0005603: A different solution for choosing multiple inline plugin controls, may also work for automation and other areas

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0005603	ardour	features	public	2013-07-20 23:02	2016-03-20 14:33

Reporter	Leatuspenguin	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	feature	Reproducibility	N/A
Status	acknowledged	Resolution	open
Product Version	3.0

Summary	0005603: A different solution for choosing multiple inline plugin controls, may also work for automation and other areas
Description	I have found two areas in particular where choosing more than one parameter in Ardour can be more convoluted than it could be. These two areas are when choosing inline plugin controls and adding automation tracks. In both cases, if you want to choose more than one parameter, you have to keep going back to the menu to select more. This is ok if you only want to choose one but for choosing any more than that, it can be tedious. There is the option to show all but this can be overkill and it would be nice to have an in-between option. I like the way Reaper does this when choosing automation tracks. A pop up window appears where you can tick off what you want, all in one go, no jumping back to and navigating menus to select more than one option. Maybe there are other areas where this could work too but those are two that i find could be improved, especially when it comes to the inline plugin controls.
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2013-07-20 23:02	plugin control.png (85,107 bytes) plugin control.png (85,107 bytes)

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2013-07-20 23:03	reaper.png (173,052 bytes) reaper.png (173,052 bytes)

paul 2013-07-23 02:53 administrator ~0015162	excellent suggestion, thank you.

Leatuspenguin 2013-07-23 21:22 reporter ~0015170	ahellquist has another application for how a reaper style window could be used - tracker.ardour.org/view.php?id=5614

Domino 2016-03-20 14:33 reporter ~0018075	It could be done with minimal UI changes if those checkbox menu entries didn't close the menu. Navigate, click on ones desired, click outside menu to close. Seems a simpler option than adding a popup which is basically a copy of a submenu.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2013-07-20 23:02	Leatuspenguin	New Issue
2013-07-20 23:02	Leatuspenguin	File Added: plugin control.png
2013-07-20 23:02	Leatuspenguin	File Added: automation.png
2013-07-20 23:03	Leatuspenguin	File Added: reaper.png
2013-07-23 02:53	paul	Note Added: 0015162
2013-07-23 02:53	paul	Status	new => acknowledged
2013-07-23 21:22	Leatuspenguin	Note Added: 0015170
2016-03-20 14:33	Domino	Note Added: 0018075