by Barry4679 » Wed May 05, 2021 8:11 am
There are two things that don't seem to be working well with Custom views (ie. Views created in the Manage Views facility):
#1 Are not persistent
- not sure if I have reported this before ... I think I mentioned it as an aside in another thread
- I "create" a view using the Manage Views dbox ... and then from time to time I "use" it by switching to it using the Views menu on the toolbar
- if the Custom View facility is to be useful, any view alterations while "using" the view should not alter the specification ... ie. add|delete a column, or alter sort sequences ... these changes should be temporary, and not alter the view's specification
- specification changes should only be accepted from the Manage Views facility
#2 Column Filter specification is too persistent
- I "created" a View based upon List By Album ... my custom view included the Column Browser
- once this view is created, I can find no way to make a persistent change to Column Browser (eg. change the filter from AlbumArtist|Album|Title to Composer|Album|Title)
- from what I can see, the Column Browser setup at the point of View creation is frozen into the view specification
- I can alter the view, while I am "using" it, but I cannot alter the specification ... ie. every time that I "use" the View it opens with the original frozen Column Filter setup
There are two things that don't seem to be working well with Custom views (ie. Views created in the Manage Views facility):
[b]#1[/b] Are not persistent
[list]not sure if I have reported this before ... I think I mentioned it as an aside in another thread[/list]
[list=]I "[i]create[/i]" a view using the Manage Views dbox ... and then from time to time I "[i]use[/i]" it by switching to it using the Views menu on the toolbar[/list]
[list]if the Custom View facility is to be useful, any view alterations while "[i]using[/i]" the view should not alter the specification ... ie. add|delete a column, or alter sort sequences ... these changes should be temporary, and not alter the view's specification[/list]
[list]specification changes should only be accepted from the Manage Views facility[/list]
[b]#2[/b] Column Filter specification is too persistent
[list]I "[i]created[/i]" a View based upon List By Album ... my custom view included the Column Browser[/list]
[list]once this view is created, I can find no way to make a persistent change to Column Browser (eg. change the filter from AlbumArtist|Album|Title to Composer|Album|Title)[/list]
[list]from what I can see, the Column Browser setup at the point of View creation is frozen into the view specification[/list]
[list]I can alter the view, while I am "[i]using[/i]" it, but I cannot alter the specification ... ie. every time that I "[i]use[/i]" the View it opens with the original frozen Column Filter setup[/list]