Bugzilla – Bug 1970
Missing tick marks in Timeline
Last modified: 2018-09-09 08:10:29 UTC
As can be seen in the big image on the front page of the manual, the timeline used to have tick marks between the numbered divisions, but now it doesn't. https://manual.audacityteam.org/ https://alphamanual.audacityteam.org James replied: > It is intentional. It is a result of fixing number overcrowding that > led to uneven numbering that looked terrible. > > We COULD be less minimalist and have more ticks. However, with the > existing rather baroque ruler marking code that is harder to achieve > than you'd think. It would be better to rip out the old code and write > new code that treats the tick marks and the numbers independently and > has a global (full ruler) perspective rather than local perspective on > what to draw. I partly agree with the initial report (on the forum) that the current "minimal" design is a little less useful than before, and so a regression. I also agree with James that the previous design could look rather poor due to overcrowding and uneven spacing, so logging this for (hopefully) a nice compromise.
I've been comparing 2.2.2 versus 2.3.0 alpha - and I believe that the loss of the ticks is a bad thing - and indeed a regression. I also note that this issue arose from users trying out alphas (a small cadre) complaining that the ticks had gone and thus making it harder to use Audacity. I suspect that if we release like this we will be getting a lot more complaints on the Forum - accordingly I am going to elevate this bug's priority. As a minimum it is P3 - but for my money borderline P2 . So to put focus on it for the final days of 2.3.0 bug-fixing I am going to elevate it to P2
Cliff wrote by email to Steve: >I agree with you Steve. It’s has been bothering me recently as I have to >estimate a time point between spaced out marks now. On a two hour recording >it only gives 15 minute marks and those are about 1 1/4” on my 15” laptop >screen. > >To have tick marks even 5 minutes apart would be much better. Numbers aren’t >required, but just the marks.
DEVEL - FIX MADE https://github.com/audacity/audacity/commit/e724ef0793e8f345ee1eb08c55ef41510952a920
(In reply to James Crook from comment #3) Tested om W10 with audacity-2.3.0-alpha-118-e724ef0793e8f345ee1eb08c55ef41510952a920 The Tick marks are back :-))
This Forum thread relates to this bug: https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=101095
