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Start Page (Sort Order) in Preferences

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asked Apr 15, 2022 in Studio One 5 by derekabrams (490 points)

CATEGORIES:

  • NUISANCE: Not life threaten -- but dang irritating for sure.
  • WORKFLOW: Increases the probability of selecting the wrong file, requiring one to close that file and reopen the proper file, or worse can be working in the wrong file and realize all the work you did is throw-away and you have to redo the work again in the correct file. This forces you to slow down so you don't make any mistakes and that speed impacts production capacity. (again -- just dang irritating for such a lovely product.)

REQUIREMENT

  1. Ability to sort the lists of items shown in the START page's panels.
    • RECENT FILES, SONGS, PROJECTS, SHOWS

BENEFIT

Improves the workflow and minimizes errors in selecting an incorrect file. (happy customers become product evangelists)

FEATURE OPTIONS

1. a setting in the application's preferences to set the preferred sort order that either:
     A) applies to all panels.
     B) applies uniquely to each panel.

2. a menu item appearing from the RIGHT-CLICK action on a panel tab's header.

3. column header toggles to perform ascending / descending action.

CURRENT WORKAROUNDS
  1. Clear the RECENT FILES panel often to minimize the length of the list. (it is the only panel with a right-click menu) 
  2. Use the search feature to filter the list.
  3. Don't use the default song name.
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