[mythtv] Ticket #11027: Unneccessary "All Programs - " text before title in Watch Recordings

[David Engel]

On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 04:36:45PM +0100, John Veness wrote:
> Re: http://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/11027#comment:1
> 
> On 22/08/2012 15:36, MythTV wrote:
> >#11027: Unneccessary "All Programs - " text before title in Watch Recordings
> >------------------------------------------------+--------------------------
> >  Reporter:  John Veness <John.Veness.mythtv@…>  |          Owner:
> >      Type:  Bug Report - General                |         Status:  closed
> >  Priority:  minor                               |      Milestone:  unknown
> >Component:  MythTV - General                    |        Version:
> >  Severity:  medium                              |  Unspecified
> >  Keywords:                                      |     Resolution:  Invalid
> >                                                 |  Ticket locked:  0
> >------------------------------------------------+--------------------------
> >Changes (by gigem):
> >
> >  * status:  new => closed
> >  * resolution:   => Invalid
> >
> >
> >Comment:
> >
> >  The "All Programs" is the group filter currently in effect.  You can
> >  change the group filter by pressing MENU or MENU / MENU depending on which
> >  column is currently active.
> 
> Hi, thanks for the reply. I wondered if that was the intention, and
> if that is the case, there still seems to be some problems with this
> feature.
> 
> Firstly, the setting 'Show filter name instead of "All Programs"' is
> unticked by default, meaning that for most people the "All Programs
> - " prefix text will appear no matter what group filter is selected,
> making it pretty useless.
> 
> Even if the user ticks that setting, as the prefix text only appears
> when the cursor is highlighting something in the "display group"
> column and not when highlighting an individual episode, it isn't on
> screen all the time anyway, so again is not as useful as it could
> be.
> 
> If there is an intention to show the currently active group filter
> on-screen (which is a good idea), then shouldn't it be exposed as an
> element that themes can place somewhere on the Watch Recordings
> screen that would stay there all the time no matter where the cursor
> was? E.g. on the screenshot I attached to the ticket, a good place
> to show the currently active group filter at the top above the list
> of recordings. Putting it somewhere up there rather than prefixing
> it to the title when the cursor is in the display group column would
> mean that more of the title could be displayed without truncation.
> 
> Does anyone else want to weigh in their opinion on this? If you
> visit the ticket and look at the screenshot, please take note that
> my issue is with the text "All Programs" (or "All Programmes" in my
> UK English setup), followed by a hyphen, followed by the title of
> the currently selected display group about two-thirds down the
> screen, not the text "All Programs" in the display group list near
> the top.

This was all just discussed on IRC and Jim Stichnoth is going to take
a look at what might be done.

David
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David Engel
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