Adding Songs to Playlist on the fly

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Permalink Reply by Brenda Cameron on May 25, 2009 at 9:58am

Hi Jeremy
It is very quick to find a song - either to display immediately (F5) or to add to the playlist (press enter). You have to 'Escape' from full screen mode to do it at the moment, but future versions will have the option to access the playlist directly from full screen mode. Is this what you meant?

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Permalink Reply by Jeremy Gadd on May 25, 2009 at 10:19am

Hi Brenda,

I guess I would have to see it in action in a future version to see but that is about what I want. Would that mean that you could carry on seeing the current playlist and have a superimposed (or small window) listing of all songs in the database so you could add songs 'live' without having to exit the current song on screen?

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Permalink Reply by Brenda Cameron on May 25, 2009 at 11:01am

I think that would have to be an option because it might be annoying to have part of the screen covered - unless it was a side window, and that would decrease the size of the music display. How would you want it to look?

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Permalink Reply by Jeremy Gadd on May 25, 2009 at 11:14am

Maybe I'll try and do a visual mock up sometime. I guess a small semi-transparent window in the bottom right hand corner with a list of the songs, a search box and an 'add to current playlist' button.

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Permalink Reply by Brenda Cameron on May 26, 2009 at 7:59pm

Sounds good, Jeremy.
How about a fly-out panel on the right hand side, which appears when the mouse moves to the edge of the screen and disappears when it moves back?
At the moment you can have the Notes window (by pressing 'N'), the media player (press 'A'), the tempo indicator ('T' or 'M'). It could get very cluttered so that you couldn't even read the music!

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Permalink Reply by Jeremy Gadd on May 26, 2009 at 9:37pm

Sounds even better! I like the idea of it being hidden and only displayed as needed.

When is the next update/version of the program likely to be? Do you think you would include my idea?

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Permalink Reply by Brenda Cameron on May 26, 2009 at 9:59pm

There are minor releases of the program on a regular basis, and your idea will definitely be included - probably in one of the releases during the summer. There is already an idea on this line, see the discussion:
What changes do you want to see in future versions?
Toggle display of programme (play list with notes) on full screen

This idea is to have a more descriptive playlist like a programme where you can add notes eg 'announcements' etc., but I think your suggestion would be quicker to implement.
If you have other suggestions you could add them to that discussion.
Ideas are always welcome!

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