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List:       amarok-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 140313] New: Edit Filter too advanced - show a drop down menu
From:       hans chen <hanswchen () gmail ! com>
Date:       2007-01-19 20:14:57
Message-ID: 20070119211455.140313.hanswchen () gmail ! com
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           Summary: Edit Filter too advanced - show a drop down menu instead
           Product: amarok
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Slackware Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: amarok-bugs-dist kde org
        ReportedBy: hanswchen gmail com


Version:           SVN (using KDE KDE 3.5.4)
Installed from:    Slackware Packages

The new "Edit Filter" in current SVN  is great. But there are two things that can be \
improved: 1. The button [...] does not fit there.
2. I think the dialog is too advanced, great way to confuse new users.

Yes, I know it is experimental, but I wanted to give you my suggestions.

1. Replace it with an icon. I think the filter icon in Konqueror would look much \
better.

2. Instead of opening a new window, I think it should only show a menu when you click \
the button. Similar to Konqueror's filter, but with menu items like

[Filter]
Song
Artist
Album
Other ->
.. Filename
.. Score
.. Rating
.. Play Count
---
Advanced Filter

Where the last item opens the current Edit Filter window.
This way, no annoying window will pop up if you just want to find tracks by "Who" \
(this is only an example, ok?) and don't want to include song names. Maybe you can \
write ">10" to show tracks with a better score than 10.

It could be useful with an options to filter all tracks in your collection. It would \
be confusing, but here is a thought:

1. A button to toggle between playlist/collection.
2. If you type "something", new track will appear at the bottom of the playlist. \
These are tracks in the collection with "something" in their song name/artist/etc. 3. \
To separate the filtered tracks from the tracks in the playlist, these tracks are \
marked with a special color. You can play tracks as any playlist items, edit tags \
etc. But if you clear the filter field, these tracks are removed from the playlist as \
well. 4. Press return when the filter field has focus, and the collection tracks are \
appended to the playlist. They now have the color of newly added tracks. The filter \
field is cleared too.

This is only a thought. But this wishlist isn't really about this feature, just want \
to hear what you guys think. This wish is about the two things I posted in the \
beginning, 1. change the button to an icon and 2. show a menu on click. \
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