Re: [Qtractor-devel] MIDI file import folder is getting collapsed after every D&D

[Rui N. C. <rn...@rn...>]

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On 12/05/2016 10:10 PM, Frank Neumann wrote:
> 
> Hi Rui,
> 
>>>> another little ugliness seen today: I import a MIDI file into
>>>> the "Files" window on the right side of the arranger, click
>>>> on the imported file to see its individual tracks ("Track 0",
>>>> "Track 1" and so on), and when I drag&drop a track into a
>>>> qtractor track, the expanded file view is getting collapsed
>>>> again each time so I have to click on it again to see the
>>>> tracks in it. Can this be fixed, please?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> confirmed. a rather "micro-ugliness" should i say :) i'll have 
>>> a look, whenever i get the time.
>>> 
>> 
>> fixed in 0.8.0.5git.c4d31d
> 
> Thanks for this :-). Yes, it is a "micro-ugliness", but many of 
> these combined also contribute to some kind of "uncomfortable" 
> feeling after a while; usability should not be underestimated.
> 
> It works better now, but - well, not perfect still. Folders are not
> collapsed any more after a D&D operation, but what is now awkward
> is what happens if you add e.g. Track 1 of a MIDI file to one
> Qtractor track, and attempt to just D&D Track 2 into another 
> Qtractor track. This doesn't work because the previous track did 
> not get unselected after the first D&D, so you are now attempting 
> to D&D 2 tracks at the same time (kind of "multi-select" I guess). 
> It can worked around by additional clicks to unselect everything, 
> but that's trading one ugliness for another :-).
> 
> That's perhaps the reason why you only commented that one line in 
> the source code instead of removing it right away. I believe what 
> should happen here instead of the "QTreeWidget::reset();" is 
> something like "un-select all items in the widget" (no idea what 
> that's called in Qt speech).
> 

no, not so easy. there's either some idiosyncrasy of QTreeWidget or
it's me being an idiot :)

had to take measures and got into a hacky solution in 0.8.0.6git.b304c2
beware! things might get worse now on some other front...
i count on you to find them ;)

cheers
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rncbc aka. Rui Nuno Capela
rn...@rn...
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