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Also, is it possible to customize the filter pane to display the albumartist rather than artist?

Here's where I'm at:

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[dv]
Type=G+

#Menu bar
MBmenu = MainMenuItem LayoutItem PSortItem PFilterItem QueueItem
HBmenu = _MBmenu

#Player buttons and TimeBar
HBButtons = Prev Stop Play Next ExtraButtons -VolumeIcon -Pref -OpenBrowser(toggle)
HBTime = Time _TimeSlider
HBplaytime      = HBButtons 25_HBTime

#Cover and Playlists
HPplaylist      = _Cover SongTree(group=1)

#Filter panes, SongList, Searchbar
HPfp1 = FilterPane1(nb=2,hidebb=1,page=artist) FilterPane2(nb=3,hidebb=1,page=album)
HPfp0 = FilterPane0(nb=1,hidebb=1,page=genre) HPfp1
HPfpmain        = HPfp0 SongList
HBsearch = _SimpleSearch -FilterLock -PlayFilter -Refresh -ResetFilter
VBbottom        = _HPfpmain HBsearch

#Playlist and Filter pane panels
VPmain          = HPplaylist VBbottom

#All containers
VBmain          = HBmenu HBplaytime _VPmain


Outstanding issues/questions:

1. tweak SongTree display so that the info above each group is Artist  - Album [Year]  -  Codec
2. add alternate line shading to filter panes (like in SongTree and SongList widgets)
3. Does the Cover widget only display art for the file that is playing? I'm coming from foobar2000 where the album art display can follow the cursor (i.e., one could click on a track in the SongList widget and the corresponding artwork would show up).
4. When I restart the program: (1) the SongList panel extends all the way to the left, covering up the Genre/Artist/Album filter panes and (2) my entire library is in the SongTree instead of just the tracks that I had dragged and dropped there beforehand. I had TabbedLists in place of SongTree initially, and that playlist persists through restarting the program. I suspect I'm not understanding the distinction between a playlist and SongTree.

Anyways, thanks for the help so far. If anyone has insight into the above, it'd be much appreciated.

I was using 1.02. Upgraded to 1.17 and that seems to have fixed the problem.

I tried using your GQLC layouts from github, but all three of them give me nothing but a search bar. Any idea why that might be?

Yeah, I've browsed through the past forum topics here and noticed several of yours, but I haven't had a look at all of the underlying layout script yet. Will do that tomorrow to see if my answer becomes apparent, then report back.

Well, that's one question down :D. Thanks for the info. I'm taking another stab at what I *think* should be the basic structure, and I'll post that once I confirm it doesn't work the way I think it should (given my very, very limited understanding of how layouts work).

Hi all,

I've read through the layout documentation a few times and had a look at some contributed layout files in the hope of coming up with a layout like what I've attached below. I have to confess that the documentation is rather opaque to me. Are there other sources I could look to to get a handle on layouts, or, failing that, could someone offer a suggestion on how to construct such a layout. Of course, if what I've sketched up isn't possible for some reason, just let me know.



Thanks,
Dave