How to make all views show only list view (no big blocks)?

[tbessie]

I asked this some years ago, when MM5 was new, and there were some tickets out about it and such, but there didn't seem to be any way to do this.

I want the default view for any node I select in the tree to be a list view (as opposed to having to go through every single node and change it). I absolutely hate big blocks for albums, big text, big icons, etc. I just want everything small, simple, lists, text.

Anyone know what to do to make that happen?

- Tim

[Rob_S]

I would say this is one of the most-requested fixes that I have seen here on this forum, and it must be ridiculously difficult to accomplish, because they have not done it, and this kind of post rarely gets a positive response.

There really should be some way to specify a "default view" for all freshly opened nodes, which would restore the basic layout.

I can see some issues where some users for each node wants different fields showing, and different sort orders, and it is great they can do that.

However, there should be some way to have a setting where the default layout loads first, and then can be customized as needed. Maybe a shortcut button "Apply my custom or selected default view to this node" and then store my customizations.

[Lowlander]

There is no method to change View for all nodes, but once a View has been set for a node it should be remembered.

[tbessie]

I would say this is one of the most-requested fixes that I have seen here on this forum, and it must be ridiculously difficult to accomplish, because they have not done it, and this kind of post rarely gets a positive response.
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Ah, thanks - I did some digging for awhile online after I posted this, and results said what you said - that it's one of the most requested features, etc. Some AI responses said that the reason it hasn't been done was a combination of the design philosophy of the developers (i.e. "views adapt to what is being viewed") and the difficulty of taking something designed with that in mind and adding a global override for it.

Hard for me to believe that it would be that impossible, tho' - I'm a developer, have developed lots of systems, lots of user interfaces, etc. and there's always a way to do things. But if it's been this many years and it's never been done - I guess the only thing I can do is stick to MM4. Either that, or go through the possibly hundreds of nodes in the tree and change them one at a time.

I would think that some SQL could be written to do this in the database (presuming these settings are stored there).

Oh well, thanks for your reply, in any case!

- Tim

[tbessie]

There is no method to change View for all nodes, but once a View has been set for a node it should be remembered.

Of course - but there are a LOT of nodes... :-/

- Tim