0002908: Remove buttons/clutter in Auto-sync list panel - MantisBT

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0002908	MMW v4	Synchronization	public	2007-03-12 21:35	2010-10-25 19:06

Reporter	rusty	Assigned To
Priority	urgent	Severity	tweak	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	fixed
Fixed in Version	3.0

Summary	0002908: Remove buttons/clutter in Auto-sync list panel
Description	The auto-sync list panel is a bit cluttered, leaving insufficient space for selecting tracks. There are a couple of simple changes that can alleviate this: 1) Remove the Synchronize Entire Library / Only the following buttons 2) Remove the 'uncheck all' button 3) Remove the 'show checked button 1) and 2) can be fixed at once via the following: -for each of the top level nodes, create checkboxes at the top level so that the user can select e.g. [ ] Artists. That way the user can easily check or uncheck all tracks in the library at once (this is also a better solution if we are going to implement filtering--each filter can just be an extra tab just as podcasts are another tab). 3) Can be modified by adding a filter at the top of the tree e.g. [ ] Show all or _______________^ (Show checked, Show all)
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Fixed in build	1030

Ludek 2007-03-21 14:02 developer ~0008870	The items 1) and 2) has been done. I don't understand what you mean by 3)Can be modified by adding a filter at the top of the tree e.g. [ ] Show all or _______________^ (Show checked, Show all) I think that current [Show checked, Show all] button is good.

rusty 2007-03-22 15:21 administrator ~0008879	3) The rationale for this is that the row of buttons can be eliminated entirely, that users expect a filter/view configuration to be at the top of the view, and that a button isn't a clear means of switching views (it's not quite as obvious as a combobox dropdown). I would suggest a combobox: "Show: __________^" (options are: [All items], Checked items) in the upper left, where 'Synchronize Entire Library'/'Synchronize only the following' used to be (on the same vertical plane as the '[ ] Advanced' checkbox on the right).

Ludek 2007-04-25 13:11 developer ~0009063	0001572 has been implemented in build 1030. Try to look at it later. There is no need to eliminate the row of buttons, because the 'live' space indicator is on the left (where the 'summary' button used to be) and the buttons are on the right together with [] Advanced checkbox. note: keep in mind also [Edit] button which is shown only in case that '[x] Advanced' is checked. So there is space saving on the top of the view, because [Show checked] can stay as is. And in addition I do not think that the button isn't a clear means of switching views. I think that it is more obvious than the dropdown, because "Show: Checked ^" shows only checked items, but if you uncheck some items the "Show: Checked ^" filter becomes unclear, because you have to re-use the dropdown to view only checked items again whereas the button shows [Show all] at this time and it is correct behaviour. I also guess that this might be a reason why Jiri chose the button instead of a dropdown.