Old "back button" bug resurfaces in 3.7.7

[HarryH3]

To see it in action: Go to Recordings screen, scroll down to a show that is not at the top of the list. Click once to see the episodes, info, etc. Click Back. It takes you to all the way back to the top of the Recordings list, instead of going to where you previously were in the list. Not good for the WAF when she's scrolling through to see what she wants to watch next.

Can this be configured with a setting somewhere or is it hard coded?

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Did the recording group you viewed have one recording or multiple?

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Looking at the code, I don't this this is a case of "Old back button bug resurfaces". It looks like it's always been this way for the single-recording version of the new metadata screen. If you didn't notice it in the past, I'm guessing you were on the multiple-recording screen, or had the metadata screens disabled (ie, just using the Recordings screen itself).

That said, try running the installer again. I've included a fix.

[ga_mueller]

I wish when a single show is present for the metadata screen, we would get a description of that specific show, and not a generic blurb about the series.

[HarryH3]

It may have been because I checked the "Show metadata screens in Recordings". We use an HP MCE remote and the back button on the remote (seems to do the same action is pressing the Esc key on the keyboard) would previously always take us back to the series we had selected, while using the left-arrow would take us back to the first listing on the Recordings screen.

I just did the reinstall and now if I select a show, I can click the on-screen "Back" button and it goes back to the show that was previously selected. However, neither the back button on the remote, the left-arrow on the remote, or the left-arrow on the keyboard do anything. The only way to exit the screen is to click OK while the "Back" button in the UI is highlighted. It appears to be a result of having the metadata screens enabled. When I disable that, then things go back to the way they were.

The metadata screens are cool, but like ga_mueller said above, if there is only one episode then there isn't always a way to see the episode info. However, this only appears to happen when there is metadata available, for example, the US TV show Bones does this. When shows that have no metadata available, then the info for the selected episode is displayed.

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I just did the reinstall and now if I select a show, I can click the on-screen "Back" button and it goes back to the show that was previously selected. However, neither the back button on the remote, the left-arrow on the remote, or the left-arrow on the keyboard do anything. The only way to exit the screen is to click OK while the "Back" button in the UI is highlighted.

I've done a further update to the installer, which makes sure the 'escape' key also retains it's position in the list.

Does your remote generate an 'escape' keypress when it's Back button is pressed? Most do.

I wouldn't expect the left arrow to do anything.

[HarryH3]

I think the back button on the remote sends the escape key, as it always does exactly the same function as the escape key on the keyboard.

All 4 arrow keys work when the metadata screen is not checked for the Recordings screen.

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I think the back button on the remote sends the escape key, as it always does exactly the same function as the escape key on the keyboard.

If it does send an 'escape' keypress, then that updated installer should do the job for you.

All 4 arrow keys work when the metadata screen is not checked for the Recordings screen.

Like everywhere in the app, you can use the arrow keys navigate around the screen. The left-arrow wont exit out of that screen though (and doesn't anywhere else in the application), and there is nothing further left of the buttons on that screen, so nowhere further left to go.

[Jaggy]

Like everywhere in the app, you can use the arrow keys navigate around the screen. The left-arrow wont exit out of that screen though (and doesn't anywhere else in the application), and there is nothing further left of the buttons on that screen, so nowhere further left to go.

Actually (on 3.6.6 at least) when using the standard Recording view, when in a recording details view pressing the left or right arrow does exit you out of the screen either into the Conflicts or What's New screens depending which button you press...... & yeah I didn't know it did that until just a little while ago when I tried it

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Actually (on 3.6.6 at least) when using the standard Recording view, when in a recording details view pressing the left or right arrow does exit you out of the screen either into the Conflicts or What's New screens depending which button you press

Actually not quite the same thing. What you're describing all just the same Recordings screen, it's just switching between the different lists. The Library Metadata screens are entirely separate screens - they're actually part of the Video Library, which is where they were first designed for.