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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0022428 | MMW 5 | General | public | 2026-10-16 17:24 | 2026-10-27 21:57 |
| Reporter | zvezdan | Assigned To | |||
| Priority | urgent | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | have not tried |
| Status | assigned | Resolution | open | ||
| Product Version | 2027.0 | ||||
| Target Version | 2027.0 | ||||
| Summary | 0022428: Configure View dialog box should be opened with one click from menu | ||||
| Description | When user wants to modify the current view (e.g. to change sorting order or to add fields below artwork in grid view) they need to open the Manage view dialog box first, then to click on the pencil button of the selected view to open the Configure View dialog box. This is one dialog box and one click more then it is needed/wanted. One solution: add the gear (option) icon to the right side of each view item in the View menu (main and toolbar). Click on that icon would open the Configure View dialog box for the current view directly. I don't like this solution because it would cause too much displayed gear icons on the right side of menu. Another solution: replace the Manage views option in View menu with the Configure View option; options/controls from the Manage views dialog box move to the Fields/Columns page in the Options dialog box. That page is already accessible from the Configure View dialog box with the Settings button. Or, you could add the Configure View option and keep the Manage views option in the View menu. | ||||
| Tags | No tags attached. | ||||
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I just realized my second suggestion with the Manage view controls moved to the Options dialog is not possible because the views displayed in the Manage views dialog depend on the currently selected node. I suppose the best solution would be to just add the Configure View option to the Main panel view sub-menu above the Manage views option. |
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I agree with the problem, but assuming that 0016714 and 0020441 are resolved, the simplest solution would be that right-clicking on the header of any view should have an option to 'Configure view' dialog for the current view (this would replace the 'Configure columns' dialog that appears for many views) so that MM doesn't have 2 similar but different dialogs and all settings can be configured in one place. |
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First of all, I don't like term "Configure columns" for grid views for the reason explained in 0022429. The problem with your suggestion is that not all views have a header. There is missing header in the file-based Grid views (Folders and Location nodes) that I mentioned in 0020440 and that header is really needed. But, I think there are some grids that don't really need it displayed, e.g. Grid (Genres) or Grid for Artist node or Years, Ratings, Classification... |
