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Minimum track size #7451

Open Gabrielxd195 opened 1 month ago

Gabrielxd195 commented 1 month ago

Enhancement Summary

Currently you can increase the size of the tracks but you can't reduce them to a smaller size than the standard one, and this is a problem for those projects that have many tracks because you have to be constantly scrolling, but this is solved by decreasing the size of the tracks and having a visible scrollable button that controls the vertical zoom of the tracks like this photo:

Implementation Details / Mockup

Before Tamaño minimo de las pistas - original

After Tamaño minimo de las pistas

1- In this photo the tracks are smaller than the standard size. 2- A scrollable button that controls the vertical size of the tracks. 3- When the tracks are at the minimum size:

A- The titles of the tracks and clips are shown. B- The "Vol" and "Pan" titles are hidden. C- The LED indicator for playing the instruments is reduced. D- The icons of the editors are shown, (the one of the Piano Roll is used instead of the icons of each instrument). E- The LED screen of the mixer channels is hidden. F- The tracks are not seen cut but scaled.

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musikBear commented 1 month ago

Imo making anything smaller in the UI is a really bad thing. My suggestion for a at least comparable feature would be a Search-for&Jump-to feature. Where user writes a search token and lmms then jumps to that item, and set it focused. That would omit the need for extensive scrolling

Gabrielxd195 commented 1 month ago

@musikBear Your idea is very good for finding lost tracks and clips but it doesn't solve this specific problem. All the DAWs I've used have a track size smaller than the standard and smaller than the one used in LMMS, for example in FL Studio, Ardour, MusE, Qtractor, etc. they have vertical zoom and the tracks are organized better than in LMMS. To start organizing the tracks better in LMMS we should include this improvement and yours too. In fact I recommend that you open another issue so that you can show your idea as well.

musikBear commented 1 month ago

@Gabrielxd195 Will do. And as long as track -and more important the text on tracks can be kept in readable font, (witch it barely is now, but there are a lot of tickets for font-scaling) some kind of collapsible or narrow track-representation may be useful, as long as it is an option and not the only way.

Gabrielxd195 commented 1 month ago

@musikBear Don't worry, what I propose is already reflected in the second image. The text of the tracks, the clips, the icons, the options menu, the knobs and even the indicator LED will be taken care of. This will not be the default size either, it will only be the size below the standard. I propose a sliding knob that controls the vertical zoom of the tracks.