Waiting for this issue to be fixed, this is my work-around: create the playlist you want to send the songs to first, then select the songs in an existing playlist and send them to the newly created (but already existing) playlist, then delete them in the current playlist. That works. The difference: do not create the new playlist as part of the send to operation, because the handle to the current playlist moves to the send to playlist what causes the bug.
Because I have to do this a lot, I end up preparing a lot of empty dummy playlists first, as sort of buckets waiting to send song selections to. It is not ideal, but it does the trick.
Another thing that would help me here is the drag and drop from one playlist to another. In MM3, dragging and dropping used to be a move operation. I used to be told on this forum that the drag and drop in MM4 was changed into a copy operation, and indeed, that is what is happening. Safe and good! I was also told that this behavior could be altered from a copy to a move holding down the SHIFT-key when doing the drag and drop:
http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewto ... 18#p303318
This does work, but the annoying thing is that the SHIFT key has another important function when selecting songs: it triggers a range select, from the first to the second song and everything in between.
Now, try this:
- select a couple of individual songs in a playlist holding down the CTRL-key;
- drag & drop the selection to another playlist, holding down the SHIFT key to change the copy into a move.
You'll see that the use of the SHIFT-key doing the drag and drop, messes up the initial selection. It becomes a range select. You'll find yourself dragging and dropping the wrong selection of songs.
SHIFT is not the right meta-key to change the drag & drop behavior. The ALT-key would be a better choice, because both SHIFT and CTRL already have dedicated functionality when selecting songs.
Thanks for considering this.
Waiting for this issue to be fixed, this is my work-around: create the playlist you want to send the songs to first, then select the songs in an existing playlist and send them to the newly created (but already existing) playlist, then delete them in the current playlist. That works. The difference: do not create the new playlist as part of the send to operation, because the handle to the current playlist moves to the send to playlist what causes the bug.
Because I have to do this a lot, I end up preparing a lot of empty dummy playlists first, as sort of buckets waiting to send song selections to. It is not ideal, but it does the trick.
Another thing that would help me here is the drag and drop from one playlist to another. In MM3, dragging and dropping used to be a move operation. I used to be told on this forum that the drag and drop in MM4 was changed into a copy operation, and indeed, that is what is happening. Safe and good! I was also told that this behavior could be altered from a copy to a move holding down the SHIFT-key when doing the drag and drop:
http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=58971&p=303318#p303318
This does work, but the annoying thing is that the SHIFT key has another important function when selecting songs: it triggers a range select, from the first to the second song and everything in between.
Now, try this:
- select a couple of individual songs in a playlist holding down the CTRL-key;
- drag & drop the selection to another playlist, holding down the SHIFT key to change the copy into a move.
You'll see that the use of the SHIFT-key doing the drag and drop, messes up the initial selection. It becomes a range select. You'll find yourself dragging and dropping the wrong selection of songs.
SHIFT is not the right meta-key to change the drag & drop behavior. The ALT-key would be a better choice, because both SHIFT and CTRL already have dedicated functionality when selecting songs.
Thanks for considering this.