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0009960ardourfeaturespublic2026-06-25 14:08
ReporterGhostsonAcid Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityfeatureReproducibilityN/A
Status newResolutionopen 
PlatformmacOSOSMojaveOS Version10.14.6
Product Version8.12 
Summary0009960: Extended/Truncated track or bus names should be shown upon a mouse hover in the editor, not "Track/Bus name..."
Description-See the attached gif.

Maybe it's just on macOS, but when you hover over a track or bus' name (in the editor) you simple see exactly this:
"Track/Bus name (double click to edit)"

I think this is somewhat pointless given situations where a name is *truncated* because it's too long.
Thus, instead I suggest it should be made to be more helpful like so:
"[Actual Track/Bus Name Here] (double click to edit)"
Additional InformationIt's frankly hard to cram track/bus names into such a small number of characters.
-So ensuring that when it IS truncated that a simple mouse-hover will reveal the full-name (instead of double-clicking) would be a nice, helpful touch!

Thanks for reading,
-J
Tagsbus, mouse hover, name, names, track, truncate, truncated

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GhostsonAcid

2025-07-29 11:17

reporter  

GhostsonAcid

2025-09-23 09:54

reporter   ~0029448

For example, this, from Ardour v2, is 'obviously' superior.
There was no need to change this.

colinf

2026-06-25 14:08

updater   ~0030550

This was fixed in f84feb27. I have one small tweak (patch attached) which I think looks nicer: I reckon the "(double click to edit)" text should be on a separate line.
0004-put-informative-message-in-route-name-label-on-its-o.patch (1,323 bytes)   
From 16492b7feddab15f7e7b723cdcc71e164aa1106d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Colin Fletcher <colin.m.fletcher@googlemail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:09:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 04/10] put informative message in route name label on its own
 line

I think this looks a little bit better.
---
 gtk2_ardour/route_time_axis.cc | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/route_time_axis.cc b/gtk2_ardour/route_time_axis.cc
index 177adffbc1..6f169288aa 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/route_time_axis.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/route_time_axis.cc
@@ -431,12 +431,12 @@ RouteTimeAxisView::label_view ()
 	string x = _route->name ();
 	if (x != name_label.get_text ()) {
 		name_label.set_text (x);
-		ArdourWidgets::set_tooltip (name_label, string_compose (_("%1 (double click to edit)"), x));
+		ArdourWidgets::set_tooltip (name_label, string_compose (_("%1\n(double click to edit)"), x));
 	}
 
 	inactive_label.set_text (string_compose("(%1)", x));
 	inactive_label.show ();
-	ArdourWidgets::set_tooltip (inactive_label, string_compose (_("%1 (Inactive, right click to activate)"), x));
+	ArdourWidgets::set_tooltip (inactive_label, string_compose (_("%1\n(Inactive, right click to activate)"), x));
 
 	const int64_t track_number = _route->track_number ();
 	if (track_number == 0) {
-- 
2.47.3

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2025-07-29 11:17 GhostsonAcid New Issue
2025-07-29 11:17 GhostsonAcid Tag Attached: bus
2025-07-29 11:17 GhostsonAcid Tag Attached: mouse hover
2025-07-29 11:17 GhostsonAcid Tag Attached: name
2025-07-29 11:17 GhostsonAcid Tag Attached: names
2025-07-29 11:17 GhostsonAcid Tag Attached: track
2025-07-29 11:17 GhostsonAcid Tag Attached: truncate
2025-07-29 11:17 GhostsonAcid Tag Attached: truncated
2025-07-29 11:17 GhostsonAcid File Added: Ardour (8,12) - No Extended Track or Bus Name is Shown Upon Mouse Hover.gif
2025-09-23 09:54 GhostsonAcid Note Added: 0029448
2025-09-23 09:54 GhostsonAcid File Added: Ardour (2,8,16) - Hover to Show Full Track and Bus Names.gif
2026-06-25 14:08 colinf Note Added: 0030550
2026-06-25 14:08 colinf File Added: 0004-put-informative-message-in-route-name-label-on-its-o.patch