[cover view] enhancement and new feature

[fsck222]

• The "set a default cover" button in the top bar should disappear when the default cover is displayed.

Be disabled, yes. (we never make widgets disappear, too confusing)

fsck222> ok

• The "search accuracy box" must have a text describing the various icons. It will make it much easier for new users.

It was before but it comes with several GUI issues, the explaining text is already these, as tooltip on the combobox elements.

fsck222> I believe it is not enough, text must be displayed for better visibility.

• A new button 'on-demand' must be added just after the "search accuracy box". This button will trigger cover search on the web relevant to the criteria search from the "search accuracy box". This button will bypass the auto-cover download (This means: if the "grab cover online" is deactivated in the configuration, this button will *still* download covers online)

I disagree : we must keep the GUI net and reach the minimum number of button (for ie, I dropped the save as button from this view that is now available for the save with CTRL key).

fsck222> How do you propose to trigger a manual/on-demand search then?

• In the top bar: button 'next' and 'previous' should only browse files already downloaded

Not sure to understand what you mean, do you mean we should download covers in background ? if yes, this was the previous behavior for it was reverted because it's far to complex to manage and comes with various technical issues.

fsck222> I mean 'next' and 'previous' should not display next image from the web

• Right click menu should be available on the image displayed. This right click menu should have the following entry:
  • Set as the default cover for album

OK

• Save Cover As

• Open an file explorer in the directory containing this image (this will let user to use external tools to edit the image for instance)

OK. What if cover is in an id3 tag ?

fsck222> default should be in the directory, and then users should use #1104 to copy them

• New function called "cover chooser" displayed with an icon in the top bar. Pushing this icon will trigger a new window showing images of the available cover available for the songs. This "cover chooser" should display the image and file information such as the file size, image size. (maybe some code from the "Album catalog" can be reused). Right click menu should be available on any image. The right click menu should have the same function as the right click menu of the of the cover view (set as default, open file explorer, etc...)

OK, this sounds good. For remote cover, we could display google's thumbs. Note however that the overall process could be pretty long to display.

fsck222> ok for google thumbs, any long progress should have a progression bar...

[bflorat]

Replying to fsck222:

* The "set a default cover" button in the top bar should disappear when the default cover is displayed. * The "search accuracy box" must have a text describing the various icons. It will make it much easier for new users. * A new button 'on-demand' must be added just after the "search accuracy box". This button will trigger cover search on the web relevant to the criteria search from the "search accuracy box". This button will bypass the auto-cover download (This means: if the "grab cover online" is deactivated in the configuration, this button will *still* download covers online) * In the top bar: button 'next' and 'previous' should only browse files already downloaded * Right click menu should be available on the image displayed. This right click menu should have the following entry: * Set as the default cover for album * Open an file explorer in the directory containing this image (this will let user to use external tools to edit the image for instance) * New function called "cover chooser" displayed with an icon in the top bar. Pushing this icon will trigger a new window showing images of the available cover available for the songs. This "cover chooser" should display the image and file information such as the file size, image size. (maybe some code from the "Album catalog" can be reused). Right click menu should be available on any image. The right click menu should have the same function as the right click menu of the of the cover view (set as default, open file explorer, etc...)

[bflorat]

Replying to fsck222:

* The "set a default cover" button in the top bar should disappear when the default cover is displayed. Be disabled, yes. (we never make widgets disappear, too confusing) fsck222> ok * The "search accuracy box" must have a text describing the various icons. It will make it much easier for new users. It was before but it comes with several GUI issues, the explaining text is already these, as tooltip on the combobox elements. fsck222> I believe it is not enough, text must be displayed for better visibility.

bflorat> No, I understand the request but we don't have enough space to display text in the combobox and it's very ugly (I know it, it was a previous behavior until jajuk 1.1 or 1.2).

* A new button 'on-demand' must be added just after the "search accuracy box". This button will trigger cover search on the web relevant to the criteria search from the "search accuracy box". This button will bypass the auto-cover download (This means: if the "grab cover online" is deactivated in the configuration, this button will *still* download covers online) I disagree : we must keep the GUI net and reach the minimum number of button (for ie, I dropped the save as button from this view that is now available for the save with CTRL key). fsck222> How do you propose to trigger a manual/on-demand search then?

bflorat> I'm not sure it is really needed. If we want to implement it anyway, this should be from contextual menu on the picture.

* In the top bar: button 'next' and 'previous' should only browse files already downloaded Not sure to understand what you mean, do you mean we should download covers in background ? if yes, this was the previous behavior for it was reverted because it's far to complex to manage and comes with various technical issues. fsck222> I mean 'next' and 'previous' should not display next image from the web

bflorat> and select covers from the cover selector... OK, got it, you should have asked this after the last point ;-) OK, that makes sense to me.

* Right click menu should be available on the image displayed. This right click menu should have the following entry: * Set as the default cover for album OK * Save Cover As * Open an file explorer in the directory containing this image (this will let user to use external tools to edit the image for instance) OK. What if cover is in an id3 tag ? fsck222> default should be in the directory, and then users should use #1104 to copy them * New function called "cover chooser" displayed with an icon in the top bar. Pushing this icon will trigger a new window showing images of the available cover available for the songs. This "cover chooser" should display the image and file information such as the file size, image size. (maybe some code from the "Album catalog" can be reused). Right click menu should be available on any image. The right click menu should have the same function as the right click menu of the of the cover view (set as default, open file explorer, etc...) OK, this sounds good. For remote cover, we could display google's thumbs. Note however that the overall process could be pretty long to display. fsck222> ok for google thumbs, any long progress should have a progression bar...