Bugzilla – Bug 2646
Edit Labels dialog at default size "hides" the Frequency data
Last modified: 2021-01-27 17:02:28 UTC
Created attachment 1062 [details] Edit Labels default dialog Edit Labels dialog at default size "hides" the Frequency data which may be present - thereby potentially misleading the user into not realizing than some of they labels may have frequency. data attached. Now this begs the question of "Just why do we have frequency selections attached to labels?" - but we do, so we really should do our best not to hide the fact. The initial attachment here shows the default dialog size with the default Audacity Window size withe the frequency data hidden (and no visual cue on the Waveform that some labels may have selections. I will add a next comment with a proposed expanded size attachment. I strongly suspect that the dialog window size was set before we had the possibility of frequencies added to labels - and was not thought to be expanded when this functionality was added.
Created attachment 1063 [details] Edit Labels expanded dialog The attached image shows the Labels dialog expanded wider to reveal the Frequencies data. It is the same project as before, I just changed the view to Multi-view to show frequency selections. The row numbers are really redundant and non-practical ( as explained in Bug #2083) - so if we remove those as suggested in 2083 then w can see that the expanded dialog can be accommodated in slightly less than the width of the default size Audacity Window (which is a good thing).
Note too that although there is a horizontal scroll bar for the dialog at default size, many users will overlook that/not notice it. And more importantly if you are on visible data cell at current default size and use Right-arrow to move through the fields a) the focus moves off the screen, becomes invisible b) the cells do not auto-scroll This is visually very confusing. ---------------------------------------------------------------- I have added David Bailes to this thread as this command is primarily targeted at VI users
(In reply to Peter Sampson from comment #0) > Now this begs the question of > "Just why do we have frequency selections attached to labels?" Good question. I've no idea, but unless there's a practical use it's just clutter (and the cause of bug 2081). If there is a practical use, then I'd love to know what it is. If not, then I think the best fix for this bug (and bug 2081) would be to remove that "feature".
(In reply to Steve Daulton from comment #3) But that would be a contentious decision - and would take some negotiation and discussion for that to take place. And I suspect that we are too close to 3.0.0 release for this more major surgery. In the meantime this simple cosmetic fix to the default size at least would show *all* the data that is attached to a label. And this, at least, should a) not be contentious b) be a relatively easy fix and a quick-win. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Like you Steve, in the fullness of time (i.e. after 3.0.0) I would like to revisit this and hopefully remove the spectral selections from labels - as, like you, I totally fail to see any practicable uses-case.
Tested on W10 and macOS 11.1 Bug Sur with Audacity 3.0.0 3e8e5aa Leland has made some changes to the dialog - I think it is now OK 1) it does not expand by default to full width 2) at default size part of the Low Frequency cells are displayed 3) now the table scrolls properly with Tab, Shift+Tab and Left/Right arrows Accordingly I am going to close this as RESOLVED
