[e.k.]

I use rating (1 - 5 stars; enabled at title format) at app. 10% of songs,
for 90% of songs the empty stars (5) are useless, the other 10% are (5 - 1) empty stars.

Empty stars disturb (just clog)  a little, this is why I don´t really like this feature.

Would it be possible to unshow empty stars?



e.k.

[Zubersoft]

I don't have a problem with making that change. We can see if other users don't like the change, and if so, then I'd have to consider whether or not to add a setting to control this. Also, just to confirm - my understanding is that, when the rating is 0, you would rather no stars be shown at all instead of 5 empty stars, correct? It will also help to know if you are wanting me to change it from 

★★☆☆☆

to just 

★★

, meaning all empty stars are removed versus just when the rating is 0. The problem with removing all empty stars is it will cause song titles not to line up properly for users that insert the rating at the start or middle of the format string.

Mike

[Telstar]

"The problem with removing all empty stars is it will cause song titles not to line up properly for users that insert the rating at the start or middle of the format string."

Mike, just a thought, could a completely transparent image the same size just replace the 'empty' starts ?

[Zubersoft]

I'm currently just using text because it renders quickly with a low performance cost when scrolling through many entries. I'd rather not have to try to introduce an image-based approach, as it would certainly be a lot slower and cause the scrolling to potentially be a little less smooth. I appreciate the suggestion though.

Mike

[e.k.]

Mike,
you fully understand my intention, no "empty" stars, wherever/whyever they could be,
your example is correct.

....and to avoid any problems with the use of stars at start or middle of titles/subtitles 
a setting would be great: "show unrated stars yes/no"


thx for taking into consideration,
e.k.

[itsme]

... not my most important topic, but anyway, I think it's a useful proposal ...
If you find the time to implement this request I'd also vote for "hide all empty stars", the line up issue is only relevant if the rating stars are the very first entry in a format line.
Btw: %RATING_STARS% seems to be missing in the drop down lists of the Song Title Formatting dialogs. I used it before but can't remember where or how I discovered it.
It could be an alternative to the proposed option  "show unrated stars yes/no" to offer additional format strings like %RATING_STARS_NOT_EMPTY% (a better / shorter name would be highly welcome)

[e.k.]

... not my most important topic, but anyway, I think it's a useful proposal ...
If you find the time to implement this request I'd also vote for "hide all empty stars", the line up issue is only relevant if the rating stars are the very first entry in a format line.
Btw: %RATING_STARS% seems to be missing in the drop down lists of the Song Title Formatting dialogs. I used it before but can't remember where or how I discovered it.
It could be an alternative to the proposed option  "show unrated stars yes/no" to offer additional format strings like %RATING_STARS_NOT_EMPTY% (a better / shorter name would be highly welcome)

It´s in the Fields list "Rating" (Bewertung)

[itsme]

OK, so I was mislead. This must have been changed a while ago. 
So now %RATING% is missing. Before %RATING% was behind the button "Rating". It displays rating as a number 0 ... 5 and still works.
%RATING% has a similar issue: it's not possible to show only values > 0 by using the ${VALUE} syntax

[Zubersoft]

I do still support %RATING% and %RATING_STARS%, but I do not show rating stars under the ... button (I'm not sure if I've ever shown that there). There is a rating button already (it's above the % button). Maybe I'll change the rating button to show a popup with three options:

Rating as a number
Rating with filled stars
Rating with filled and empty stars

Mike

[e.k.]

I do still support %RATING% and %RATING_STARS%, but I do not show rating stars under the ... button (I'm not sure if I've ever shown that there). There is a rating button already (it's above the % button). Maybe I'll change the rating button to show a popup with three options:

Rating as a number
Rating with filled stars
Rating with filled and empty stars

Mike

Thanks, this will match all conseivable requirements!