Stop after

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2008/12/18 Mark Kretschmann <kretschmann at kde.org>:
> 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.
Which is one extra keypress that doesn't have to be there if this is a
menu entry.
Why does it have to be a dialog?

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