Missing control for toggeling (= expanding/collapsing) sidebar items

[Uwe Klotz]

There is currently no adequate replacement for the deprecated [Playlist] ToggleSelectedSidebarItem control. Neither [Library] ChooseItem nor [Library] MoveRight work as intended, although documented in the Wiki.

[Daniel Schürmann (daschuer)]

ToggleSelectedSidebarItem is not deprecated yet. The issue is that it is in the old namespace, and it can be candidate for deprecation though.

I am not sure how this control fits to the new library. Can you describe the use case?

[Uwe Klotz (uklotzde-deactivatedaccount)]

The use case is exactly as documented in the Wiki, i.e. toggeling the expansion state (expanded/collapsed) of the selected sidebar item.

The track select encoder of the MC6000MK2 is also a button. Pushing it should either enable or collapse the selected sidebar item.

[Uwe Klotz (uklotzde-deactivatedaccount)]

enable -> expand

[Daniel Schürmann (daschuer)]

Ah, I got the issue:
We have now "[Library] GoToItem" as the replacement.

"ChooseItem" has never worked and was removed before release.

Does "[Library] GoToItem" work for you?

[Uwe Klotz (uklotzde-deactivatedaccount)]

No. I don't want to load the selected track into the first available deck. The controller has dedicated buttons for loading tracks.

I need a control to expand/collapse the sidebar tree items by toggling.

[Uwe Klotz (uklotzde-deactivatedaccount)]

The proposed control simply switches the focus from the sidebar to the table. I have separate buttons for switching focus, this is not what I need here.

[Uwe Klotz (uklotzde-deactivatedaccount)]

[Library] MoveRight expands the sidebar item, but the next press simply scrolls right inside the sidebar pane instead of collapsing the item. Unusable, too.

[Uwe Klotz (uklotzde-deactivatedaccount)]

Don't mind. I will change my mapping and use the button press to change the focus like in the DJ-202 mapping. Instead the BACK/FWD buttons can be mapped to MoveLeft/MoveRight.

[Uwe Klotz (uklotzde-deactivatedaccount)]

But this is still a valid issue if we declare [Playlist] ToggleSelectedSidebarItem as deprecated with no appropriate replacement.

[Daniel Schürmann (daschuer)]

The idea behind an alternative to [Playlist] ToggleSelectedSidebarItem was that it is not usefull in all library panes.

What would be a reasonable action when pressing the encoder button and focus on a track and the controller with dedicated load buttons? Currently, it follows the double click behaviour, so it can be configured to preview the track for example.

Maybe we need a slight different controller that fits exactly to the use case here. Any thoughts?

[Swiftb0y (swiftb0y)]

Mixxx now uses GitHub for bug tracking. This bug has been migrated to:
https://github.com/mixxxdj/mixxx/issues/9237