Media Info menu item always disabled

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Open player
2. Open mp3 with embedded album art
3. Click on View menu

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I expect the Show Media menu item to be enabled, since it has a check mark by 
it. I instead see it disabled, preventing me from hiding metadata.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
gnome-mplayer 1.0.5 on Ubuntu 12.04.

Please provide any additional information below.
I wasn't sure how to build the latest version of gnome-mplayer, but I checked 
the change log and saw no mention of a change regarding metadata or the Show 
Media menu item. I also looked at gui.c to see whether I could find the logic 
to handle that menu item, and saw none.

My problem with the metadata is that when advancing through several music 
tracks in a row with metadata of different sizes, the buttons jump up and down 
since the metadata is shown *above* them. I also have no need for any metadata 
beyond filename.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by gbla...@gmail.com on 22 Oct 2012 at 4:51

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Whoops, the menu item is called Media Info, not Show Media.

Original comment by gbla...@gmail.com on 22 Oct 2012 at 4:52

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

This is by design, so not a bug but a request for change.

Original comment by kdeko...@gmail.com on 23 Oct 2012 at 2:48

Added labels: Type-Enhancement
Removed labels: Type-Defect

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

I see, but it's still a design bug because a disabled menu item that has a 
check by it implies that at some time the item is enabled to allow the user to 
uncheck it. If I understand correctly, this one is *never* enabled, and thus 
the user will never find a way to uncheck it. It'd be better for it to not be 
there at all, and simply part of the documentation: "variable-sized meta info 
is always shown above the player controls".

Original comment by gbla...@gmail.com on 23 Oct 2012 at 3:45

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

When you play a video, the media info is hidden by default. And that open 
becomes sensitive and allows you t toggle the display of the data. I felt that 
for audio only playback, the info should always be displayed.

Original comment by kdeko...@gmail.com on 23 Oct 2012 at 11:57

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Media Info menu item always disabled #651