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[Pierre Equoy <pierre.equoy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Peter,

when I raised this issue, the rationale behind it was to be able to
control the music from my pocket without having to take the smartphone
out of my pocket. This is the method I use in the bus with my current
Android phone for instance, and it's incredibly useful.

Shaking the phone is, in my humble opinion, a very bad idea. Plus, my
request is for the long press to be globally recognized, i.e. no matter
the phone screen is off or not. If we apply a gesture, that means your
playlist would randomly go to next/previous track as you walk...

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Title:
  [Media services] Volume up/down long press should skip to
  next/previous track

Status in Canonical System Image:
  Confirmed
Status in Media Hub:
  Invalid
Status in Ubuntu Music App:
  New
Status in Ubuntu UX:
  Triaged
Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  A handy feature of music players is the ability to quickly skip tracks
  by long-pressing the volume buttons. This allows users to control
  their music without having to take the device out of their pocket,
  turn its screen on, unlock it, go to the music app and press "Next".

  As of now, when I long press the volume button, it rapidly increases
  the volume, which is not very nice to my ears ;-)

  Is it possible to control the music app this way on Ubuntu phone?

  Music app version tested: 2.2.910 (2015-09-03)
  Device: Meizu MX 4
  System info: Ubuntu 15.04 (r4)

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