front of me but click on something like "all tracks" in tree. Does the views menu button appear?
Somewhere when in the right vew it should be obvious. Or, right click on program menu and see if views are there (far right of top menu bar, 3 vert. dots).
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Re: Will there be a way to change layouts?

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it appears the button has gone missing
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Re: Will there be a way to change layouts?

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Along the top you will see Home (icon) Music .. click on music. T^his gives you some options including album,alltracks etc. DClick on all tracks. Once that comes up an Icon shows up to the right of ALL TRACKS. clicking this will change layouts
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Re: Will there be a way to change layouts?

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Got it figured out, thanks for the help everyone!
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Re: Will there be a way to change layouts?

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To expand for anyone else,
It seems to have disappeared in the image because the selection is resting on Music.

All that is required is a single click on All Tracks or arrow down to All Tracks from keyboard, then views button with dropdown arrow will apear
above file list to the right next to "Playing" pane.
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Re: Will there be a way to change layouts?

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Note that we are open to suggestions re. how to improve the default layouts, i.e. which features you miss and use mostly. And also, MM5 is designed so that it's easy for Add-on developers to modify the looks, so it's possible to achieve any looks you prefer without any need for code modifications from us.

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Re: Will there be a way to change layouts?

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Thanks, Jiri.
What about the ability to move panes around? Like panel relocation in MM4.
Will that be implemented, eventually?
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Re: Will there be a way to change layouts?

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jiri wrote:Note that we are open to suggestions re. how to improve the default layouts, i.e. which features you miss and use mostly. And also, MM5 is designed so that it's easy for Add-on developers to modify the looks, so it's possible to achieve any looks you prefer without any need for code modifications from us.

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At first glance, the only feature I seem to be missing is the Column Browser... is it still part of MM5?
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Re: Will there be a way to change layouts?

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funkafonik wrote:the only feature I seem to be missing is the Column Browser
Follow the instructions about the views button in this thread.
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Re: Will there be a way to change layouts?

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Hi,
Many drag and Drop features of UI is disabled due the instability and will be added during the Alpha testing.

Like Jiri said and you just pointed out we are open to suggestions/critics and many aspects of MM5 are prone to changes like Rusty pointed in announcements.
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Re: Will there be a way to change layouts?

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Thanks, Peke.

I know toolbar buttons are coming, but when they do, please make one for "all tracks/List View". It's a little annoying with all tracks being tucked under
something, and it being the only way to access views menu button.

It's such a dramatically important view for "power users" (you know, those mad scientist users that are constantly tinkering). If I ever move away from it
or it ever goes away or disappears for some freak reason, I just want to be able to "always" have something there representin'. Kind of like a "blankie" for us
power users. :wink:
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Re: Will there be a way to change layouts?

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Also, I wanted to give thanks to a great feature (and the only one that "really" surprised me - mainly because I have never even thought of it),
adding custom sort order "numbers" to the columns. Seems like a little thing but how nice and unique, useful! :D

In addition, I love how easy it is now to move the columns around from the GUI.
Oh, and I forgot to add horizontal scrolling (L and R mouse wheel tilt), although, it seems slightly buggy. I'll have to mess around with it some more
though (could be mouse).
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Re: Will there be a way to change layouts?

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Are you going to re-implement the "Summary" column, ie. AlbumArtist|Album in "All Tracks" view.
I often use what was "Show Art with Details". Sorting on the Summary column used to group the album together. See attached output from v4 & v5.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/104861308/MMv4.png
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/104861308/MMv5.png

I can't quite follow the advise re "All Tracks" availability in V5. I can't get to "all tracks" view when I am in a filtered view, ie. Genre|Blues ... I am stuck in cover art view. The tool bar button (Simplified|List|Filtered view) is unavailable. I think I saw some talk about a workaround, but I can't find it.

What is the column "Artist Album" in the Column Chooser? ... ie. additional to "Album Artist"

The column sort numbers in superscript font, mention by MMFrLife; there is a way to set these? eg set the grid sorted to DateReleased|AlbumArtist

The cover art becomes overlaid in Art&Details when details are also displayed.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/104861308/mm1.png

Is it possible to see full size cover art in a popup, from a row or from a matrix entry?

What's happening to the Classical Music node in the Media Tree? I see all my classical albums in Music|Composer. ... Not saying that this a bad thing BTW
When in Music|Composer All entries are stuck in AllTracks display, ie. no cover flow. ... Whereas if I go Music|Artist, I am stuck in coverflow.
I know that composer is a track attribute, rather than album one, but I used to be able to do this in MM V4.
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Re: Will there be a way to change layouts?

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MMFrLife wrote:All that is required is a single click on All Tracks or arrow down to All Tracks from keyboard, then views button with dropdown arrow will apear
above file list to the right next to "Playing" pane.
Is it or will it possible to display both the filters (like in List Filter) and the album covers? Like this:

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And can or will we choose the thumbnails size?
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