Stop after

[Mark Kretschmann]

2008/12/18 Gary Steinert <gary.steinert at gmail.com>:
> On Thursday 18 December 2008 14:54:10 Mark Kretschmann wrote:
>> te:
>> Today 14:54:10
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 3:43 PM, David Dubrović
>>
>> <david.dubrovic at globalnet.hr> wrote:
>> > Here is my proof-of-concept "Stop after" for amarok2. It's not yet
>> > finished, I'm just checking is it ok to do it this way?
>> > If it is ok, I'll be fixing it in the oncoming days, and I hope to finish
>> > it by the end of the week (because I won't be home next couple of weeks)
>> > Looking forward for your responses
>>
>> I actually had something more nifty in mind for 2.1:
>>
>> In the Playlist menu, you get an entry "Stop After...". Clicking this
>> item opens a dialog with multiple choices:
>>
>> [ ] Currently playing track
>> [ ] Seconds: <enter seconds>
>> [ ] This album
>> [ ] Some other foo
>>
>> We could add a keyboard shortcut that automatically opens this dialog.
>>
>> How cool is that?
>
> Very cool =)
>
> However i think having the choices as a sub menu would be better.
> I can see the dialog box approach becoming as annoying as OpenOffice Calc's
> delete cell dialog if you use it often enough.
>
> A shortcut to bring up a dialog may be cool though=)

The most often used item (Stop After Current Track) would be selected
by default. So a simple press of the Return key would enable it.

-- 
Mark Kretschmann
Amarok Developer
www.kde.org - amarok.kde.org