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Wish for a function to fully collapse library tree

I am using foobar 1.3.8 with album list 4.5 among several other components. I have dabbled with a few other library-viewing components, but by no means exhaustively.

In my application (handicapped-operable) all functions are mouse-less and are executed with a (deliberately restricted) programmable keypad - either with foobar keyboard shortcuts or autohotkey etc.
I find that I need to daily manually collapse various expanded trees in the library view - or else it gets very messy - and I have failed to come up with a programmable sequence that will collapse all expansions. I mean REALLY collapse them; pressing LEFT ARROW a few times will of course get to the ALL MUSIC top (root?) of the tree, but when one begins to browse, formerly expanded levels reappear uninvited - so I need to go back and collapse them explicitly.

Could I suggest a function such that either a branch/twig collapse by itself when navigated away from it - or - that there simply be a tree-tidy function (shortcut-able) that truly and fully collapses the tree at will?
From that known state I could then easily restore a desired default-level of expansion.

btw, I love foobar

Wish for a function to fully collapse library tree

Reply #1 –
if you don't have a panel embedded in your layout and use the popup window from the library menu, closing it collapses everything. ESC is already bound to close it because it's a dialog window so all you need is a shortcut to quickly open it again.

edit: note that trying to use the library menu with a panel embedded in your layout will just highlight it. you'd need to hold shift when launching or remove it.

Wish for a function to fully collapse library tree

Reply #2 –
Quote from: marc2003 on
if you don't have a panel embedded in your layout and use the popup window from the library menu, closing it collapses everything. ESC is already bound to close it because it's a dialog window so all you need is a shortcut to quickly open it again.

edit: note that trying to use the library menu with a panel embedded in your layout will just highlight it. you'd need to hold shift when launching or remove it.


Oh cool, never tried the popup window - nor knew how to launch it if it existed in the layout already - THANKS!

So, my key sequence is: ESC ALTDOWN L ALTUP SHIFTDOWN A SHIFTUP  - and that works great.
The only loss is the ability to have TABS conveniently switch to different tree definitions - but I only deploy one of them for this application anyway.

It would still be nice to have that ESC-equivalent collapse function for the embedded window someday though. Hint hint.