Bug 640 – WX3: Label Tracks: Cannot UP/DOWN out of multiple label tracks. Cannot UP/DOWN out of single label track unless there is a closed label.

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Bug 640 - WX3: Label Tracks: Cannot UP/DOWN out of multiple label tracks. Cannot UP/DOWN out of single label track unless there is a closed label.


Summary:	WX3: Label Tracks: Cannot UP/DOWN out of multiple label tracks. Cannot UP/DOW...

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	Audacity
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Labels
Version:	2.1.0
Hardware:	Per OS Windows (all)

Importance:	P4 Repeatable
Assigned To:	Default Assignee for New Bugs

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Keywords:	wx3

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Reported:	2013-04-30 04:11 UTC by Gale Andrews
Modified:	2018-08-20 11:45 UTC (History)
CC List:	8 users (show)

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Steps To Reproduce:	1 Create an audio track. 2 Tracks > Add New > Audio Track. 3 UP arrow - focus is locked in label track. 4 Type to add a label - do not hit ENTER, so leaving the label open. 5 UP arrow - focus is locked in label track. 6 ENTER to close label - UP arrow works. 7 Click in the label track control panel to select the label track, Edit > Duplicate. 8 UP arrow or DOWN arrow - focus is locked in the first label track.
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Closed:	2018-08-20 00:00:00

Flags:	gale: Accessibility+ gale: Regression+ gale: Test‑OK‑Win+ gale: Test‑OK‑Mac+ gale: Test‑OK‑Lin+

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Steve's LabelTrack_ReleaseUpDownKeys patch (695 bytes, text/plain) 2013-04-30 04:13 UTC, Gale Andrews	Details
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Description Gale Andrews 2013-04-30 04:11:43 UTC

This is a usability issue for keyboard use if trying to listen to labeled audio while editing the labels (e.g. as in transcription). Once the label is open, UP/DOWN are captured by the label although not used by it. 

Thus to move focus from label track to audio track so as to use SPACE to play, you must first ENTER to confirm the label. Having been forced to close the label, it is then hard to reopen the label using the keyboard because TAB or SHIFT+TAB do not start at the selected label (this also warrants an issue and patch, but it still needs deciding exactly what the behaviour should be).  

Also if a label happens to be open for editing and the focus is in other tracks, then UP or DOWN will halt when it reaches a label track.

Comment 1 Gale Andrews 2013-04-30 04:13:24 UTC

Created attachment 377 [details]
Steve's LabelTrack_ReleaseUpDownKeys patch

Comment 2 Gale Andrews 2013-04-30 06:57:48 UTC

Marked patch_ready. Tests fine for me on Windows and Mac.

Comment 3 Vaughan Johnson 2013-06-29 23:53:48 UTC

Okay, committed. Did not review details, relying on Gale's testing.

Comment 4 Gale Andrews 2013-06-30 08:19:42 UTC

Tested this time on Linux and Windows, seems fine.

Comment 5 Gale Andrews 2014-10-23 13:22:16 UTC

REOPENED. Only tested on Windows (7 and 8). Added keyword: wx3 to indicate this bug is seen in wx3.x but not in wx2.8.12.
 
Changed title to indicate wider scope of bug - FROM "Label Tracks: Cannot UP/DOWN out of label track if label is open" TO "Cannot UP/DOWN out of multiple label tracks. Cannot UP/DOWN out of single label track unless there is a closed label.".

Comment 6 Gale Andrews 2014-10-24 07:26:23 UTC

Additionally, when the focus is trapped in the label track, F1 to F6 shortcuts do not function.

Comment 7 Gale Andrews 2015-03-17 01:25:29 UTC

Audacity does not yet support wx3. Demoted to P4. Already has wx3 keyword.

Comment 8 Paul L 2016-07-11 15:48:09 UTC

I tried this today on Windows and cannot reproduce the symptoms.

Comment 9 Gale Andrews 2016-11-27 20:43:40 UTC

(In reply to Paul L from comment #8)
Something "refixed" it, I can't reproduce the bug any longer on any platform.

Comment 10 Gale Andrews 2016-11-27 20:44:25 UTC

So marked fixed.