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Inplace Plugin Selector
Today I started on the design for "triggers" and realized I was quickly running out of room on the main "Home" tab. Since I've never been totally sold on the idea of the insert/replace plugin/rack/media file buttons here, I've decided to move them "in-place" - similar to how they were in 1.2.
Note the following:
- The Insert/Replace Plugin/Rack/Media file on the main toolbar has been removed (making lots of room in the process)
- Each rack has a new drop down button at the bottom where a new plugin can be selected from.
- There's a new slot at the bottom of both the rack panel and media players panel for creating a new rack and/or media file
- Each plugin slot and each media file slot has a new drop down to the left of the item's name that can be used to replace that item.
The other advantage of having this extra "slot" at the bottom is that it makes keyboard pasting more sensible. Since pasting now pastes before the selected item, you can select the "new item" slot to paste at the end.
Finally, note the new panel labelled "triggers", there's nothing there yet but I'll talk about this soon...
Posted on September 9, 2008
Larry Allis says:
I'm glad to see this decision, Btad. That original way was intuitive and straightforward -- better than looking for the command in a remote location.
I hope the method of choosing a new media file is also returned to a similar location, for the same reasons.
Brad Robinson says:
Yep, media file selector has moved too...