[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #12157: List all recordings with this title (display group)

[Michael Watson]

On 30/05/2014 10:52 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
> On 30 May 2014 21:25, Angela <angela.schmid at wolke7.net> wrote:
>>> This is a long awaited feature (for me at least).
>>> Can the current LEFT/RIGHT Arrow be used by default, as currently you
>> press
>>> right from the All Programs to the recordings, then right again on the
>>> recording to get all recordings of that title.  (and then left to
>>> back out).   Don't see why it needs a new key binding.
>> I was thinking about the same, using LEFT/RIGHT, to scroll through the
>> display group.
>> Another thought was to have LEFT as before to move to the recordinglist,
>> from where you use UP/DOWN and having RIGHT to select the display group of
>> this title, instead of using a new key binding (+).
>> I am quicker with LEFT/RIGHT, than I am with PREV/NEXTVIEW, as a need to go
>> up on the remote and they are between other keys, so hitting them is a
>> little bit difficult.
>>
>> There are several places where we use four buttons:
>> Playback: (depending how configured) Commercial Skip, FFWD or using 2
>> different time intervals.
>> Program Guide: Day left/right, screen portion left/right
>> NetVision, I made a patch to skip 1 Pages and 10 Pages
>>
> while in the recordings list screen, using the MythBuntu theme
> You start by being on the list of titles. You press Right and you're
> on the content list (default being All Programs)
>
> To me, pressing Right would be really nice if it showed all the
> programs with the same title (what this patch does)
> however, re-binding LEFT/RIGHT isn't really a possibility as how they
> behave depends on the theme. Horizontal theme (like Terra) have an
> action for right already.
>
> Finding a proper and intuitive key binding, may be too much to decide.
>
> So I suggest having a menu entry instead, Between Add To Playlist and
> Mark As Watched
>
> There we would have, "Find other show like this one"
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Adding it as a menu option feels a bit kludgy (but useable), using 
existing navigation keys is more intuitive.