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Dear Robby,

Thank you very much for creating and maintaining Tellico.

The following are three minor bugs in Tellico v3.0.2. I'm not sure if they actually amount to "bugs" - they are definitely changes in software "behavio(u)r" since v2.3.12, and it bothers me a little (and may bother other Tellico users) that Tellico should have lost a few functions in the process. But maybe these changes were intentional...? I wouldn't rate any of them as urgent or important. This report is only meant to help you make v3 even better.

They all relate to a "Video Collection" file (but may affect other collection types as well) and should be very easy to reproduce. I am attaching an example file (.xml) to support the explanations below, and a couple of screenshots for Bugs #1 and 3 below.


1/ Field replication - Multi-selection

The default field values when editing multiple entries cannot be selected and it seems to be random (I can't understand the logic at least).

I sometimes want to replicate a number of fields from one video entry to another. Say, for example, I have created two video entries:
(i) Bambi - Director = Disney, Walt
(ii) Cinderella - Director = Disney
and I want to copy across "Disney, Walt" from Bambi to Cinderella (and supersede "Disney" as the Director for Cinderella). Of course, this is a simple example - in real life, I would have a significant number of fields to copy across, and/or long values in certain fields (e.g. a long list of subtitle languages) that I don't want to retype manually. And in real life, the fields for the second entry would most likely be empty.

In v2.3.12, the way I would do this was by selecting both entries, right-clicking, selecting "Edit Entries", going to "Other People" tab > Director. Because both entries have different values in the "Director" field, it would be grayed out and deselected by default. By selecting the field, I would override the value in that field in both entries with whatever value shows in that field.

Now, of course, for the purpose of doing this, the "default" value in the field matters - the whole purpose of doing this is to save me from having to re-type the value (say, for instance, a long list of subtitle languages).

In v2.3.12, I knew that I could get the default value to be taken from either entry by selecting this entry first, then selecting (Ctrl+Click on the list of entries) the second entry. In this example, if I clicked on Bambi, then Ctrl+Click on Cinderella, and Edit Entries, the default value for "Director" would be "Disney, Walt", then I would select (by ticking the check box) the Director field and it would replace the value in the Director field by "Disney, Walt" in both entries (i.e. mainly in Cinderella).

In v3.0.2, I don't seem to find a way of doing this any more. Regardless of the order of selection of entries (Bambi first or Cinderella first, then the other), it always shows "Disney" as the default value in the "Director" field. I don't understand how the default value is determined (from which entry it is taken).

Process to reproduce:
a) Open the attached xml file
b) Click on Bambi
c) Ctrl+Click on Cinderella
d) Right-click > Edit Entries
e) Go to the "Other People" tab
f) The default value in the Director field is "Disney"
g) Click on "Close"
h) Click on Cinderella
i) Ctrl+Click on Bambi
j) Right-click > Edit Entries
k) Go to the "Other People" tab
l) The default value in the Director field is "Disney"
m) Click on "Close"

Expected Result:
At step f) above, the default value should be (would have been in v2.3.12) "Disney, Walt" because Bambi was selected first and that's the value in the Director field for Bambi.


2/ Multiple selection from an external source

When "sourcing" entries from an external source, say IMDb, the list is reset in-between searches.

I sometimes want to create multiple entries from IMDb in one go. I could do this in v2.3.12, which I found quite handy, but I can't do this in v3.0.2 any more, because the list is reset in-between searches. What is the purpose of the "Clear" button in that case, since the result of the previous search is cleared automatically anyway?

Process to reproduce:
a) Open the attached xml file
b) Press Ctrl+I
c) Select "Search source: Internet Movie Database"
d) Populate "Search:" with "Bambi"
e) Click "Search"
f) It displays a list of results
g) Populate "Search:" with "Cinderella"
h) Click "Search"
i) It clears the result list for Bambi and displays the list of results for Cinderella

Expected Result:
At step i) above, I wouldn't have expected it to clear the list of results for Bambi, but to add the new results for Cinderella at the end (or at the beginning, it doesn't matter) of the existing list (for Bambi). If I want to clear the list of previous results, I can do this manually by clicking on the "Clear" button before the next search. This prevents me from selecting the "Bambi" and the "Cinderella" I want from the (common) list and adding them in one go, which is what I used to do in v2.3.12, and found quite handy - I need to search for Bambi first, select the one I want, click on "Add Entry", then run another search for Cinderella, and do the same - no big deal, but less handy (in my humble opinion).


3/ Display issue with filter

When applying a filter, the detailed information window is not refreshed or cleared.
This was not an issue in v2.3.12 because (if my memory serves - not sure any more...) when selecting a filter, it would show the list of images (covers) in the right-hand side, bottom window.

Process to reproduce:
a) Open the attached xml file
b) From the filters, select "All Directors"
c) It shows the list of both files
d) Select Bambi
e) It displays the information about "Bambi" in the bottom half
f) Now select "Disney" from the filter list on the left-hand side
g) It shows the list of entries matching the criterion, which is (correctly) "Cinderella" only
h) But in the bottom half, "Bambi" is still displayed, even though it does not match the criterion

Expected Result:
I don't know... but not h). Maybe just clear the bottom half? Or revert to how it used to work in v2.3.12, i.e. (I believe) display the list of images that match the criteria in the filter, which I found a nice feature. But it should not display the information for an entry that does not match the current filter criteria and is therefore not on the filtered list. I find this to be confusing.

Many thanks again, best regards,

Eric.