New Desktop UI Release 2022

It's great to know this setting exists. As discussed in today presentation, it will be a nice feature to have an easier toggle, like a button, maybe visible to vault admin only.

And another.  I don't pay much attention to what M-Files is doing as it's been visually the same forever.  Today came into auto update of a pretty big change in UI.  Now my users who are filing large amounts of paper data have to look at the paperwork while filling in the metadata instead of seeing it all on the screen.

I thought this was the "Bottom Pane" view option, but that just seems to make the empty box under the files list different sizes.  Options should be "Off, Blank, Metadata".

I hand-keyed over 500 files this weekend, just to get a feel for the new UI. I like the metadata card better in a popped-out window than at the bottom now. You can drag it wherever you want, and it stays on top of the view that you're working on.

In this case, I was entering invoice numbers for a bunch of invoices that had printed too light for the barcode to be read, so the data I needed was always in the same spot. I put the metadata card right over the preview pane, underneath the invoice number to locate it faster. I ended up using a two-handed approach, using the mouse to highlight the data in the preview, select the metadata field and to select the next record after each save. Keyboard hand did copy and paste and CTRL-S to save the card. 

I pushed this registry key out to about 400 users last week, and they all have it in the new version. I also sent out an advanced notice email to all users with some screenshots and instructions on how to use the single popup metadata card. We have had zero help desk tickets on this so far.

I'm not sure this is the correct way to do it, but it worked for us. It's vault-specific and version specific from what I can tell, so adjust this for your situation.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Motive\M-Files\22.10.11903.5\Client\MFShell\YourVaultName\]
"EnableSingleMetadataPopupMode"=dword:00000001

Just tested this out.  It works for our needs.  Hate relying on a registry setting and would prefer user selectable options. But in this case, I would think that this should be the expected behavior of the popped out metadata card so I'm OK with applying it broadly.

We use registry keys to set global settings for M-Files, like automatic logout timers and auto-filling of metadata. I've just been going through that file to clean up all the old ones that are now built into the application. M-Files update now copies the old registry settings forward, so it's not the maintenance headache that it used to be.   

You can enable the client setting via Advanced Vault Settings so you don't need to distribute the registry key via other methods, please see this post: https://community.m-files.com/forums-1552881334/f/general-discussion-feedback/7404/new-desktop-ui-full-release-q-a/21190#21190

Once the client setting is enabled in AVS, the users will get it when they next log into the vault.

New UI interface seams pretty but in terms of productivity and optimization it fails, don't have the possibility to see the metadata card on the bottom pane, gives to the users a lost of time and productivity more clicks, more time to complete tasks I don't believe that was missed out.

Hi, have you tried to open the metadata card into a new window (Alt+Enter)? In the new window, it is possible to see the metadata card and preview side by side. It is also possible to get the metadata card window to reopen dynamically when another object is selected from the listing. To do this, the following setting needs to be changed from the MfAdmin client:

Configurations > Advanced Vault Settings > Configuration > Client > Desktop > Metadata card > Allow Single Metadata Card Popup Only = 'Yes'

We appreciate your feedback! Is there any other specific things that you think lowers productivity compared to the old UI? Or are you referring to the four panes Home view that is no longer there?

Hi Samuli, with multi-file this solution does not work, even if we have a default pdf file set for preview. Is there a workaround for this also?

Hi Samuli, i wouldnt consider this as "issue". The greatest feature and productivity option for processing a lots of documents has been removed. We are currently getting a lot of angry customers saying they will cancel their subscription if this option isnt back. Hopefully this feature is being implemented back soon.