could it be posible? i have many times to edit tags ... and it is a pain to have to press the right button, select, properties, then edit each tag ... it would be much cooler if i can do something like the editing on EAC where you just press F2, and the editng occurs in place ... sorry if is not here where this should go ... so ... i'm looking at a son:



and i want to change the name, y press F2, and a form of dialog box appears, where i can edit all, by switching with TAB, Shift-TAB, and if y press ESC, it cancells, and if y press enter, it updates ... something like this (but could be much more polished of course)

I'd like it.

Would be rather handy. It's actually been requested before in the foo_ui_columns thread, but was never implemented. Maybe if bugging ensues..

I'm not sure I understand what you want, but have you tried foo_infobox?

no, i mean, direct editing ... i have the cusort over a song, press F2 and it goes into edit mode, allowing me to change there, not having to open anything

That would be more than handy...! Hope to see this feature soon.

There are multiple tags to be concerned with, however, so how would you switch between, say, artist and title once you press F2? By using tab and shift+tab? Anyway, if you want a temporary solution, assign Show file info (special) to F2 or alt+enter or the like in keyboard shortcuts. The special file info box includes the standard tags as fields in the dialogue, so you don't have to go into the list box, select the field and hit edit.

Jamie

Especially in foo_ui_coloumns it would be cool if you click on a selected song again, and you could edit the Tag of this song on which you clicked (just like te renaming in Windows Exporer)

e.g.:
first you click on a song:
Ace Of Base******The Sing******The Bridge*****05*****Pop
then you click again on ^

And after that this field becomes editable so you could correct the wrong Title to "The Sign", would be really cool

I think it won't be possible with the standard gui. But for foo_ui_columns it would be indeed a nice feature.

yeh, wanted features,
foobar should have simple tagging like kwanbis's screenshot!
I think EAC's style not too good, winamp's tagger style is better

Sounds like a feature that is more complicated to implement in foobar than in a less customizable player. Not that I really know these things, but I imagine that formatting strings complicates it quite a bit, as there is currently no "one tag per column" restriction.

So, this plugin would have to decide what to do if a column consists of info from more than one tag. Show the first one, provide a list or simply ignore it, might be solutions to make it more fool proof. Formatting strings can be quite complex, and the formatting of a single column can depend on a set of tags in combination with global variables. At least such a plugin would have to make it clear what exactly is being edited in each column. Maybe adding a "what to edit" setting for each column, in Columns UI is a possibility.

Just my first thoughts, and I'm not trying to spoil the fun or anything. I see the potential, and understand why some would want such a feature. IIRC, EAC also jumps to the next entry/track when you press Enter after editing. That is certainly a nice feature IMHO, and can be conciddered my first feature request for this plugin if someone decides to make it.


Edit: Maybe I was associating this request too closely with direct editing in Columns UI and thus complicating it more than necessary...

I've just did something like that it the development build of my tagger. You can specify a single field (e.g. %artist%) besides the format string for displaying the column when adding a column.

The content of this field is used as key for tag read and write. If it is a tech field, the column isn't editable.


I think this feature can only implemented in the columns ui (there is at least the need for real columns), because the gui has to know the "What to edit?" info of a column.

Best regards,
~ Florian

no, but the problem i'm trying to solve is the speed of changing the tags ... so ... i'm looking at a son:



and i want to change the name, y press F2, and a form of dialog box appears, where i can edit all, by switching with TAB, Shift-TAB, and if y press ESC, it cancells, and if y press enter, it updates ... something like this (but could be much more polished of course)

I'd like it to be more like it is in Windows Explorer, no popping up dialog boxes or anything. Tabbing would change the column and so the tag to edit.
And of course there should be a "tag to edit" property for each columnd

i personally think it's easier to do by overimpossing a dialog box ... actually, you won't notice the diference ... as enter/esc would work as normal ... it should show at least the basic tags, album, artist, trach, title, and date

Well if you think of it, having a dialog box opening is almost the same as using the extended infobox, so IMHO if this idea is implemented, it should be something really minimal.

it's not the same, cause now, you have to use right mouse button, and then double click on each tag, and then confirm each one ... what i mean is that you can do the same with a dialog box ... because what is needed is the "feeling" of instant editing ... obviously that as more "direct" it is, the better ....

Maybe some kind of hotkey would do the magic:
[HOTKEY] > Enter DEM™ (Direct Editing Mode™)
[HOTKEY] > Exit DEM™

In DEM™ you are able to edit just one tag by single clicking or multiple tags by selecting and clicking one of the selected...

Just a thought.®
Moon

but why make it complicate? have you ever tried dbpowerampt/EAC (and CDex i think)? you press F2, and what was kind of "readonly" transforms into editable ... you then change, and if you press enter, it updates, if ESC, it doesnt.

I meant the special info box, not the standard one. Just bind a keyboard shortcut to open it, then just tab around and edit the tags as you like
That's why I'd like some other solution than a dialog box (or any other window popping up).