Feature request- clean up contextual menu

nealk
nealk
in SecuritySpy

I've mentioned before but not sure where... still a frequent

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irritant.

Any way this could be reworked so that "configure settings" is not buried in a list of lesser needed options? It's pretty much the only one I go to every time, although I do like being able to disarm actions for an hour or 3 without digging e.g. when someone is working in the alley.

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  • Ben
    Ben

    I agree that the order here isn't quite optimal - we've now rejigged this in the latest beta version of SecuritySpy (currently 6.16b6). The "Configure Settings" option is now second in its section, after "View Captures", which I think will be more frequently used by most users. I hope this helps you to locate this option more easily.

  • nealk
    nealk
    edited October 2025

    Yes that helps a lot, thanks! (Personally no use for view captures- just checked it out, might be useful if it offered better forward cueing or speed controls than VLC)

    If I had my say "configure settings" would be top, followed by "control camera" and then there could be 20 more whatevers as I'd just ignore it all :-)

  • dmg15
    dmg15

    Out of that entire menu I too only use ‘configure settings’ and ‘control camera’ now that the arrow keys no longer PTZ and the PTZ buttons disappeared from the camera title bars.

    i also use VLC to view captured footage for the exact same reason plus frame by frame seeking to read low light licence plates.

  • Ben
    Ben

    Hi @dmg15 - if you hold the Shift key, or engage Caps Lock, the arrow keys will work for PTZ as before.

    Also, the PTZ buttons should still be in the title bar of any video window that contains a camera with PTZ functionality. If you're not seeing this, it points to a bug rather than a design decision that we made - in this case please email us and include screenshots to show us what you're seeing, and we'll look into this further.

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