PD 15 media menu not working

rbowser

Contributor Joined: Aug 08, 2011 16:48 Messages: 515 Offline

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Dec 16, 2016 15:24

In PD11 there was a separate drop-down menu where you chose the type of media you wanted to see. In PD15, I see that's been replaced with icons for each media type. I click one - it shuffles the thumbnails around, but doesn't do any filtering. After asking for video, I still have images and audio mixed in. I click another icon - same thing - click a 3rd or 4th time, and finally the media type I want is displayed.

Is this among the known issues with this update - which of which there seem to be many?

RB

ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Dec 16, 2016 16:38

Hi RB -

That feature's a bit counter-intuitive, I agree. I've got used to it now.

The video, image & audio icons at the top of the Media Library are either highlighted blue or greyed. If the video icon is blue, the videos are shown. If not, they're hidden.

So, it's actually a way of hiding particular media types rather than isolating & showing them separately. I think it works the way it was intended... just that most users would think "Ah! If I click on the video icon, I'll just see the videos."

Cheers - Tony
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rbowser

Contributor Joined: Aug 08, 2011 16:48 Messages: 515 Offline

Dec 16, 2016 16:44

Ah ha! Got it - Of course, it does indeed work as intended, just not as expected - Thanks, Tony!

RB

Quote Hi RB -

That feature's a bit counter-intuitive, I agree. I've got used to it now.

The video, image & audio icons at the top of the Media Library are either highlighted blue or greyed. If the video icon is blue, the videos are shown. If not, they're hidden.

So, it's actually a way of hiding particular media types rather than isolating & showing them separately. I think it works the way it was intended... just that most users would think "Ah! If I click on the video icon, I'll just see the videos."

Cheers - Tony