The round coloured buttons to the left of almost every field in the edit panels are function buttons. They are used to reflect the changed state for individual fields. They are also used to access additional functionality for their associate field via a context menu displayed when you click on the button. The following colours may be displayed:
- Clear
- The field is inactive
Green- No changes
Orange- Different than the initial value when first loaded
Yellow- Different than the value at the start of the editing state.
Red- Different than the initial and editing state values
Clicking on the function button to the left of a field will display a menu with the items appropriate for that field. The following items may be available:
- Why is the Text Blue?
- Yate thinks something is invalid in the field. See What's With the Blue Text? for additional information.
Show in Popup- Displays the field's contents in a popup window.
Set to time- Certain time oriented fields have a function to set the field to now or today.
Clear All Spaces- Spaces in ISRC fields are meaningless. However, certain sites post ISRC values containing spaces. The ISRC text field will remove all spaces when the Yate Transformations>Compress function is executed but that is only useful when a single file is selected. This function will remove all spaces in the ISRC fields of all selected files.
Choose Value...- When a single file is selected, the function allows you to choose the initial, edit or current value and optionally edit the value. When multiple files are selected you can choose from among any of the unique values, view the initial and editing state values and optionally edit the value.
Append to Values...- You can use this function to append additional roles to the Musician Credits and Involved People fields when multiple files are selected.
Multi Field Editor...- Displays the Multi Field editor with the associated field selected.
Multi Field Editor Actions- The Multi Field Editor can run actions on specified fields. The menu is populated with the actions displayed in the Multi Field Editor's Action panel after removing those actions which are not deemed to be appropriate. When an action is run, the associated field will be the List of Supplied Fields if extracted by a Get Info statement. Note that the selected fields in the Multi Field Editor will not be modified and the Multi Field Editor will not be displayed if it is closed.
Enable / Disable Only Show Explicitly Supported Actions- You can limit the actions displayed on the Multi Field Editor Actions submenu. When enabled only those Multi Field Editor Actions which explicitly have the associated field on a Supported Fields statement will be displayed in the submenu.
➡ Associated Multi Item Panel- Various metadata types can have more than one item. The Edit Panel area of the main window has fields to display the default value associated with these types. For example the Comments field. There are predefined edit panels to view these multiple item types and they may be mapped to any tab in the edit panel area. Selecting the function will switch to a panel displaying the appropriate multiple item editor. If the editor is already mapped to a panel it will simply be opened. If the editor is not mapped, it will be mapped to the last (lower right) edit panel preset button and it will be opened.
Add to List- For controls which can be associated with lists, you can add the items in the current value to the associated list. Note that non standard delimiters will be used if the appropriate settings have been made and the field does not contain a multi-value separator. More information on non standard delimiters can be found in Advanced List Settings. This function may not be effective with fields which have auto-save enabled. This function works with a single displayed value or multiple values when more than one file is selected.
Add to List Ignoring Alt Delimiters- For controls which can be associated with lists, you can add the items in the current value to the associated list, ignoring all delimiters except for the multi-value separator. More information on non standard delimiters can be found in Advanced List Settings. This function may not be effective with fields which have auto-save enabled. This function works with a single displayed value or multiple values when more than one file is selected.
Remove from List- For controls which can be associated with lists, you can remove the items in the current value. This function may not be effective with fields which have auto-save enabled. This function works with a single displayed value or multiple values when more than one file is selected.
Edit List...- For controls which can be associated with lists, you can edit the list. The appropriate proferences panel will be duisplayed.
List Items Containing Text in Field- Typically when you want to choose an item from a list for a field, you click on the disclosure button to the right of the field. This allows you to choose the desired list item. If you wish to see all list items containing the text in the field, you can use this menu item. Selecting an item in the displayed popup menu will set the field to the item's title. Note that this menu item is replicated on the application's Edit menu so that a keyboard shortcut can be applied. Note that leading words in the Natural Sort Exception Set are ignored. This ensures that if the list item does not have a leading article and the field does, the item will be matched. The application menu item or an assigned keyboard shortcut will only work while you are editing an appropriate field.
Enable/Disable Auto-Saves- For controls which can be associated with lists, you can toggle the auto-save state.
Enable/Disable Autocompletes- For controls which can be associated with lists, you can toggle the autocompletes state.
Enable/Disable Always Append- For controls which can be associated with lists, you can toggle the Always Append state.
Format...- The Musician Credits and Involved People fields can be formatted. More information can be viewed on the format sheet's help.
Preview...- This function will display all current Musician Credits and Involved People values in the Log Viewer. The fields are displayed with credits and people sorted and no merging. See Involved People/Musician Credits Preview for additional information.
Synthesize- The Episode ID field an be synthesized from the Season and Episode fields.
Key Notation- The Initial Key field can choose from a list of available key notations.
Classification Presets- The Classification field can choose a value from a menu displaying preset values.
Set field to empty- When multiple files are selected and the field value is not unique, Mixed is displayed for the value. You can enter a value but to set the field to empty you mush type spacebar then backspace. This function is a convenience method to do the same.
Set to Unrated- When multiple files are selected and the rating field is not unique, you can set them all to unrated by selecting this item.
Revert to Editing State Values- Use this entry to revert the field to the values it had when first selected.
Revert to Initial State Values- Use this entry to revert the field to the values it had when first loaded.
Additional information:
Fields and Lists
Settings - Lists
The Multi-Value Delimiter, Fields and Application Lists
Yate Transformations
