Review Request 110658: Playlist sort widget: reimplement Shuffle "sort" as an action.

[Matěj Laitl]

> On May 30, 2013, 10:56 a.m., Matěj Laitl wrote:
> > Looks good, although I've spotted last error:
> > 1. add a normal sorting, e.g. Album
> > 2. expand the leftmost arrow down, click Shuffle
> > 3. the Album sorting is not reset (as it should be; other "normal" sorting items correctly reset the Album sorting)
> 
> Konrad Zemek wrote:
>     Actually, this is not a bug; that's how I designed it.
>     
>     This is my very use-case: I have my playlist sorted by album at all times, yet I like to shuffle tracks around (that's especially useful for my various-artists albums). I feel that
>     a) my sorting choice should not be reset by shuffle action - this just annoys me because I have to set my whole sorting path again, and
>     b) having shuffle action only under the leftmost arrow, I am given a hint that it works on a more general scope, and having it separated from the sorting levels I am given a hint that it works differently.
>     
>     These two lead me to the point, that is: although it may be surprising on the first use (what isn't?), the GUI setup makes this behavior feel natural or, at least, not awkward. And I feel that it's useful - it sure is for me. So while I am not hell-bent on making it stay, I stand for my design choice. :)

This is absolutely confusing, you also should have mentioned it in the description instead of trying to pursue it without us knowing (despite me explicitly suggesting the behaviour to rest the sorting). The UI must never be inconsistent, at least never intentionally without proper rationale. Clicking sorting button at level N must always replace existing sorting at level N. Period.

In this regard and your use-case, I actually think that something closer to the original behaviour would be better: have Shuffle at each level. (so that clicking on left-most would reset all levels, clicking on right-most would do what you want for your use-case)

The goal of Amarok is to be usable by "ordinary" users (think of your girlfirend), I know that most of us came to it as scratching its own itch, but we should really think about it becore introducing $next_supper_witty_beahviour or $suboption_of_already_a_microption.


- Matěj


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On May 28, 2013, 9:01 p.m., Konrad Zemek wrote:
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> (Updated May 28, 2013, 9:01 p.m.)
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> Review request for Amarok.
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> Description
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> Playlist sort widget: reimplement Shuffle "sort" as an action.
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> Remove now-unnecessary Shuffle handlers in sort-related functions. Additionally, PlaylistController::MoveRows has been modified to help with big move actions (validation complexity reduced).
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> GUI: In the playlist sort widget, the Shuffle menu entry is now separated from other entries. Activating the entry no longer results in a "Shuffle" sort level being added.
> BUG: 320129
> FIXED-IN: 2.8
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> Diffs
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>   ChangeLog 9dd0c3dfb9c2a275ef9796bce18f7c8ae7b39360 
>   src/playlist/PlaylistActions.h dee8793e5386d3a44c98698631f6e8dd13a7d62f 
>   src/playlist/PlaylistActions.cpp 1decce7c3d7bef36f314b8abcc337064438a92e0 
>   src/playlist/PlaylistBreadcrumbItem.h d6ff243d7b78358f3a943de9a345d694c613aec9 
>   src/playlist/PlaylistBreadcrumbItem.cpp 59fc6d2a68d86e4d0cd4c1def343ac6973bc5965 
>   src/playlist/PlaylistBreadcrumbItemSortButton.h c141597614ac40c3c4adaf212f3d46b9ff360293 
>   src/playlist/PlaylistBreadcrumbItemSortButton.cpp 8bf861cfcd4234a0d34c3542b9fa806ce66454de 
>   src/playlist/PlaylistBreadcrumbLevel.cpp 185ebfbafcbc3ef8ca80d9fd9ae42b0663a59eca 
>   src/playlist/PlaylistController.h 5047e473b7d236d5be5bd99342d8ed731913634b 
>   src/playlist/PlaylistController.cpp df293a994798299335aeeb3221e2231ecb357356 
>   src/playlist/PlaylistDefines.h 3e10b552f86b68946b6883b0ee49c226d83315f6 
>   src/playlist/PlaylistModel.cpp a562bdbf0789d23e5712223593d9e09de0e29520 
>   src/playlist/PlaylistSortWidget.cpp 62f760cc6a201a67be65c80bf03ae696bd44444c 
>   src/playlist/proxymodels/SortAlgorithms.h 2eba6a7dd4c227f55d519083f9af9cf7b08f043d 
>   src/playlist/proxymodels/SortAlgorithms.cpp 47b468c99e37d3ff8b148704791c5058726ac812 
>   src/playlist/proxymodels/SortScheme.cpp d29f9dec6b1c2ae555146853782819328ae192f0 
>   tests/playlist/TestPlaylistModels.h 3751e6a2c3d56be1a6abcea742eec088e2a1123b 
>   tests/playlist/TestPlaylistModels.cpp ec8adb8f2c5bbb141f291989499e361d5a73381d 
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> Diff: http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/110658/diff/
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> Testing
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> Test added for the shuffle action. GUI tested manually.
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> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Konrad Zemek
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