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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0017543 | MMW 5 | FileMonitor / Find Missing | public | 2021-02-12 22:12 | 2022-06-16 19:07 |
| Reporter | rusty | Assigned To | |||
| Priority | urgent | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | closed | Resolution | fixed | ||
| Product Version | 5.0 | ||||
| Target Version | 5.0.4 | Fixed in Version | 5.0.4 | ||
| Summary | 0017543: No obvious way to configure file scanning (without initiating a scan) | ||||
| Description | Folder Monitor settings were moved from the Options dialog because in the course of combining the settings from add/rescan / filemonitor + file monitor options, the 'Options...' button was added to the Add/Rescan dialog which would result in a loop: 1 Press Add/Rescan --> Add/Rescan dialog 2 Press [Options...] --> Options:Library 3 Press [Add/Scan Settings...] --> Add/Rescan dialog 4 Press [Options...] --> Options:Library .... BUT: - at least 3 users have indicated confusion re. the fact that configuration of the 'Add/Scan settings...' (previous known as File Monitor) is nowhere to be found in the Options. - modifying the config usually initiates a scan which is annoying for a large collection Solution TBD. Possible options: 1) TBD 2) Leave the current config, but add a 'Save' button to the scan dialog so that scanning can be re-configured without initiating a scan | ||||
| Tags | No tags attached. | ||||
| Fixed in build | 2652 | ||||
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1) If we add a button to Options, it could launch the Add/Rescan dialog with a specific launch parameter ("disableOptionsBtn"), and in the dialog, if that is set to true, then the "Options..." button can be disabled or hidden. |
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The issue had also been raised by Glenn at https://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=98389 and iirc by Barry. Regardless, the points are valid: 1) Settings should generally be accessible via the Options dialog 2) Users shouldn't be forced to scan content if they want to change the settings. Re. Ludek's point: 3) I haven't seen complaints about the functionality not being visible and users who have file monitoring configured will see the 'At Startup' or 'Continuously' label, so I don't think that's too serious. If as Ludek suggests, the UI 'loop' is easily preventable, then a possible approach would be: 1) to add an [Add/Scan settings...] in Options > Library. i.e. When adding files to the Library: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Add/Scan settings...] 2) The dialogs would have 2 slightly different versions e.g. a) in Options > Library | Add/Scan Settings... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[Save] [Cancel] i.e. this version would commit changes to settings without initiating a scan. b) In Add/Rescan files to the Library... [Options...] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[OK] [Cancel] i.e. this version would initiate scans. |
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Another complaint about this issue raised at https://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=98516 is that each time the user makes a change to the scan settings another scan is initiated resulting in numerous concurrent scan processes! If it's not too risky for 5.0 it may be worthwhile to just add a 'save' button to the current dialog. e.g. either: [Options] . . . . . . . . . . . . [OK] [Save] [Cancel] [Options] . . . . . . . . . . . . [Scan] [Save] [Cancel] [Options] . . . . . . . . . . . . [Scan now] [Save] [Cancel] Where: [Save] just saves the settings without initiating a scan, and [OK] / [Scan] / [Scan now] would save the changes and initiate a scan. The 3rd option is probably clearest, and although it's a new string, machinery can help us quickly translate it for languages that are already complete. |
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Implemented in 2317: i.e. 2) The dialog has two slightly different versions now a) in Options > Library | Add/Scan Settings... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[[Save]] [Cancel] b) In Add/Rescan files to the Library... [Options] . . . . . . . . . . . . [Scan now] [[Save]] [Cancel] AFAIK 'Add/Scan settings' and 'Scan now' are new strings to be added to our WebLate |
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Verified 2317. The only item that could be a bit more clear is that 'Scan now' applies to checked folders only. This could be addressed via a text change such as 'Scan now' --> 'Scan selected', but I'm not sure if it necessary. |
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Re-opened: During fixing 0018709 I have found that the [Save] button doesn't take any effect whenever a folder is preselected. e.g. 1) Select a folder in Folder > C:\ > Music > ... 2) Right-click the folder > Add/Rescan .... => the folder is added to the list of folders as first item and is checked 3) Modify the folder list (e.g. delete all the others folders) 4) Click [Save] 5) Re-open the Add/Rescan dialog and the removed folders re-appears! => Fixed in 5.0.4.2652 |
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Verified on 2652 |
