Problem with the Shortcuts Plugin?

[iPodVT]

Shortly after the last fix was released I noticed one additional relatively minor anomaly, but I chose to not mention it at that time because of all of the reworking that had already been done, for which I was (and still am) very grateful.  But today I bumped into it again so I thought I would mention it.

When I select one of the entries in my .link file, I get properly taken into the directory that the link points to.  If at that point I decide to exit back into the .link file's list of entries I press the RWD button.  That takes me back into the .link file's list of entries with the entry I had previously clicked still highlighted and scrolled into view.  But then immediately and automatically, the entry is unhighlighted, the list is scrolled so that the list's first entry is positioned at the top of the screen, and that first entry gets highlighted.  This is not a big deal if the list is short and/or if I had clicked on an entry near the top of the list.  But my link file has 75 entries and is still growing, so I wish the previously highlighted entry would remain highlighted and scrolled into view.

[RetiredTeacherGuy]

Great work getting the bugs worked out, enjoyable read as it progressed. Question: Would it be possible at some point to have the option of assigning shortcuts to a Quickscreen button? I know we can replace the Quickscreen with Shortcuts, but it is great having the shuffle and repeat features close at hand, as well. I could forego the brightness buttons and add Shortcuts and something else, which I think would be great.

[chris_s]

Would it be possible at some point to have the option of assigning shortcuts to a Quickscreen button? I know we can replace the Quickscreen with Shortcuts, but it is great having the shuffle and repeat features close at hand, as well. I could forego the brightness buttons and add Shortcuts and something else, which I think would be great.

Unless I'm misunderstanding the question, the functionality you're looking for already exists:

Press Long Select to access the Shortcuts Menu directly from the Quick Screen.

https://download.rockbox.org/daily/manual/rockbox-ipodvideo/rockbox-buildch5.html#x10-1070005.13

[Bilgus]

Shortly after the last fix was released I noticed one additional relatively minor anomaly, but I chose to not mention it at that time because of all of the reworking that had already been done, for which I was (and still am) very grateful.  But today I bumped into it again so I thought I would mention it.

When I select one of the entries in my .link file, I get properly taken into the directory that the link points to.  If at that point I decide to exit back into the .link file's list of entries I press the RWD button.  That takes me back into the .link file's list of entries with the entry I had previously clicked still highlighted and scrolled into view.  But then immediately and automatically, the entry is unhighlighted, the list is scrolled so that the list's first entry is positioned at the top of the screen, and that first entry gets highlighted.  This is not a big deal if the list is short and/or if I had clicked on an entry near the top of the list.  But my link file has 75 entries and is still growing, so I wish the previously highlighted entry would remain highlighted and scrolled into view.

Sorry missed this..
Fixed
https://gerrit.rockbox.org/r/c/rockbox/+/6354

[iPodVT]

This is fantastic - I just now tried it and it works great.  My link file is currently up to 207 entries, so I very much appreciate the improved functionality.  Thanks a million!

[iPodVT]

Great work getting the bugs worked out, enjoyable read as it progressed. Question: Would it be possible at some point to have the option of assigning shortcuts to a Quickscreen button? I know we can replace the Quickscreen with Shortcuts, but it is great having the shuffle and repeat features close at hand, as well. I could forego the brightness buttons and add Shortcuts and something else, which I think would be great.

I'm a heavy user of shortcuts, with a long list of shortcuts to various settings, functions, files, directories, etc - all of which are sectioned into logical groups.  I have one section that includes Compressor Threshold, Volume, Treble, Bass, Balance, Shuffle, and Repeat, and another section that includes Brightness, Backlight on Hold, etc.  In order to keep things visually organized I use "type: separator" entries in my shortcuts.txt file that specify "name: -------------------" which separate the various sections of different groupings of shortcuts.  It's very handy (at least for my style of usage).

[iPodVT]

Attached is an image of the top of my Shortcuts Menu.

[Bilgus]

Nice,  I'm the opposite type of user I want it to just turn on resume playback and play till it runs down or I turn it off
I rarely skip tracks and when I do I really would like to delete them and when the playlist ends I load another and
thats about it for my day to day interaction with my dap

I do some plugins and the bookmarks for audiobooks but those can be automatic now with the bookmarking ignore stuff

but I do enjoy seeing what yall come up with in the OS that is rockbox

[RetiredTeacherGuy]

Attached is an image of the top of my Shortcuts Menu.

How are you getting the absence of an icon for your separator? When I leave it blank it defaults to the first icon

[Bilgus]

probably 'type: separator' does this

[iPodVT]

This is the entry I use for dashed separator lines in my shortcut.txt file:

[shortcut]
type: separator
data:
name: -------------------
icon: -1
talkclip:

I also tried it without supplying the dashes in the 'name:' field and that result in a plain empty line - no icon or other default content.

[RetiredTeacherGuy]

Thanks 

[iPodVT]

Nice,  I'm the opposite type of user I want it to just turn on resume playback and play till it runs down or I turn it off
I rarely skip tracks and when I do I really would like to delete them and when the playlist ends I load another and
thats about it for my day to day interaction with my dap

I do some plugins and the bookmarks for audiobooks but those can be automatic now with the bookmarking ignore stuff

but I do enjoy seeing what yall come up with in the OS that is rockbox

Actually, my heavy use of shortcuts is in large part for auditioning/testing/experimenting with features and settings - activities that require repeatedly changing things in a short time frame.  There are only a relative handful of my shortcuts that I use on frequent ongoing basis.  When I'm just listening to music I don't really fidget with the device very much (though I do love to mess with the gadgetry of iPods and Rockbox).  There are lots of entries in my shortcuts file that could and should be removed, but I'm also a bit of a hoarder.  One of the things I love about Rockbox's circular menu scrolling is that I can put the most often used shortcuts at the top and bottom of the menu for super quick access, and then the less often used stuff more in the middle.

I'm also experimenting with using Shortcuts to just change specific settings rather than take me to a setting's menu.  For instance, I have a Brightness shortcut that takes me to its menu, and I also have shortcuts to just change the Brightness to 16, or 25, or 32, or 50.  At some point I will probably have all of Rockbox in my Shortcuts Menu... ;-)

[Bilgus]

I would like to eventually move most of the settings to plugins, they are run pretty infrequently after setup and we could then add a lot more expressiveness into it
like adding search and help text

[iPodVT]

Do you envision those settings in plugins still being accessible via some kind of shortcuts?