Sal Sorice Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Minor annoyance but I hope it will change in new Sonar... Whenever you change the Plug-in Layout view, it's almost always because you are looking for an FX (or Instrument) to insert, so the menu should not disappear, forcing you to open it again. Example: In screenshot below, I want to find an FX to insert, but want to change the view from the current "Sort by Category" to, say, "Sort by Manufacturer", so I can continue my search. But when I make my selection, the menu disappears! Now I have to click the + sign to add an effect, etc. to get back to the same menu. Very counterintuitive and a waste of mouse clicks. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helios.G Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 2 hours ago, Sal Sorice said: Minor annoyance but I hope it will change in new Sonar... Whenever you change the Plug-in Layout view, it's almost always because you are looking for an FX (or Instrument) to insert, so the menu should not disappear, forcing you to open it again. Example: In screenshot below, I want to find an FX to insert, but want to change the view from the current "Sort by Category" to, say, "Sort by Manufacturer", so I can continue my search. But when I make my selection, the menu disappears! Now I have to click the + sign to add an effect, etc. to get back to the same menu. Very counterintuitive and a waste of mouse clicks. Question, can you not use the built in search in the plugin section? It's much faster than scrolling through deep plugin menus imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sal Sorice Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 1 hour ago, Helios.G said: Question, can you not use the built in search in the plugin section? It's much faster than scrolling through deep plugin menus imho. Yes, @Helios.G, I am aware of being able to use the Browser to search for plug-ins (and list plug-ins by Category, etc.), but sometimes I just instinctively click on the + button in the FX section to insert one (and often have the Browser window closed). Just seems like a design quirk/bug that the menu closes when you'd think it would remain open based on what you're doing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helios.G Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 29 minutes ago, Sal Sorice said: Yes, @Helios.G, I am aware of being able to use the Browser to search for plug-ins (and list plug-ins by Category, etc.), but sometimes I just instinctively click on the + button in the FX section to insert one (and often have the Browser window closed). Just seems like a design quirk/bug that the menu closes when you'd think it would remain open based on what you're doing. Yeah, I guess since I setup my menu the way I like forever ago, I don't find myself needing to change its layout. I can see how that'd be annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwal³ Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 2 hours ago, Sal Sorice said: Yes, @Helios.G, I am aware of being able to use the Browser to search for plug-ins (and list plug-ins by Category, etc.), but sometimes I just instinctively click on the + button in the FX section to insert one (and often have the Browser window closed). Just seems like a design quirk/bug that the menu closes when you'd think it would remain open based on what you're doing. It's just standard windows menu behaviour 🤷♂️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sal Sorice Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 18 hours ago, pwal³ said: It's just standard windows menu behaviour 🤷♂️ Thanks @pwal³ . I realize that but, as a non-programmer, was hoping that menu fly outs could be customized by the software developer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwal³ Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 1 hour ago, Sal Sorice said: Thanks @pwal³ . I realize that but, as a non-programmer, was hoping that menu fly outs could be customized by the software developer. so the next question is how does the menu close? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sal Sorice Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 17 minutes ago, pwal³ said: so the next question is how does the menu close? I assume it would close after you select the FX you want from the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwal³ Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 9 minutes ago, Sal Sorice said: I assume it would close after you select the FX you want from the list. how does it know which one you want? (btw, not being difficult here, but software requirements are necessarily detailed) maybe there's an "ok" or "close" button? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sal Sorice Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 2 hours ago, pwal³ said: how does it know which one you want? (btw, not being difficult here, but software requirements are necessarily detailed) maybe there's an "ok" or "close" button? Thanks pwal. I'm probably the difficult one as I'm oblivious to how software programming works... :^) I'd guess that the fly out menus are offering you "choices", but when you select an FX to insert it "activates" the FX, which could then trigger a "close" the menu event? Or maybe, as you suggest, some type of "OK" button to signal that you're done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starship Krupa Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 22 hours ago, pwal³ said: how does it know which one you want? Have you never inserted a plug-in from the FX Rack menu? The one that you want is the one you select, just as you do now: press on the "+" sign, which flies the menu out, then once you see the name of the plug-in you want, you click on it and the menu collapses. The plug-in whose name you clicked on gets inserted in the FX Rack. What the OP is suggesting is that everything work the same way it does now, except that when you switch between Sort by Category, Manufacturer, or type, it doesn't collapse the menu before letting you select the plug-in. It's been on my mind to suggest this myself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwal³ Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 43 minutes ago, Starship Krupa said: What the OP is suggesting is that everything work the same way it does now, except that when you switch between Sort by Category, Manufacturer, or type, it doesn't collapse the menu before letting you select the plug-in sorry i must have mis-read, i took it he wanted a windows menu to stay open after selecting a menu-item 🤷♀️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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