Plastic surgery for home landscape view

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What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. Tilt the phone 90 degrees to landscape mode.
2. Roll the trackball down in the menu.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

"Remote Control" menu item moves.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

App 0.5.6
HTC Magic with Android 1.5

Please provide any additional information below.

Guess appears because the "Use as Remote Control" text takes to much space.
See attached picture.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by bolin.andreas@gmail.com on 16 Oct 2009 at 10:12

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Don't know, but I would guess this should be a list as in the portrait view.

Original comment by till.ess...@googlemail.com on 18 Oct 2009 at 12:20

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Nah it becomes a grid in landscape view. The icons got a little larger so now it
scrolls, perfectly logical.

On the other hand, we do we keep landscape versions anyway? Who uses the remote
control in landscape mode anyway? Personally I only use it for typing text or 
reading
articles.

Will need to discuss further but I think we're gonna drop landscape modes 
anyway soon.

Original comment by phree...@gmail.com on 19 Oct 2009 at 10:24

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As there is a feature request to force landscape there seems to be at least one
person using the landscape layout ;)
Personally I would say we should include an option to force landscape or 
portrait (as
I use it in portrait only, too ;))

Original comment by till.ess...@googlemail.com on 20 Oct 2009 at 8:27

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Personally I use landscape view in the remote UI a lot, I like the extra 
buttons it
provides such as the off function and the links to music and video, however I 
wouldnt
want these buttons cramping the portrait layout. I love the current portrait 
layout
as it is so similar to the original xbox remote I have used for many years. 

I agree that we don't really need landscape views in the majority of the menus 
but I
think dropping it from the remote UI at least is a bad idea. 

Original comment by anthony....@gmail.com on 21 Oct 2009 at 4:42

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Just noticed that this is the case in portrait view to. Not sure if this was in
earlier version then v0.5.8. See picture.

Tested on v0.5.8

Original comment by bolin.andreas@gmail.com on 21 Oct 2009 at 7:58

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Okay, will have a look at the weird menu moving (jeez - also the remote used to 
move
weirdly, wtf.)

Concerning landscape mode I think we'll probably proceed as follows:
  - Drop all landscape screens except remote control.
  - Add an option to block out landscape remote control as well.

When lying on the couch I'm using the portrait remote blindly, usually holding 
the
phone in any imaginable direction so I'd like to have the screen stay in 
portrait
even while franatically moving the phone. Hence the optional blockout. I 
understand
people who want to use the extra buttons though, still figuring out a solution 
for
that in portrait mode.

Original comment by phree...@gmail.com on 22 Oct 2009 at 11:43

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Original comment by phree...@gmail.com on 22 Oct 2009 at 11:46

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About drop landscape screens exept remote control sounds good to me. An option 
to
lock the screen would be good to.

Original comment by bolin.andreas@gmail.com on 22 Oct 2009 at 10:13

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Original comment by phree...@gmail.com on 4 Nov 2009 at 4:14

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I'm sorry to say but the issue is still there.

Original comment by bolin.andreas@gmail.com on 4 Nov 2009 at 8:39

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Okay I'll implement something more sexy.

Original comment by phree...@gmail.com on 5 Nov 2009 at 8:33

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Don't bother the landscape view. It's the portrait view that is important :)

Original comment by bolin.andreas@gmail.com on 5 Nov 2009 at 8:37

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how about a portrait view which has the extra buttons in a added on section at 
the
top which you would access by dragging the remote down on the screen?

Original comment by welly5...@gmail.com on 6 Nov 2009 at 9:45

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Just noticed that it doesn't move when there is only 2 options (Remote Control &
Connect).
If that could help somehow.

Original comment by bolin.andreas@gmail.com on 1 Dec 2009 at 11:21

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Ok, yesterday I noticed that this seems to be a problem for Android (1.5) in 
general.
I entered a location in settings and noticed the same behavior as with this 
app. So I
explored a little bit and found a couple of places:

Settings > Call settings > Call barring
Settings > Sound & display
Settings > Security

After you have entered one of those places via the touch scroll the trackball 
down
and this problem should appear.

Note: You must enter these places via the touchscreen. Entering them via 
clicking the
trackball wont reproduce it, very strange.

Original comment by bolin.andreas@gmail.com on 21 Dec 2009 at 2:42

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This issue looks like it is naturally gone anyway. However, I cant speak for 
other
resolutions then my HTC Magic provides.

Original comment by bolin.andreas@gmail.com on 7 Mar 2010 at 5:03

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me likey! :)

Original comment by phree...@gmail.com on 7 Mar 2010 at 5:06

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