It’s really annoying, that Roon behaves differently in input fields than any other (native) App on macOS. Take the filter field with already entered text for example.
- When I click into the field the whole text is selected. In Finder, Mail, iTunes etc. a single click will place the cursor at the clicked position
- Activating text input makes the font smaller in many places in Roon, so I don’t always get what I click.
- Double clicking will deactivate the input field instead of selecting the word that I’ve clicked onto
- Triple clicking just behaves like a single click and looks correct as it selects the whole text like usual in macOS
This example shows how a Mac App should handle clicks into input fields:
I hope you can fix this or make it configurable as it’s really a showstopper for me and maybe many other Mac users.
There are also other strange things in Roon, but this one is most annoying.
Here a list what could also be fixed:
- Right clicking items will select them instead of opening the contextual menu. For this I have to move the mouse to the corresponding button. Selecting should be done by Cmd/Shift+Click or by dragging a frame around items.
- In the title list view right clicking should open the menu to enable/desable columns
- As Roon doesn’t support vertical scrolling for albums, scrolling up/down should also scroll the view.
- Modal windows like the preferences and its nested windows should all have a close button (accessibility)
- Stopping playback should also be available via Cmd+. (the standard cancel hotkey)
Disclaimer: I know the interface is polished for touch screens and that’s great, but for plain Mac users you should implement a non-touch interface. Just let the user choose (via the option to hide the mouse cursor?).