Feature request: Make the deleting from collection workflow more user-friendly

eevee · December 2024

I have a pet peeve with the current implementation of deleting tracks from the collection.

When I delete tracks from collection, I virtually always want to delete them from the harddrive. The way things work as of Traktor 4.1.1, I need to use the mouse/trackpad to do so because the option is not pre-selected and the UI dialog doesn't allow the use of tab or other keys to cycle through the options.

The modal dialog also breaks the workflow of mapping the "delete track" function in Controller Manager. Yes, I can map it and trigger it with a controller, but I still have to go to the keyboard and mouse to complete the workflow. This kinda negates the whole point of being able to map the function in the first place.

How could this be fixed?

1.) Allow users to configure the default behaviour when deleting tracks, kinda like we can configure the default track analysis parameters.

2.) Include a "Don't ask me again" option to get rid of the confirmation dialog.

eevee · December 2024

I don't wanna be that gal but I have to be :)

This behavior is super-frustrating. My most typical scenario for deleting a track from a collection is when I play a track unknown to me while curating my collection, I will find a track I am not fond of and I wanna zap it from my collection pronto and move on.

The way it works right now, I have to unload it from the deck aka load another track, then get back to it in the browser (hopefully the track won't be scrolled away from focus by the browser, because the browser can be somewhat moody and finicky like that on occasion :), and then finally I get to hit my Delete Track shortcut, reach for the mouse(pad)(!), click the yes I really really wanna delete the file please option and only then finally we are rid of the unwanted guest. This is way too much work for such a simple thing.

I love Traktor because of the S8/D2 hardcore techno-logist generation of product, and with some modding and mapping I get by with the laptop comfortably tucked away, lid closed, when I play. This is great. It's like playing CDJs from the year 2035 :)

It would be absolutely phenomenal if the entire workflow including collection curation was controller-mappable, so to speak. I am even happy to plug in an extra MIDI controller by the side to ease the burden on the pads and buttons of the Kontrol :)

I think it's doable. I wish Traktor was open-source or offered some kind of coding bootcamp access for users who are Traktor super-nerds and are damn near running Tetris on the S8/D2 displays, so we could build the few remaining bridges to bright and shiny all-MIDI all-happy utopia :)