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====== Using Columns UI ====== | ====== Using Columns UI ====== | ||
At its stock settings, Columns UI will look similar to this: | At its stock settings, Columns UI will look similar to this: | ||
- | {{ columns_ui:main_ui.png }} | + | {{ http:// |
- | The UI has several | + | |
+ | The UI has several | ||
===== Toolbars ===== | ===== Toolbars ===== | ||
- | The toolbar | + | The toolbar |
* **Menubar**\\ The main menu items are located here. By default, these will include actions such as calling up preferences, | * **Menubar**\\ The main menu items are located here. By default, these will include actions such as calling up preferences, | ||
* **Playback buttons**\\ For easy access, you can control playback from this toolbar. Hover the mouse over the button to display a tooltip indicating its action. | * **Playback buttons**\\ For easy access, you can control playback from this toolbar. Hover the mouse over the button to display a tooltip indicating its action. | ||
- | * **Seekbar**\\ Allows you to seek through the track by dragging the " | + | * **Seekbar**\\ Allows you to seek through the track by dragging the " |
* **Playback order dropdown**\\ Displays the current playback order, and allows you to change the playback order. | * **Playback order dropdown**\\ Displays the current playback order, and allows you to change the playback order. | ||
* **Spectrum analyser**\\ A simple visualisation. Right click on it to change its colours. | * **Spectrum analyser**\\ A simple visualisation. Right click on it to change its colours. | ||
+ | * **Volume control**\\ Allows you to change the volume by dragging the thumb. Turning the mouse wheel whilst hovering over the volume control will also change the volume. | ||
- | ===== Sidebar | + | ===== Panels |
- | The sidebar is where you will find various planels to provide enhanced functionality. Double clicking on the separator between | + | Panels make up the main part of the interface. |
- | * **Playlist switcher**\\ Displays your playlists, with the active playlist selected. | + | Information about the built-in panels in provided below: |
- | * **Left click on a playlist**\\ Switches to that playlist. | + | * [[Playlist Switcher]] |
- | * **Right click on a playlist**\\ Brings up the context menu containing actions for that playlist, and all of the tracks | + | * [[Playlist view]] |
- | * **Middle or double clicking or left button dragging**\\ Performs various tasks depending on your settings. See configuration section for more details. | + | * [[Filter]] |
- | * **Dropping files on a playlist with left button**\\ Switches to that playlist, and adds the tracks to that playlist. | + | * [[Artwork view]] |
- | * **Dropping files on an empty area with left button**\\ Sends files to a new playlist. | + | |
- | * **Dropping files with right button**\\ Shows context menu allowing you to send the items to the playlist under the mouse, or to a new playlist.\\ The colours of this panel can also be adjusted in preferences, | + | |
- | ===== Playlist | + | ===== Status bar ===== |
- | The playlist is the main area of the UI where your songs are listed. | + | The status bar displays various information in its three panels. |
- | * **Double click a track**\\ | + | * **The left panel displays information about the playing |
- | * **Right click track(s)**\\ Shows the context menu for the track(s) . | + | * **The second panel displays |
- | * **Hold Ctrl and drag with left mouse button**\\ Starts a drag and drop operation with the selection. | + | * **The last section displays the current volume.** \\ Left or right clicking on it displays |
- | * **Drag with right mouse button**\\ Starts | + | |
- | There are various methods ofmanipulating the selection. For the enhanced selection model, these are as follows: | + | |
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- | * **Hold ctrl and left click a track**\\ Toggles the track' | + | |
- | * **Drag a selected track with left button**\\ Moves selection vertically. | + | |
- | * **Drag an unselected track with left button**\\ Creates a new selection. | + | |
- | * **Hold Ctrl and Shift and left click a track**\\ Moves selected tracks to the point you clicked. | + | |
- | * **Up or Down arrow keys**\\ Exclusively selects and focuses the item above or below the focused item. | + | |
- | * **PgUp or PgDn keys**\\ Exclusively selects and focuses the first or last item in the next or previous page. | + | |
- | * **Home or End keys**\\ Exclusively selects and focuses the first or last item in the playlist. | + | |
- | * **Hold Shift and press Up/ | + | |
- | * **Hold Ctrl and press Up/ | + | |
- | * **Hold Ctrl and Shift and and press Up/ | + | |
- | * **Space**\\ Toggles the focused item's selection state. | + | |
- | + | ||
- | Another area of the playlist you can see is the columns titles. | + | |
- | + | ||
- | * **Click a column title**\\ Sorts by that column, in reverse order if already sorted by that column. | + | |
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- | + | ||
- | When not in auto-sizing columns mode, these actions are also available: | + | |
- | + | ||
- | * **Drag a column title divider**\\ Resizes that column. | + | |
- | * **Double click on a column divider**\\ Makes that column resize to the minimum possible width so that all its items are visible. | + | |
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- | ===== Status bar ===== | + | |
- | The status bar displays various information in its three panes. The left pane displays information about the playing track during playback. | + | |
- | * **The left pane displays information about the playing track during playback. Double clicking on it will perform an action, which by default is to select the playing item. | + | You can hide any of these sections |
- | * **The second pane displays the total length | + | |
- | * **The last section displays the current volume. Double clicking on it diplays the playback configuratino | + | |
- | * **Right clicking on the status bar brings up the context menu for the playing track. | + | |
- | You can hide any of these sections in preferences. | + | ===== Notification area ===== |
- | ===== Systray | + | By default Columns UI will display an icon in the system |
- | By default Columns UI will display an icon in the systray/notification area. Clicking on this icon will show or hide the main window. Right clicking it will bring up the System | + |
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