0019901: Add to Playlist contains extra steps - MantisBT

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0019901	MMA	Playlists	public	2023-03-28 15:55	2025-10-07 15:09

Reporter	rusty	Assigned To
Priority	urgent	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	feedback	Resolution	reopened
Product Version	2.0.0
Target Version	2.1.2	Fixed in Version	2.1.1

Summary	0019901: Add to Playlist contains extra steps
Description	The current workflow for adding a track to a playlist is: Select track > Add to playlist > Tap PlaylistX --> Prompt to Add to: Playlist X ? Tap Add Two improvements would be: 1) Get rid of the Prompt to 'Add to: Playlist X ? (except in the case of a newly created playlist) 2) In the list of playlists, highlight recently-used playlists so that the user doesn't have to hunt around for the playlist Note: the first suggestion should be trivial to implement which is why I've tagged this as 'urgent'. If the second suggestion is non-trivial, we can push it.
Additional Information	Raised at https://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=103954 (item 7)
Tags	No tags attached.

Fixed in build	1281

barrym 2023-04-05 02:52 updater ~0071456	My point in the original request, linked to above, was as follows: • if I am in MMA and am editing a specific playlist • and I press the magnifying glass icon and search\|navigate, and make a track(s) selection from outside of that playlist • and I select the Add To Playlist option for that selection, it can be assumed that I want the selection to be added to the playlist that I am editing Instead I have to scroll through the list of all my playlists, select the one I am already in, and then confirm the action. This adds some scrolling & two clicks for every selection that I want to add to the playlist via this route. ... Why?

rusty 2023-04-14 16:49 administrator ~0071508	The reason for not including Barry's suggestion is because it's not necessarily the case that when editing a particular playlist that the user would want tracks sent to _that_ playlist. e.g. - User edits Party 2, then seeaches for a track to send to Part 2 But a possible feature that would partially meet this suggestion would be to always show the currently active Playlist as the first item in the MRU list.

rusty 2025-09-12 21:45 administrator ~0079544	Peke suggested: 3) Maybe if possible due the fact we already introduced left side menu that on Select track > Add to playlist we show simple right side menu with list of playlists so that use simply tap on playlist he wants to add track too? Showing the playlists as a sub-menu might be an aesthetic improvement, but doesn't really improve the usability issue raised in this bug since: - it doesn't reduce the number of steps required - in contrast to the current dialog, this approach wouldn't work as well for adding tracks to a 'new' playlist (one that hasn't yet been created)

rusty 2025-09-30 03:26 administrator ~0079662	Summary: the two improvements would be: 1) Get rid of the Prompt to 'Add to: Playlist X ? (except in the case of a newly created playlist). This is 'Urgent' as it should be trivial to implement. 2) In the list of playlists, highlight recently-used playlists so that the user doesn't have to hunt around for the playlist. This would also be useful, but I suspect more complex which is why I don't consider it as 'urgent' for 2.1.1.

martin 2025-09-30 10:46 developer ~0079665	1) Fixed in build 2.1.1.1281 (I've added > indicator for playlist with supplaylists) 2) This can be implemented together with 0019330 in 2.1.2

rusty 2025-10-03 21:20 administrator ~0079716	Verified issue 1) in 1281. Note there's no confirmation about whether the operation took place. In the future there should be a toast. e.g.: 'Added to <Playlist name>' Leaving this open to track the remaining items.