v3.6.0-beta.1

Changes

Features

Spectrum analyser

Several new features were added to the built-in spectrum analyser visualisation:

• A new appearance mode with solid (rather than hatched) bars was added. [#1780]

  The new mode is named ‘Solid bars’, while the previous bars mode is now named ‘Hatched bars’.

• The width of bars in the ‘Hatched bars’ and ‘Solid bars’ appearance modes is now configurable. [#1780]

• A smooth sub-bin values option was added. [#1778]

  This will smooth values that span multiple points on the frequency scale. This will mainly affect lower frequencies for larger panel widths when the logarithmic frequency scale is used.

  Some minor tweaks were also made to how bins are mapped to the frequency axis when smoothing is turned off for consistency.

• The fast Fourier transform (FFT) size is now configurable. [#1766]

• The minimum and maximum frequency shown is now configurable. [#1767]

  The linear frequency scale behaviour was also updated to respect the configured frequency range, rather than varying the frequency range based on the current sample rate.

• The options dialogue is now modeless when it’s opened using the panel context menu. [#1783]

  Changes made in the dialogue are also now previewed in the visualisation as the changes are made.

• CPU usage was reduced slightly. [#1776]

Other changes

• Middle-click autoscroll is now available in the playlist view, the playlist switcher, Filter panel, Item details and Item properties. [#1786, #1791]

  For the playlist view and Filter panel, ‘Autoscroll’ has replaced the ‘None’ option for the middle-click action in Preferences.

  For the playlist switcher, autoscroll is disabled if ‘Delete a playlist when middle-clicking on it’ is turned on.

• The %playlist_name% field is now available in playlist view grouping scripts. [#1757]

• When adding a new column in on the Playlist view preferences page, inline editing for the column name in the column list is automatically activated. [#1750]

• A ‘Rename’ command was added to the column list context menu on the Playlist view preferences page. [#1759]

• When right-clicking in empty space in the playlist switcher, context menu items relating to the active playlist are no longer shown. [#1753]

• When creating a new playlist via the playlist switcher context menu, the new playlist is now created immediately after the playlist that was right-clicked on, and inline editing for the playlist name is automatically activated. [#1753]

• When creating a new playlist by double-clicking in empty space in the playlist switcher, inline editing for the playlist name is automatically activated. [#1753]

• Quick setup was updated to include options for smooth scrolling, sticky playlist view group headings and sticky playlist view artwork. [#1764]

  The option to enable or disable the themed colour scheme was removed from the dialogue. (All options remain available in their existing locations in Preferences.)

• In the ‘Export configuration’ dialogue box, the Target option was renamed Export type and the names of the choices were updated for clarity. [#1761]

  Additionally, the last used export type is now remembered the next time the dialogue is opened.

• 256×256 px versions of built-in icons have been replaced by 128×128 px versions to reduce the file size of the component. [#1786]

Bug fixes

• Smooth scrolling is no longer suppressed when scrolling very quickly using a mouse wheel that scrolls in fixed steps. [#1775]

• When using the Shift key to select multiple items in built-in list views, the starting position for the selection is no longer reset if the Shift key is temporarily released between clicks or key presses. [#1758]

• The position of the tooltip shown when using the seekbar and volume bar was corrected for some system display scales and pointer sizes. [#1790]