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## Why can't I press the up button in menus to jump to the bottom row and vice versa? ## Why can't I press the up button in menus to jump to the bottom row and vice versa?
Menus in ES-DE are not lists but grids, sometimes there is only a list but sometimes there are buttons beneath the list. Enabling the up and down buttons to wrap around would therefore not work consistently as it would sometimes jump to the last row of the list and sometimes to a button, depending on the menu layout. This type of contextual navigation feels very weird in practice. The solution is instead to use the shoulder buttons (which will jump six rows), or the trigger buttons (which will jump to the first and last row). These buttons work consistently throughout the application and avoid the strange side effects just mentioned. If you observe this more closely you will also realize that "wrap around" is very rare in GUI design, you don't jump to the top of a web page when you scroll to the bottom and likewise the settings menus of your mobile phone will not wrap around. Menus in ES-DE are not lists but grids, sometimes there is only a list but sometimes there are buttons beneath the list. Enabling the up and down buttons to wrap around would therefore not work consistently as it would sometimes jump to the last row of the list and sometimes to a button, depending on the menu layout. This type of contextual navigation feels very weird in practice. The solution is instead to use the shoulder buttons (which will jump six rows), or the trigger buttons (which will jump to the first and last row). These buttons work consistently throughout the application and avoid the strange side effects just mentioned. If you observe this more closely you will also realize that "wrap around" is very rare in GUI design, you don't jump to the bottom of a web page when you scroll up from the top in your web browser and likewise the settings menus of your mobile phone will not wrap around.
## I don't like the default emulator for a certain system, how can I choose an alternative? ## I don't like the default emulator for a certain system, how can I choose an alternative?
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## I have many games with multiple files, is there a way to show these as single entries? ## I have many games with multiple files, is there a way to show these as single entries?
Yes, as from version 1.2.3 there is support to display such games as single entries. That is true for both single-disc games using a .bin/.cue pair or similar, or for multi-disc games where .m3u files are used for emulator disc swapping. See the _Directories interpreted as files_ section of the [User guide](USERGUIDE.md#directories-interpreted-as-files) for details on how to configure this. Yes this is supported for both single-disc games using a .bin/.cue structure for instance, or for multi-file/multi-disc games where .m3u files are used for emulator disc swapping. See the _Directories interpreted as files_ section of the [User guide](USERGUIDE.md#directories-interpreted-as-files) for details on how to configure this.
## I see both .bin and .cue files for many of my games, how can I hide the unnecessary files? ## I see both .bin and .cue files for many of my games, how can I hide the unnecessary files?
See the question above for a possible solution. Another approach would be to hide the game files you don't want to see using the metadata editor. Yet another solution which is actually recommended is to convert your games to the .chd format. This combines the .bin/.cue files into a single file that is also compressed, leading to space savings. A custom systems configuration entry could also be created, but that is not really recommended or required due to the solutions just mentioned. The reason why .bin files are included in the first place is that some emulators can launch these files directly, and some users have game collections comprised of such files. If the .bin files were filtered out in the bundled configuration, then all these users would have their games removed from within ES-DE next time they upgrade the application. See the question above for a possible solution. Another approach would be to hide the game files you don't want to see using the metadata editor. Yet another solution which is actually recommended is to convert your games to the .chd format. This combines the .bin/.cue files into a single file that is also compressed, leading to space savings. Just be aware that you can't combine multi-disc games into a single .chd file. A custom systems configuration entry could also be created, but that is not really recommended or required due to the solutions just mentioned. The reason why .bin files are included in the first place is that some emulators can launch these files directly, and some users have game collections comprised of such files. If the .bin files were filtered out in the bundled configuration, then all these users would have their games removed from within ES-DE next time they upgrade the application.
## When I hide a game using the metadata editor it's not really getting hidden, is this a bug? ## When I hide a game using the metadata editor it's not really getting hidden, is this a bug?