Bug 356490

Summary:	Project Bin design and workflow improvement suggestions (video example included)
Product:	[Applications] kdenlive	Reporter:	Unknown <null>
Component:	Project Bin & Import	Assignee:	Jean-Baptiste Mardelle <jb>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	null, wegwerf-1-2-3
Priority:	NOR
Version:	git-master
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://youtu.be/VcIdD7HGci4
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Unknown 2015-12-10 23:02:41 UTC

See video in URL field for full description and examples.

Suggestions to improve the Project Bin Widget:

1. Be able to drag clip that's in a folder to the "Back" button to move it to parent directory.
2. In Tree Mode, have folder icons re-sized when zoom is enlarged and/or reduced -- following suit with the other icons?
3. Have clip icons in icon view extend to the end of Project Bin widget, instead of stopping at margin towards right side of widget.
4. Have tooltip show just the file name (or clip name?) instead of entire file path when mouse hovers over it.
5. Find a more user-friendly/intuitive way to remove effects from clips.

Reproducible: Always




Tested while using Kdenlive 15.11.90+48 from VPinon's PPA for Wily. Running Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 x64 w/ Gnome 3.16.

Comment 1 Unknown 2016-01-22 19:51:40 UTC

Issue #5 doesn't seem appropriate anymore. Clips with effects in the Project Bin behave exactly like clips in the timeline, now. Seems perfectly congruent with program operations. :)

Comment 2 Wegwerf 2016-01-23 18:05:22 UTC

As for #4: please don't! :) I need it on a regular basis as my projects often draw from several reuse/share folders. Sometimes I need to use a modified clip in lieu of a shared clip. Then, I'm happy if I can hover over the clip and see if I'm correctly the modified clip instead of its shared standard clip.

Comment 3 Unknown 2016-01-23 18:30:33 UTC

@wegwerf, just curious, if the file path was included in the clip properties, and you had to select the clip, then click the "Clip Properties" button to see the file path in there, would that still be satisfactory for you?

The reason I made the suggestion is if the user changes the title text in the clip, and for some reason needs to see the original file name, that seemed appropriate for the tooltip. For many users, I'd think having the whole filepath in the tooltip would be unnecessary.

It's only a minor suggestion, though. :) I'm good one way or the other.

Comment 4 Wegwerf 2016-01-23 18:36:15 UTC

Re issue #4: unfortunately not, as when I need to check multiple clips this quickly gets tedious, especially with long file paths getting clipped off. The easiest way thus currently is the pop up. Crazy...

Comment 5 Unknown 2016-01-25 02:07:35 UTC

More than fair. If it's a need, it's a need. :) I'd say disregard suggestion #4 then.

Comment 6 Unknown 2016-10-28 00:01:31 UTC

Issues 1, 2, and 3 still seem relevant in Kdenlive 16.11.70 git master builds.