The addition of the View menu, and its respective items, is intuitive and
sensible.
With the consideration of touchscreen compatibility, more new Menus
may have to be added to mirror Library functions that currently are only
accessible via right-click. The File menu could be revamped... it has
been overdue for attention for some time anyway. Other menus should
be added as well.
These are my suggestions:
to the File menu, add:
- (remove) the two current "Load Track to Deck" items; I
don't know how they would be manageable on the fly in
a live set. The only reason I could see for keeping them
is if Mixxx is not technically capable of watching more
than one directory at a time, and a radio DJ needed
them for supplementary effects or something. Even
then, they would be much better if they could "Load
File to Sampler Deck(s) (#)" instead. Perhaps modify
them into that if you'd rather keep them? If the "to
Sampler" idea is used, or even if it is decided to keep
"to Deck (#)", "Load File" is probably better and more
intuitive language than "Load Track" considering this
is a file operations menu.
- "Import Playlist" (will open file select window to
find a file somewhere on a drive)
- "Import Crate" (will open file select window to find
a file somewhere on a drive)
- "Import Folder to Library" (only if it is technically
possible to have Mixxx watch more than one music
file directory, in which case the preferences would
have to reflect this, see Bug #1228783)
add a "Track" menu:
- which is keyed to whatever track is selected, featuring
all of the items currently included in the right-click
menu of the tracks in Library. The menu should be
sensitive to whether the track has been selected in
Library or in Browse, since the right-click menus are
different for each - that is, unless the right-click
menu in Browse can get all the same items as
right-click in Library has (which I really think it
should)
add to the Library menu:
- "Playlists" (submenu), context sensitive to the playlist
selected in the file tree, thereby including "Remove",
"Lock", "Duplicate", etc.
- "Crates" (submenu), context sensitive to the Crate
selected in file tree - thereby including "Export",
"Rename", etc.
- "History" (submenu), context sensitive to the date
selected, thereby including "Join With Previous", "Add
to Auto DJ Queue (top)" etc.
- I think "Import" Crates and Playlists fits better in the
File menu, while "Export" *has* to go among the above
submenus. "Import" and "Export" are both file
operations; however, if they were both added to the
File menu, it would necessitate making the File menu
context-sensitive for only one operation, which seems
like more work than is warranted. It seems better to
split the difference and allow the non-context-sensitive
file-based operation, "Import", to hang out with the
file stuff, leaving the File menu free of context
burden, and leave the other (admittedly, file based)
operation to the Track menu, which *has* to be context
sensitive.
- Alternately, there could be Menu Bar menus for each of
these *instead* of "submenuing" them within the Library
menu, but that might make the Menu Bar too crowded?
Maybe? idk
I know this is a lot, but I wanted to hopefully futureproof the Menu Bar
by presenting a thorough template that hopefully can accommodate all
current features - and also new ones that may present themselves.
Hi RAWRR,
Thank you for your detailed draft. I like the idea of improving Mixxx menus.
You ideas are reasonable.
... but I do not like the idea to move the "Exit" command, because Firefox has it in File menu as well.
By the way:
The Main menus are defined here
https:/
and here
https:/
Kind regards,
Daniel