Oh! Also you will probably need a section describing how skin XML will
describe / configure a library.
On Wed, Jun 1, 2016, 10:04 AM RJ Ryan <rr...@mixxx.org> wrote:
> Nice work Joan!
>
> I would like to point out one key design detail of the library. There is a
> "frontend" (GUI components -- WLibrary, WLibrarySidebar, DlgRecording,
> DlgAnalysis, etc.) and a "backend" (non-GUI components -- Library,
> LibraryFeature, BasePlaylistFeature, CrateFeature, etc.).
>
> There are a couple of reasons for this separation:
> * The skin author can create multiple library widgets. All the frontend
> widgets get connected to the library "backend" via the bindWidget methods
> <https://github.com/mixxxdj/mixxx/blob/master/src/library/library.cpp#L178>
> .
> * When we have an Android/iOS port, we will need a completely separate GUI
> implementation but ideally we can reuse all the non-GUI backend code. (I
> realize there are certain parts of GUI logic that got intertwined in the
> LibraryFeatures over the years and for an Android port that would need to
> be disentangled).
>
> From your design doc -- your class hierarchy seems to combine both
> frontend and backend. The library frontend is split into 4 independent
> widgets instead of a monolithic widget -- WLibrary, WLibrarySidebar,
> WSearchLineEdit, and WCoverArt. We used to have one monolithic library
> widget but this wasn't very flexible for skin authors -- for example we
> would have to add configuration to control every possible option we could
> think of (like where the cover art should be positioned, or whether to show
> cover art at all) and it was very hard to style each widget independently.
> Now that the widgets are split, we have full control over
> grouping/positioning, style via <Style> blocks, etc. I would prefer that we
> not go back to one monolithic library widget -- so I think one of the main
> complexities of your design doc will be how to implement this functionality
> while preserving this flexibility.
>
> What will the widget hierarchy look like in your approach?
>
> I think your design doc could use a section on how MIDI / HID control will
> control the library once it goes split pane. Things could get very
> confusing. Will controllers need a "focus" highlight to tell us which part
> of the library e.g. a select knob is affecting?
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 2:48 PM, Joan Marcè i Igual <
> j.marce.ig...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I have been working with the design of the new Library Layout and I have
>> created
>> a new page in the wiki (
>> http://www.mixxx.org/wiki/doku.php/library_layout_redesign )
>> showing all the ideas.
>>
>> With this new design the user will be able to show two library features
>> at once
>> (it can be decided by the user to show two library features or only one).
>>
>> I will be waiting to your feedback and thoughts about this design.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Joan
>>
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