load to deck 3/4 in 2deck view

[Raf Van De Meirssche]

Mixxx 1.12.0

When I right click on a track, I see the new options "load in deck 3" and "... 4".

What is the use of having these options when you're in 2deck view?
This is confusing, please limit the number of those options to the number of decks.

[RJ Skerry-Ryan (rryan)]

Someone using keyboard shortcuts or a MIDI controller can still control decks 3/4 even if they are not shown by the skin. I agree it may be confusing but it might be limiting for someone actively using 3/4 via non-GUI control.

[Raf Van De Meirssche (rafvdm)]

Clearly I am not aware of how that non-GUI control functions, but I do wonder ...
Why would a DJ that uses non-GUI control, need the "right-click load to deck 3/4" options in his GUI?

It's just these options that are not in place, there.
Keyboard shortcuts or deck 3/4 being active behind the scenes is not what I find confusing, they may stay.

Take a look, there are already so much options behind the right click that it tents to become unmanagable.
The lesser options, the better.
Try loading decks by mouse ... It's a long distance to get to the load options ... Big risk for errors and RSI too. :-(

By the way ... A DJ who uses keyboard or controller with 4 decks ... Doesn't he need visual confirmation that everything goes as intended by setting the 4-deck view anyway?
I would.

[ronso0 (ronso0)]

Closing as Won't fix.

Decks 3/4 may serve as parking decks (prepare decks) for tracks to play later on, which doesn't necessarily require on-screen feedback while loading. Users may do that via keyboard and MIDI controls while in 2-deck mode so it would create an inconsistency to remove this feature from the context menu.

[Swiftb0y (swiftb0y)]

Mixxx now uses GitHub for bug tracking. This bug has been migrated to:
https://github.com/mixxxdj/mixxx/issues/7647