Wishlist for the Interface Builder

[bsork]

Something to contemplate when you have some free time(!?!), Olivier:

When creating interfaces, I sometime miss the opportunity to change the type of module to another similar one. Especially if the module has a lot of connections, this can be quite tedious. What I would like to have is the possiblity to change the look of some modules without repatching. The most obvious examples would be to change between horizontal/vertical fader and knob, or between the three combo box varieties.

Similar (but not quite as the output behaves different), is switch and button + an eventual new switch of a momentary kind as mentioned elsewhere on the forum.

The implementation could be either new modules with an extra parameter, or some right-click "Replace with ..." option.

I would also like to have some lines and boxes to group and separate parts of the interface.

On another note (I think I've mentioned something like this before), is an edit mode without the title bars - more WYSIWYG. In this mode the modules wouldn't need to be active and send out data, so one could click inside eg. a fader and drag it to somewhere else without changing the value.

Edit - I forgot something:
Multiple select - if not with a "lasso" select, then ctrl-click - to make it easier to move several modules together. This could also be combined with sizing all selected modules together, alternatively options for copying and pasting sizes.

[martignasse]

I would also like to have some lines and boxes to group and separate parts of the interface.

... it make me think about the patch-subpatch container, could act has interface group, visble or not, active or not (group, ungroup)...

[bsork]

I was thinking something along those lines as well, but chose not to write anything since my main reason for asking is just to make some interfaces "prettier" and clearer organized, hopefully without too much programming needed. But - of course! - I wouldn't mind some advanced features.

[senso]

The implementation could be either new modules with an extra parameter, or some right-click "replace with ..." option.

this function already exists:
- select the module you want to replace in the patch
- drag on the patch the new module, with [ALT] key pressed

More generally, the interface builder was orginaly designed for small interfaces (few object). I know that the tendency is to create more and more complex interfaces... So, now the actual version is too heavy...

I know that I have to find a better solutions:

- Create containers (object which contains other objects). moving the container moves also all the objects in it.
- a more WYSIWYG interface,
- edit options: multi select, etc.

As usual this kind of modification is not very complex to implement be simply very long...

[bsork]

Hi and thanks - I didn't know about the ALT-drag thing. One can learns new things every day!

[senso]

Usine is so big now that I can't remember all the commands myself... so don't worry!
the [Alt] command is can be useful for quick replace of VST's.

Good news, I spent the afternoon on the Interface Builder: totally WYSWYG now!!
Also, the main consequence is that Interfaces are much more light in memory.

[bsork]

Man, that was fast!

Thanks a lot!