Mortplayer users: a question about button navigation...
Is there a way to map hardware buttons so that you can select a track in the right window, then scroll down and select another, then another, etc.? It seems as though you have to use stylus taps to actually SELECT files from the right window. You can SCROLL down using the main navigation controls but the 'Action' button doesn't SELECT, it just adds the highlighted track to the playlist and closes the window.
My goal is to not have to use Stylus taps for this kind of basic navigation. Stylus taps would be easy to avoid if I had a bunch of saved playlists, but I really don't believe in saving Playlists - you end up just listening to the same music over and over. I would like to just be able to add several tracks at once without the use of stylus taps...
Is there a way to map hardware buttons so that you can select a track in the right window, then scroll down and select another, then another, etc.? It seems as though you have to use stylus taps to actually SELECT files from the right window. You can SCROLL down using the main navigation controls but the 'Action' button doesn't SELECT, it just adds the highlighted track to the playlist and closes the window.
My goal is to not have to use Stylus taps for this kind of basic navigation. Stylus taps would be easy to avoid if I had a bunch of saved playlists, but I really don't believe in saving Playlists - you end up just listening to the same music over and over. I would like to just be able to add several tracks at once without the use of stylus taps...
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks...!
I actually asked a question sort of like this over on Mort's webpage. Being the great guy that he is, he promptly posted a beta version with a tweak or two. Here's a link to the thread (which includes the download):
I'm not sure if this will help with playlist management like you are talking about, but it certainly helped me with single-handed use and I think it is a great update worth having.
Well, there's (almost?) nothing I can do about the file selection dialog. It's a default dialog, so the buttons are mapped like in every other Windows dialog. The Action button is the same as the Enter key - and thus usually fires the default or currently selected button.
Maybe I could do some button remapping, like left/right for switching the dialog elements and Action for (de)selecting, but then it would be hard to leave the dialog - the menu can't be focussed by the program as for Windows it's no dialog element...
Anyway, I think setting up a playlist is a job that should be done in situations when stylus work is possible, too. And tapping the wanted directory and files is by far faster than any button work could ever be.
Well, there's (almost?) nothing I can do about the file selection dialog. It's a default dialog, so the buttons are mapped like in every other Windows dialog. The Action button is the same as the Enter key - and thus usually fires the default or currently selected button.
Maybe I could do some button remapping, like left/right for switching the dialog elements and Action for (de)selecting, but then it would be hard to leave the dialog - the menu can't be focussed by the program as for Windows it's no dialog element...
Anyway, I think setting up a playlist is a job that should be done in situations when stylus work is possible, too. And tapping the wanted directory and files is by far faster than any button work could ever be.
I see...I guess I was hoping for something like what TCPMP (great for video but kind of crappy for music) has when it comes to file selecting (see screenshot). If you have 'Selecting' activated, then the 'Action' button just highlights a track. Only after you close the window is the track added to the playlist.
Just a thought...but your program is great for music, in any case:)
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