I would like to use the Files View. But every time I start Elisa, I have to navigate back into my music directory; since the Files View resets itself to the root directory. So my idea/request is to fix the File View to a specific directory. Maybe using the first directory defined in Configure Elisa... > Music Folders would be a good start. (My original feature request can be found here: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=468407. This request helps to split things up.)
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/elisa/-/merge_requests/447
> So my idea/request is to fix the File View to a specific directory. Maybe using the first directory defined in Configure Elisa... > Music Folders would be a good start. So, why not presenting a special view with all those directories first? Like a virtual folder with links.
I have my music library completely organized into directories which make much more sense for my use case than the album and artist views. Unfortunately I face this bug every time I use Elisa. I eventually managed to make a patch with my little knowledge of QT and C++ to hardcode the default location into the code, but that is far away a proper solution. What if the default folder follows the System settings -> Applications -> Locations -> Music path?
(In reply to ebray187 from comment #3) > What if the default folder follows the System settings -> Applications -> > Locations -> Music path? Should be fine! I assume that: xdg-user-dir MUSIC ...will give the proper path to the music folder on any system.
*** Bug 473178 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/elisa/-/merge_requests/476
Git commit 00e114cfb27df13212724afab1c500de00b37206 by Joshua Goins, on behalf of Nate Graham. Committed on 16/08/2023 at 21:21. Pushed by redstrate into branch 'master'. Allow configuring the initial Files view path Right now it defaults to / so that the user can access any external devices they may have plugged in with music on them. However this is a fairly cumbersome location to always start in as it exposes system components to the user. Let's allow the user to customize the initial Files view location so that they can make it start in exactly the place where they keep their files. FIXED-IN: 23.12 M +3 -0 src/elisa_core.kcfg M +16 -0 src/localFileConfiguration/elisaconfigurationdialog.cpp M +16 -0 src/localFileConfiguration/elisaconfigurationdialog.h M +36 -0 src/qml/SettingsForm.qml M +15 -1 src/viewslistdata.cpp https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/elisa/-/commit/00e114cfb27df13212724afab1c500de00b37206