Right Click Behavior in Media Tree not correct [#16568]

[MikeGahrns]

Repro:
Have the media tree expanded showing some playlists.
Left click a playlist in the media and the songs in the playlist are listed in the main panel as expected.
Right click a different playlist in the media tree (Say you want to select a playlist to edit).

Result:
When you right click the different playlist, that right clicked playlist replaces the previous playlist in the main panel.

Expected:
The first playlist should stay displayed in the main menu, and you should only present a context menu showing the operations available for the newly select playlist that you selected with the right click. (eg. The context menu might show, Play, Edit, etc.) Only when you select an action from the context menu, should something possibly happen to the main panel.

This is the way Windows selection is supposed to work. Left click, selects the item (and displays it if appropriate). Right click is only supposed to show the operations available on the newly highlighted item. It is not supposed to automatically select it. See built-in Windows programs like Windows Explorer, etc. They all behave the way I describe.

FWIW, This was the scenario I was trying to do....

I chose a playlist I want to work on (and it appears as expected). I then go to the media tree to select another playlist that I want to also edit. Surprise! The first playlist disappears, and the newly highlighted playlist appears in the window AND the "edit playlist" panel of the newly highlighted playlist also appears. You now have two panels showing the same playlist. What should have happened is the first playlist stayed in the main panel, and the playlist that I highlighted and wanted to edit with right click should have appeared in the "edit playlist" panel.

[Peke]

Hi,
Added as https://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=16568

If I missed something let us know here.

[MikeGahrns]

Hi Peke,

Re: if missed anything....

When you do the right click, you should be able to multi select. Then if you chose an option like "Edit Playlist" then an edit window would open up for each selected playlist.

A nice side benefit is that there are other operations where multi-select on playlists would be desirable.

e.g. One of the other things I've always wanted to do was to be able to select and play multiple playlists. In this case, just the selected playlists would be added in the order they appear in the tree into the now playing.

And if you had now playing set to random, this would be a nice easy way to easily add a bunch of music and get a nice variety for whatever theme you are going for. e.g. Select a Classic Rock Workout Playlist, and a Current Hits Playlist, Alt Rock Playlist, etc.

If multiple items were selected with right click, you would want to disable/enable options based on whether you could do them on multiple items. e.g. It makes sense to Remove multiple ones, you might want to disable Rename and force people to rename only on single items.

[Barry4679]

Hi,
Added as https://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=16568

If I missed something let us know here.

I think that this already recorded, and deferred, here.

The request has been previously discussed, and supported by several people, in here.