This sub-menu contains options to adjust the layout of Amarok. There is also a checkbox to lock the configuration. This can be used to prevent any accidental changes to the Amarok settings.
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= Cover Manager =
= View Menu =
==Introduction==
This top-level menu contains options to adjust the layout of '''Amarok,''' and a checkbox to lock the configuration; use this to prevent any accidental changes to the '''Amarok''' window layout.
The ''Cover Manager'' is a tool to manage the cover art images of your collection. It allows you to change covers easily, fetch all missing covers and browse them. You can find Cover Manager from <menuchoice>Tools -> Cover Manager</menuchoice>
If you uncheck any of the three panes, you dismiss them from your window. To recover the pane(s), merely check the box.
When scanning the local music library, Amarok tries to find corresponding covers for albums. At this point, Amarok only searches them from the file system, not from the Internet. If none are found in your files, Amarok uses a placeholder image like this for the album cover: [[File:Nocover_amarok.png|25px]]
There are also two radio buttons in this menu. The buttons are used to choose which ''Toolbar'' '''Amarok''' will use. The ''Main Toolbar'' has a larger height and slightly different controls than the ''Slim Toolbar.'' The Main Toolbar contains two main control buttons: A Play/Pause button and a button for controlling the volume. It also displays the name of the current media file and a slider for showing, as well as changing, the position of playback. More about [[Amarok/Manual/AmarokWindow/Toolbar|the Toolbar]].
If an album is missing a cover or the current one is incorrect, you can fetch one from the Internet with Cover Manager.
[[File:Amarok_cover_manager.png|300px|left]]
[[File:amarok_main_toolbar.png|600px|thumb|center|The Main Toolbar]]
If the Lock Layout button is unchecked, the Media Sources, the Context and the Playlist tabs can be toggled and many layouts can be created as shown below:
With Cover Manager, browsing covers is easy. You can view covers for any artist by selecting from list on left, or use the search box to find the right album. On statusbar, you can see how many covers are currently listed and how many albums are missing covers. You can also set the Cover Manager to only show albums with or without cover. By left-clicking on cover art and selecting <menuchoice>Display Cover</menuchoice> you can view the cover image in the original size.
== Fetching Missing Covers ==
If there are albums with missing covers, you can try to automatically fetch them all from the Internet. Just select <menuchoice>Fetch Missing Covers</menuchoice> from the top side of the window and Cover Manager will try to find covers. If there are many albums missing covers, the process may take some time.
If there is an album with an incorrect cover, you can fetch new one from the Internet. Right-click on the cover and select <menuchoice>Fetch Cover</menuchoice>. A dialog window for finding a new cover will open. Amarok automatically tries find the correct album art by searching with artist name and album name. Usually that works very well as with the example and you will most likely see a correct cover on results as in the example. If no correct cover is found, you can try to enter a custom search phrase or change the source of images by clicking on <menuchoice>Configure...</menuchoice> You can select where to search, including Last.fm, Google Images, Yahoo! Image Search or Discogs. After finding a cover for album, just click <menuchoice>OK</menuchoice> and changes will apply.
Alternatively you can use a image from your hard drive. If you want to store the image in the Album folder, title it cover.jpg or cover.png for best results. As before, right-click on the incorrect image and click on <menuchoice>Set Custom Cover</menuchoice>.
[[File:amarok_layout1.png|600px|thumb|center]]
[[File:amarok_layout2.png|600px|thumb|center]]
If you don't like the cover art at all, you can unset it by right-clicking on the image and selecting <menuchoice>Unset Cover</menuchoice>.
[[File:amarok_layout4.png|600px|thumb|center]]
{{Tip|You can find this menu without Cover Manager too. Just right-click on the album or song from your playlist or collection and hover the <menuchoice>Album</menuchoice> section.}}
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There are also two radio buttons in this sub-menu. The buttons are used to choose which toolbar Amarok will use. The Main Toolbar has a larger height and slightly different controls than the Slim Toolbar. The Main Toolbar contains two main control buttons: A Play/Pause button and a button for controlling the volume. It also displays the name of the current media file and a slider for showing, as well as changing, the position of playback. The main difference between the main & slim toolbars are that the slim toolbar adds more playback control buttons.
[[File:amarok_main_toolbar.png|500px|thumb|center|The Main Toolbar]]
If the Lock Layout button is unchecked, the Media Sources, the Context and the Playlist tabs can be toggled and many layouts can be created as shown below:
[[File:amarok_layout1.png|700px|thumb|center]]
[[File:amarok_layout2.png|700px|thumb|center]]
[[File:amarok_layout4.png|700px|thumb|center]]
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View Menu
This top-level menu contains options to adjust the layout of Amarok, and a checkbox to lock the configuration; use this to prevent any accidental changes to the Amarok window layout.
If you uncheck any of the three panes, you dismiss them from your window. To recover the pane(s), merely check the box.
There are also two radio buttons in this menu. The buttons are used to choose which ToolbarAmarok will use. The Main Toolbar has a larger height and slightly different controls than the Slim Toolbar. The Main Toolbar contains two main control buttons: A Play/Pause button and a button for controlling the volume. It also displays the name of the current media file and a slider for showing, as well as changing, the position of playback. More about the Toolbar.
The Main ToolbarThe Slim Toolbar
If the Lock Layout button is unchecked, the Media Sources, the Context and the Playlist tabs can be toggled and many layouts can be created as shown below:
