Why do hardware strips scroll along with tracks and buses in Console?

[Starship Krupa]

When working on a laptop with precious screen real estate, I know that I'll be scrolling up and down to see all the controls on the strips in Console View.

However, when I scroll, the hardware output strips scroll along with them even though there's no useful control or info above the Mute buttons.

I suggest that the hardware output strips have their downward scrolling limited so that it stops when the divider above the Mute buttons gets to the top of the window.

[sjoens]

+1. Even though I rarely adjust them, they don't really need to scroll at all.

[Xoo]

Do you need to even display them?

[msmcleod]

3 hours ago, Kevin Perry said:

Do you need to even display them?

My thoughts exactly.  I rarely need to display them, but when I do, I need to be able to scroll them.  Especially on my RME, which has 17 of them.

[sjoens]

It's good to display them as this confirms CbB knows they're there.

Scrolling L 2 R is necessary but up & down only if CV is vertically less than 1/2 screen.

[Starship Krupa]

9 hours ago, sjoens said:

Scrolling L 2 R is necessary but up & down only if CV is vertically less than 1/2 screen.

And when vertical real estate is tight is when I notice how much useless space there is at the top of the hardware output strips.

I use them sometimes, to equalize volume between my 4 monitor systems.

One feature I find most amusing is the way you can widen/narrow the hardware strips down to the width of a normal bus or track strip. I sleep better at night knowing that that extra bit of width is there on my hardware outputs if I decide I need it, and conversely, if I want to run lean 'n' mean, I can shrink them. Still, the fact that they all change width at the same time means that it could be made even more versatile, more customizable.

[sjoens]

 All tracks can be narrowed & hidden individually. Only the output tracks can't be hidden with Track Manager.

Maybe for some it would be nice to include them but the Busses & Mains can be collapsed by sliding them all the way to the right.

11 hours ago, Starship Krupa said:

And when vertical real estate is tight is when I notice how much useless space there is at the top of the hardware output strips.

Future expansion??