Bug 365840

Summary: git master - Consider reversing order of effect stack in Properties widget: bottom effect is first, top effect is last.
Product: [Applications] kdenlive Reporter: Unknown <null>
Component: User Interface & MiscellaneousAssignee: Jean-Baptiste Mardelle <jb>
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL    
Severity: wishlist CC: null, snd.noise, wegwerf-1-2-3
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: git-master   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Ubuntu   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Unknown 2016-07-19 03:23:29 UTC 
I noticed when really using the Properties (formerly "Effect Stack") widget, that the order of the stack goes from top to bottom. So, the top effect is applied first, then the ones below it. Personally, this seems a little counter-intuitive. It's just an opinion, but I feel that the bottom effect should be processed first, followed by the one above it, then the one above it, and finally the one on the top.

I feel that the heirarchy of a "stack" is starting at the bottom, then building to the top, you know?

So, I wanted to suggest that the order in which effects are processed in the Properties widget is reversed from its current configuration. I suggest the bottom effect be applied first, and the top effect be applied last.

Reproducible: Always




Bug/improvement suggested while using Kdenlive git master build via ppa:kdenlive/kdenlive-master.

Linux Mint 18 x64, Cinnamon 3.0.7.

KDE Frameworks 5.18.0
Comment 1 Wegwerf 2016-07-20 21:43:29 UTC 
Jesse, I found the actual order to be intuitive, but maybe that's because I consider it to be a list rather than a stack. But then I always liked Casio calculators, but never HPs. ;)
Comment 2 Unknown 2016-10-27 23:44:25 UTC 
If it's deemed best to keep things as they currently are, feel free to close this bug with "wontfix".

Alternatively, maybe there can be a button in the Properties Widget that can change the order of the stack? By default set to "Top-to-bottom", but left-clicking would enable the button and switch it to "Bottom-to-top"? Just brainstorming, here.
Comment 3 farid 2021-03-06 16:14:32 UTC 
Hi Jesse, thanks for your report. I think it is best to maintain it using the top-to-bottom paradigm.