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[Sansa Clip+] A better shortcut to return to WPS
mfe555:
About "returning to where you've been before activating the menu":
Currently the menu can be activated by pressing "home":
- from the WPS
- from the file list
- NOT from radio mode - is this a bug?
- NOT from recording mode - is this a bug?
Currently you can return from the menu by pressing "home":
- to the WPS (as long as you have not entered a sub menu)
- to the file list (as long as you have not entered a sub menu)
When you have entered a sub menu, pressing "home" repreatedly will just toggle between the recent two levels of the menu.
Is that really a function a user needs?
How about this:
Pressing "home" in the menu takes you back to
- the WPS
- radio mode
- recording mode
depending on what was active before entering the menu, or before entering the file list and then changing to the menu.
I think no one wants to return to the file list (which is just a sub menu of the main menu).
And: There is currenty no "exit" from the file list without interrupting the song being played, except by pressing "left" to go to the main menu, and then selecting "now playing". With my proposal above, pressing "home" twice would first enter the menu, then activate the WPS (as in the OF)
flaps:
I completely agree with mfe555 analysis and proposal. What I believe is frustrating about the Clip is that whenever you're accidentaly in the file menu (by clicking select) you can't click 'right' to return to the wps, because that would restart the song. I already suggested that, but it would be useful if the current file being played took you to the wps without restarting the song, when in the file menu. It would be intuitive and wouldn't break any functionality.
I don't get how returning to previous menu is useful (the menu key in most devices isn't subject to accidental keypresses), is there a reason or are we being conservative for the sake of familiarity? If originally it took you to the WPS/radio, would anyone want to change it so it returns to previous menu?
JdGordon:
the main menu is not the "previous menu" as you put it. that is the main entry point for the rockbox ui. The whole reaosn it is there is because some people thought the file browser was the main screen, and others through the WPS was.
from that screen you can get anywhere.
flaps:
--- Quote from: JdGordon on September 13, 2011, 02:10:54 AM ---the main menu is not the "previous menu" as you put it.
--- End quote ---
I believe you misunderstood me. Whenever you're in the main menu (root) and press home you're taken to the previous menu you were browsing (GO_TO_PREVIOUS).
mfe555:
Does anyone know: Is the (more or less useless) toggling between the two recent levels of the menu (when pressing "home" in the menu) a "speciality" of the Sansa Clip port or is this a feature of rockbox on all players?
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