Xzfgiiimtsath Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 So I just shelled out the $20 for this because of list view. The idea of what looked basically like an excel spreadsheet full of game metadata that could also work as a launcher for whatever games I had on my PC was exactly what I was looking for. However, I don't seem to actually be able to edit any metadata in this view, I can't change the position of the columns (they just snap right back whenever I leave list view for some reason), and I can't choose which columns are displayed (half of them contain metadata I don't really care about that just clutters up the screen). As far as I can tell nothing about list view is editable, when that seems like the exact thing this view would exist for... even right-clicking the columns just brings up a context menu for whatever game is highlighted. Am I missing something here? Is there some kind of planned functionality for this? I was willing to pay $20 just for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Hi Xzf, yes, the view's functionality is still a bit early. If that's the only feature you were interested in, I'm happy to refund you if you'd like. Just email me at jason@unbrokensoftware.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Sorry @Jason Carr can I just interject here, feel free to delete. what view are you saying is spreadsheet like? If you are in launchbox then all metadata is editable, allways. if you are in bigbox and trying to edit, then yes correct you cant do it from there. If you are trying to edit the views, then there are many free themes to download from the downloads section that change the view to something more pleasing to yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rincewind Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Agreed the metadata can be manually edited if you needed to tweak or fill in the blanks. As for the columns @Xzfgiiimtsath, can you explain how you would like these to be changed to your liking, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Thanks @Rincewind, ill leave this one to you, but ive read that multiple times now and I'm still not sure I understand what he wants or expected? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rincewind Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Yes that's why a detailed explanation from him or her would help us to understand there needs, as a new user may not know what can and cant be done straight away 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 9 minutes ago, Rincewind said: Yes that's why a detailed explanation from him or her would help us to understand there needs, as a new user may not know what can and cant be done straight away Exactly, hence why I added to jasons refund offer buy chiming in myself, and sort of saying, I think what u want is there.. But I'm backing out, and letting the mods deal with, appologies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Hey guys, the list view in LaunchBox is still a bit early in that you can't hide columns or save column positions, which I expect was part of Xzf's decision. It also doesn't support inline editing; it may in the future, but it isn't currently a high priority. I imagine if you wanted it primarily for Excel-type functionality, you would be disappointed currently. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 But where did he see that??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 I think he's talking about this view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 wow, is it your fault then? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 although, mines similar, I just limited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 I never really thought about it before but the ability to edit meta data using the list view would be really awesome along with the ability to hide columns you don't want to see. Moving them and resizing them works just fine on my end already though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CriticalCid Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 10 hours ago, lordmonkus said: Moving them and resizing them works just fine on my end already though I think what he means is that LaunchBox doesn’t save your settings for this. You can move and resize all the columns but when you exit LB and reopen it, everything is set back to standard. Same thing happens when you switch between the Images and List view. I don't know if this is bug or by design @Jason Carr ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 Ahh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glaymore Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 12 hours ago, lordmonkus said: the ability to edit meta data using the list view would be really awesome along with the ability to hide columns you don't want to see Yes, that was one of things I hoped for when I paid for LB license. It's not a complaint, far from it The app is absolutely awesome! (and getting even better) Just wanted to add that it'd be nice to see some metadata edit functionality in the list view, or at least column view customization, as mentioned above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rincewind Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 woohoo now I understand the original post more clearly and a save on exit would be a great start for that type of editing in that view Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xzfgiiimtsath Posted November 29, 2016 Author Share Posted November 29, 2016 (edited) Sorry I haven't responded in awhile, I honestly forgot about this post. But yes! I feel like you understand me now. I didn't really plan to use Launchbox as an emulator or use the big box frontend on my TV or anything - I essentially just wanted a database for all my games that I could add and edit custom metadata to... I do it for all my music, too, and Foobar is the perfect tool for that, I'm just a metadata and list nerd: . List View looked so much like a spreadsheet that I, admittedly a bit hastily, assumed I'd be able to do those kinds of things and excitedly shelled out the money.@Jason Carr No I don't think I'll need a refund. Buuuutt maybe you could think about adding making the columns customizable (choosing which are displayed and which order they're displayed in, and the ability to save those settings or just have them not revert back automatically), and adding in-line editing? These two additions alone would make List View MUCH more useful. I've been searching for a frontend/launcher/database type program that can do something like this for a LONG time, and I can't be the only one, right? Thanks for all the responses guys Edited November 29, 2016 by Xzfgiiimtsath 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Agreed, those features are indeed planned. Hopefully we can get that stuff added soon. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Wow, I honestly didn't even know that view existed. Chalk me up as another interested party in in-line editing and saved positions. For bulk-editing purposes that'd be killer. I'm a hopeless list/spreadsheet nerd myself... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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