https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=361357
Bug ID: 361357
Summary: git master - issues with new Clip Properties Widget
Product: kdenlive
Version: unspecified
Platform: Ubuntu Packages
OS: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: User Interface
Assignee: j...@kdenlive.org
Reporter: jesse.dub...@gmail.com
It looks like in recent git master builds that the Clip Properties in the
Project Bin has been made into its own widget, as opposed to a slide-in window
in the Project Bin. I think that's a great idea! Much better than a slide-out
window that you have to resize or wiggle around the Project Bin. Good stuff.
There are some issues that arise with this change, however. I've listed them
and some possible solutions to fixing them:
(1) If the Clip Properties widget has dimensions that are smaller than the
content of the widget itself, it still forces the layout to change - whether
it's the selected widget or simply in the layout at all - and the layout cannot
be adjusted to make the widget smaller or resize any widgets its grouped
together with. I'd suggest that the Clip Properties widget can re-size without
affecting the rest of the layout, like how all the other widgets behave. (I
also reported this issue in Bug 356488 -
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=356488.)
(2) This new change can create some confusion with the Effect/Transition
properties widget, because both have the word "Properties" in it, and now it
seems to leave the purpose of the "Properties" widget ambiguous. I don't have
an ideal title name for the Properties widget, but even changing it to
something like "FX Properties" would be much better, at this point, than just
"Properties". Conveniently, left-clicking once on clips or transitions in the
Timeline open the Properties window up automatically, anyways, so maybe "FX
Properties" wouldn't be such a bad idea. ("FX" Is always had a professional,
flashy video editor feel, anyway. :) )
(3) There is no label as to what clip the Clip Properties widget is showing the
details FOR. IT doesn't show the clip title/name anywhere, or file name, etc.
This issue was made present to me when working with a clip in the timeline that
was different from the clip currently displayed/selected/present in the Clip
Properties widget. I would suggest putting the clip name (or file name,
whichever) in the actual content window of the clip properties widget, or, in
parenthesis, have the clip name in the widget header, to the right of the
actual "Clip Properties" text. Or both, even, as this would be an issue if the
title bars are hidden in the layout.
(4) When double-clicking a clip in the Project Bin or clicking the Pencil icon
in the Project bin, the Clip Properties widget disappears, then re-appears with
the clip properties data. ... ...eh, not the best behavior for editing
workflow, let alone ideal for the user's custom editing layout. SUGGESTED
SOLUTION: When the Clip Properties widget is currently in the layout,
double-clicking a clip or clicking the "Clip Properties" button DOESN'T remove
the widget from the layout, or close the widget. Instead, it brings it to the
front (as it does now), showing the details of the chosen clip. So, in other
words, cease any options in the Project Bin from making the Clip Properties
widget disappear/close/leave the layout.
(5) Being that the "Clip Properties" button at the top of the Project Bin is an
enable/disable button, rather than a one-time click button that brings the user
to the clip properties widget, , I might suggest changing it to a single-click
button that behaves just like double-clicking on a clip in the Project Bin --
mainly for the reasons stated above. I think that any function in the Project
Bin that closes/removes the Clip Properties widget is a bad idea, personally.
Thanks for reading guys. :)
Reproducible: Always
Suggested/Bugs discovered while using Kdenlive 16.07.70 git master build via
kdenlive-master ppa. Ubuntu 16.04 x64, Unity 7.4.0 desktop environment.
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