Foobar2000:Components/Playlist Organizer (foo plorg)

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Playlist Organizer

General

foo_plorg is a simple component that will let your organize your playlists in a treeview fashion. It is available as either a Column UI panel or an UI element for the default UI. It enables your to create folders, hierarchies and move around folders and playlists by dragging and dropping them wherever you want in the panel.

Download link

The component is available from here

Discussion

Please use this thread to provide feedback or report any bug.

Requirements

Foobar 1.x and Column UI 0.3.8.x (Optional). The component will not work with previous versions of Foobar.

Getting started

Install the toolbar as an UI element (Default UI) or a column UI panel. The commands are available with a right click on the panel. Folders and Playlists can slected by a left click, then moved and dropped around.

Usage

Basic Usage

The component implements a treeview control, basically made of playlist and folders. When the component is used for the first time, a "Default" folder will be created and all playlists placed in this folder.

The basic usage is to create folders (right click anywhere on the panel to access this function) and move your playlists within those newly created folders. Folders can be nested. Playlists and folders can be moved (e.g. Drag & Dropped) to their desired location within the hierarchy.

Context Menu

... to be completed

Preferences

Preference page is empty at the moment.

Notes

  • Using foo_plorg as a standalone (popup) window may lead to loosing part of your playlists organization if some changes (addition, deletion, reordering, ...) are applied with other playlist managers while the window is closed. The window startup is more or less intelligent to recognize such situations but it is by nature limited. It is recommended that you use it as a "permanent" panel or UI element rather.

Change Log

  • V0.5
    • Fixed unwanted column ui context menu
    • Neutralized keyboard shortcuts while editing an item
    • Various changes on click/double click handling
  • V0.4
    • Added options to hide item count (Context Menu-> Options)
    • Tentatively introduced Vista / Seven style (to be confirmed)
    • Implemented "Preferences" entry in context menu
    • Implemented "Activate on single click" option (Preferences)
    • Implemented "Play on double click" option (Preferences)
    • Fix glitch with drophightlight rectangle (dotted rectangle sometimes breaks and takes on strange colors)
    • Re engineered visual appearance + drag & drop operations, fixed some glitches
    • Implemented minimum width/height
    • Fixed active playlist not appearing at startup
    • Fixed "active playlist" status/color lost after move
    • Fixed glitch during window scrolling (drag& drop)
    • New border drawing to integrate nicely with DUI
  • V0.3
    • Fixed item count not refreshing instantaneously
    • Fixed double click not working outside of playlist name
  • V0.2
    • Link to this page from the preferences page (Help button)
    • Fixed bug in managing (Enter/Delete) keys for label editing
    • Make the matching (at startup) of tree content vs. actual playlists more intelligent (usefull for utilization of the popup window)
    • Fixed panel appearing twice in column UI layout
    • Help in preferences page now links to this page
  • V0.1
    • Initial release
  • To do (in no particular order) :
    • Finish this documentation
    • Visual indication of empty folders
    • Generate superset of contained playlists when activating a folder
    • Implement Drag & Drop support for media library items and files
    • Provide a visual indication of the playing playlist
    • Option for making visible the playing playlist (follow cursor)
    • Implement function keys (Del, F2, ...)
    • Make the matching (at startup) even more intelligent