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Manual Sorting in Crates Like in Playlists with Column # #11757

Open Russe opened 1 year ago

Russe commented 1 year ago

Feature Description

Within playlists there's a column "#", and when sorting for this column it's possible to move tracks up an down. So this is like sorting real records in a crate.

But within crates there's no column "#", so I can not sort a crate like I want to during a gig. I would like to do this also with crates, because a crate can contain a specific track only once.

So I would like to ask for implementing this feature into Mixxx?

ronso0 commented 1 year ago

So you're using crates like playlists? Use playlists in the first place :)

Unlikely this will be implemented as this doesn't match the Crate concept, and it's a lot if work.

Russe commented 1 year ago

Yes, currently I'm using playlists for this because with crates it's not possible.

Why would this does not match the crate concept? When looking into real live, when doing a gig with vinyl records, these records are in my record case, each record only once. During this gig I always browse my records and move these records to the front which I want to play next.

In my opinion, a playlist has a different approach, individual tracks can be in playlist multiple times.

At the end, it would be nice to have either crates with column "#" for manual sorting, or playlists with an additional feature to allow each track to be in this playlist only once. I would vote for enhancement of crates in this case, because for me it's similar to vinyl records at a record case.

ronso0 commented 1 year ago

You're right & and I understand the use case.

or playlists with an additional feature to allow each track to be in this playlist only once.

this would complicate UX, so adding # to crates is probably preferred.

Russe commented 3 days ago

As #5634 seems to be implemented in near future it would be awesome for me to have column # at crates. Because than I could get rid of most of my playlists and move them for better handling to crates section. I can not implement # at crates by myself because I'm not a coder, but I'll assist with testing or something similar. So when someone is working on this I'll step into.

ronso0 commented 3 days ago

As https://github.com/mixxxdj/mixxx/issues/5634 seems to be implemented in near future

Works has just been started and Mixxx 2.6 will reach feature freeze soonish, so that's unlikely to happen 'soon'. Earliest I expect is Mixxx 2.7 (or whatever that version will be called, maybe Mixxx 3.0 if the QML is polished then).

Russe commented 3 days ago

That's a pity. But thanks for clarification.