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Bug 635985 - When adding a clip to the timeline, only allow the creation of a single extra layer
When adding a clip to the timeline, only allow the creation of a single extra...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: pitivi
Classification: Other
Component: Timeline
Git
Other Linux
: Normal minor
: 0.91
Assigned To: Pitivi maintainers
Pitivi maintainers
: 635986 (view as bug list)
Depends on: 632319
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-11-28 14:17 UTC by Alex Băluț
Modified: 2013-09-21 19:50 UTC
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dragging a clip to the timeline, see lots of empty bands (210.65 KB, image/png)
2010-11-28 14:17 UTC, Alex Băluț 		Details

Description Alex Băluț 2010-11-28 14:17:15 UTC 
Created attachment 175412 [details]
dragging a clip to the timeline, see lots of empty bands

Start a new project, import a clip, drag it to the timeline, notice you can drag it to the 2nd band (or 3rd, or 4th, etc). See the attached screenshot.

This is very confusing for first time users because it looks very awkward! At least that's how it looked to me when I used PiTiVi for the first time, and one of the reasons for trying ..another video editor.

When the user drags a clip to the timeline, let's allow the creation of a single new band, either:
- between two already existing bands, or
- exactly after the last band, or
- exactly where the top band should be, if there is no band yet (when the first clip is added to the timeline).
Comment 1 Alex Băluț 2010-11-28 14:25:06 UTC 
*** Bug 635986 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Jean-François Fortin Tam 2010-11-28 14:39:26 UTC 
My long term plan would be to kill the automatic layer interface: bug #632319
So I'm not sure about the viability of this bug.
Comment 3 Alex Băluț 2010-11-28 14:51:09 UTC 
Please leave this bug open until someone actually starts working on the new UI.
Comment 4 Jean-François Fortin Tam 2013-09-21 19:50:01 UTC 
Oh, this is fixed with the clutter timeline AFAIK, it doesn't allow you to create more than one layer at once. Except bug #708539 ;)