Feature Requests Folder Browser and Emulator Editor

[muny21]

Hello, First I have to say, I've been trying out every single front end out there and yours is by far the best for what I'm looking for. I love the look and feel to it. And now on to the "buts". There are a few things that make it a struggle to use, some are already on the request list so no point in creating a new thread for those features: media pathing to local files instead of downloading is the biggest concern. Besides that I would love it if you could use a different "Browse for Files Dialog" box. I loathe the one you're using. It's such a pain in the ass to use. You have to scroll through your whole computer every time you need to import anything. The better dialog box is the one that has the left folder view pane, or whatever it's called, with shortcuts to folders on your computer. That way you can just click on a folder with your emulators/roms instead of navigating your whole PC. I have been searching online for a way to change this myself and can only find the answer that the person who made the program has to change this themselves in the exe file. I'm not sure if that's true or not, but my search-fu is weak on this topic. Here's a picture of what I would like to have: Another thing I would love is the ability to edit the plaforms/emulator without having to import roms. Although I have found a work around, a direct edit button would be nice. As it stands, you can just select the platform you want to edit and select import roms but do no select any rooms. Then you select the emulator in that window pane and edit it that way. With those few nuisances, I still enjoy this front end most of all. You have done an amazing job thus far. Thanks.

[Jason Carr]

muny21 said Besides that I would love it if you could use a different "Browse for Files Dialog" box. I loathe the one you're using. It's such a pain in the ass to use. You have to scroll through your whole computer every time you need to import anything. The better dialog box is the one that has the left folder view pane, or whatever it's called, with shortcuts to folders on your computer. That way you can just click on a folder with your emulators/roms instead of navigating your whole PC.

Hi muny, thanks for the feedback. On the above, I assume you must be talking about the places where I use the Windows folder browser dialog instead of the file browser? I do already use the one you screenshotted above anywhere you have to select a file instead of a folder. Is it the folder browser dialog that's the problem (that would make sense, I know it can be a pain)? Where are you seeing the problem dialog?

[Jason Carr]

muny21 said Another thing I would love is the ability to edit the plaforms/emulator without having to import roms. Although I have found a work around, a direct edit button would be nice. As it stands, you can just select the platform you want to edit and select import roms but do no select any rooms. Then you select the emulator in that window pane and edit it that way.

Sure, I do need to add an easier way to get to emulators. For what it's worth, you can get to it from the single game Edit dialog as well, but yes, I do need an easier way to edit emulators; that is on my list.

[muny21]

Jason Carr said Hi muny, thanks for the feedback. On the above, I assume you must be talking about the places where I use the Windows folder browser dialog instead of the file browser? I do already use the one you screenshotted above anywhere you have to select a file instead of a folder. Is it the folder browser dialog that's the problem (that would make sense, I know it can be a pain)? Where are you seeing the problem dialog?

That window comes up whenever I go to import roms and select browse. I just went back and tested other browse buttons and I think that's the only one that behaves like the picture in this post. Thanks for the tip on the single game edit option. It works well. EDIT: I just went and tested every other browse button and it seems that the rom browsing is the only that does the above. I guess you must have missed that one unless you programmed it like that for a reason.

[Jason Carr]

Ah, yes; basically, Microsoft best-practice says that if you're opening a folder (not a file), you should use the folder browser dialog. If you're opening a file, you should use the (better) file dialog. The problem here is the MS's folder browser dialog sucks. I know what you mean though, many applications hack the file browser dialog to work for folders to get around the limitations of the crappy folder browser dialog. I'll see if I can make that happen.

[muny21]

It sure does suck. It would be sweet if you could fix that. Thanks.