button focus (1 Viewer)

[Peter2]

Hi, I love this plugin and use it frequently.
In the latest version with MP 1.1.0 (blue 3 skin), it seems to be possible to lose focus on the next/previous page buttons - at least, that's what's happening over here. I have tried all the buttons but the only way around is to exit the screen and activate the plugin again.

Not a big thing, just wanted to inform.

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[mackey]

Thanks. I fix this issues with the skin files for the next release.

 

[mackey]

I looked further into this one and I don't consider to be a big thingy that needs a change in the blue3 skin files. You can get the focus back using one of the following actions:

1. Press one of the numeric buttons. E.g. '1', '2' or '3' if there are three pages to show.
2. Press 'F' two times.
3. Press 'F9' (or info button on remote) and select "Find lyric"
4. Skip to next/previous song

best regards

 

[Peter2]

Hi Mac,

Of course it's not a big thing - like I already wrote in my startpost.
As far as I remember, this was not happening in the previous versions which in my opinion was the way it should be.
Now, unless you know which buttons to press (I had not tried the numerical ones, just navigation buttons) you get stuck and might have the impression that the system is frozen.
Because of this, the plugin looses some 'user-friendliness'/intuition.

Please, don't misunderstand me: this is not a complaint or anything negative of that kind. That's why I wrote that I wanted to inform you and now I'm just founding my experience.

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[mackey]

Yup, you are more than welcome to write improvement suggestions and I'll always take it as a good sign when users to do

I should have written above that I can only reproduce the issue when I looses focus with the mouse or on a touchscreen, and not when using keyboard or remote. Accordingly the lack of focus is forced by the user and he will have to use the same device to regain the focus to control (or use one of the methods mentioned above), and it will only happen for Blue3/Blue3wide users that do exactly that. I might be able to do something with the Blue3 skin files but I'm not that into the skinning details so I better not.

cheers

 

[Peter2]

Apparently I left out a very important detail : this behavior occurs when you want to browse the lyrics pages (in case multiple pages) and you use the wrong navigation button. If, for instance, you are on the left button and you move left instead of right, you've lost focus. The same happens with the right one, moving to the right makes you lose focus.

This doesn't happen in the home screen, you always end up from the top buttons in the navigation menu.

Hope this is more clear.

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[mackey]

Ahhh, that detail certainly adds something to the picture. I am not into MP skinning details and don't know how to change the details so e.g. a right keystroke adds focus back to the lyric control. I cannot apparantly not be done programmatically - so I quess a better skinner than I will have to change the Blue3 skin files to fix this issue with the left panel. However I was able to fix the same issue when exiting the contextmenu which could be done in code. That fix will be included in the next release.

 

[Peter2]

Well, my first goal was to report this so it could get fixed when possible and since I know it now, it's not a big issue.

Have a nice day!
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