SynthMakerbillv ·
I've been trying to make the 'text view" module "writeable" by inserting a 'edit control' module, but can't get any results. Is it possible??
Edit control for text view
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rl ·
I tried and it worked (IIRC the trick was to reduce Max Lines to a much smaller value (e.g. 10)). But the effort was pretty pointless for me, the edit control does not accept line breaks, thus: no multi-line entries.
philter5 ·
here is one of my tries. a really bad workaround but perhaps enough for some of you. must be optimised , it´s just a raw example i kicked together in a few minutes
billv ·
Thanks guys. Hopefully it will get looked at in SM 3. A good "Edit Text" module would help to open SM a bit. For eg: A lyrics VST, so you can have all your words in the actual song file.
philter5 ·
you are right billv BUT i see other important uses for this, in a lyric VST it is MAYBE more usefull IF you have single words/ Sentences only... i think there is no way atm to edit a long text by clicking at point you want to edit. so perhaps we should split the string so that we can scroll trough every word to edit it....mhh i think i have a idea.
billv ·
Yeh I know, there heaps of uses: I'm thinking database type stuff. I've had a go at the Lyrics VST again-it's much like yours, with lots of edit boxes. Works in host fine.
infuzion ·
billv wrote: ...with lots of edit boxes.
Thanks for the uploads guys! What a bummer that there is not full text box control in SM! I reduced & added green highlighting to the Edit Box module. Makes it easier to see quicker what line you are editing?
philter5 ·
infuzion wrote: billv wrote: ...with lots of edit boxes.
Thanks for the uploads guys! What a bummer that there is not full text box control in SM! I reduced & added green highlighting to the Edit Box module. Makes it easier to see quicker what line you are editing?
strange thing is that we actually HAVE a full text box control but ONLY inside SM. until now NO GUI version that could be used by the end user... 😝
billv ·
Alternate method for writing multi line. Uses edit box and a "Label" module. Dodgy but it works. I've re-posted this 'cause I forgot to put an array in the first post, so the load/save/clear wasn't smooth.All good now
DigitalWhiteByte ·
I tried to implement your idea, I hope. 😉
DigitalWhiteByte ·
New Version Find bug in trigger execution. Downloadable in preview post.
infuzion ·
DigitalWhiteByte wrote: I tried to implement your idea, I hope.
Nice job guys! Reminds me of MMO chat windows.
billv ·
DigitalWhiteByte wrote: I tried to implement your idea, I hope.
Nice work. I knew someone would have the smarts to pull it off. Makes it feel a little more like a normal textbox. The only problem I saw was that no editing is possible once the enter key is pressed. I guess something had to give way, so to speak. All good.
infuzion ·
billv wrote: The only problem I saw was that no editing is possible once the enter key is pressed. I guess something had to give way, so to speak. All good.
There is a ListBox selector somewhere on the forums a few years ago that allows a line in a String Array to be selected...
billv ·
infuzion wrote: allows a line in a String Array to be selected
Thanks mate. I wasn't thinking straight. I got the List box but didn't need it. I just replaced the "Queue" module with a "Stack Queue" module. Too easy. Now we can edit and replace any line. Were getting there slowly. I think in the end SM will have to cough up with a real textbox. Don't get me wrong-were all having fun and learning trying to make one, but I think a user textbox is a "core" module and should be inside SM. Lots of projects are on "Hold" because of this. But I don't think we'll ever see it. The SM developers seem determined to make us create everything from scratch.
billv ·
Added: Controls for Font,Font size,Font Colour,B/G Colour. Found an "Uppercase" module a while back, put that in as well. Needs a vertical scroller......
infuzion ·
billv wrote: Needs a vertical scroller......
Tried searching for ListBox yet? edit after your new upload: Output of "Scroll Indicator": "De-thread" + Sample & Hold
billv ·
I'll take another look at the list box. I've got a vertical scrollbar on now. But it's a bit too buggy now. Might just run with one of the earlier versions or start from scratch.
infuzion ·
The original "ListBox" seems to be working with the De-thread like I described above. Why not start with that, then add text editing from the output from the ListBox?
billv ·
Yeh I'm still struggling with the fix for the List Box. Ha ha...Will get there.....
infuzion wrote: Output of "Scroll Indicator": "De-thread" + Sample & Hold
kirkagur ·
hi
I started to work on a text editor maybe it will be helpful
just click on the textarea and start typing to clear right Dbclick -Enter to move to the next line
right now there is no way to edit the text and its pretty useless.
billv ·
kirkagur wrote: right now there is no way to edit the text and its pretty useless.
Yeh but thats a great start. Looks and feels like the real thing. Nice clear osm too. Look forward to see how you tackle the editing part.
pall ·
Here another version multiline with editing facility. I think it useful?
kirkagur ·
now we are talking 🙂
UPDATE: you can now edit any line just click on it.
*there are some bugs that I know about like : if you try to enter after the last line is visible funky things happens.
its almost there let me know if you find any more bugs.
infuzion ·
Awsome kirkagur! Nice to see you back 🙂 Minor bug: If the text array is long enough, & the scroll bar comes up (good idea!), since it is on a lower layer you can not select the scroll bar. Easy to fix; disconnect the View link of V Scroller from Background, then connect directly from MGUI.
Minor complaint: I actually find in general that wireless links can & often make a OSM harder to understand. I used SM for a long time before them, so I have techniques to keep the wire spaghetti low. But when I try to read an OSM with many wireless links like this one, I have no idea what is feeding what where. So I have to play "disconnect the wireless" to find how many & what a Link is sending to. This is not like in C++, where you have automatic highlighting & search of a text file. So if you have the time, please rework to reduce the wireless links.
I have an idea how to automate finding links & modules, but I'm not sure if that time will be well spent...
kirkagur ·
infuzion wrote: Awsome kirkagur! Nice to see you back 🙂 Minor bug: If the text array is long enough, & the scroll bar comes up (good idea!), since it is on a lower layer you can not select the scroll bar. Easy to fix; disconnect the View link of V Scroller from Background, then connect directly from MGUI.
Minor complaint: I actually find in general that wireless links can & often make a OSM harder to understand. I used SM for a long time before them, so I have techniques to keep the wire spaghetti low. But when I try to read an OSM with many wireless links like this one, I have no idea what is feeding what where. So I have to play "disconnect the wireless" to find how many & what a Link is sending to. This is not like in C++, where you have automatic highlighting & search of a text file. So if you have the time, please rework to reduce the wireless links.
I have an idea how to automate finding links & modules, but I'm not sure if that time will be well spent...
I like spaghetti but not in synthmaker 🙂 I think that I will stick with the wireless one
*this ver didnt fix any bugs. 96.05489% of the wireless links are gone...have fun with it
pall ·
Hi kirkagur! I know that my schematic is not as effective as yours, but I tried I also... 🙂 It is another version, "easier". I would not want to upset anyone.
sunsynth ·
Hi guys...
here one more just for fun and with a little chaos and work left (like usual by me 😉
keep on doing!
P.S.: sorry - no time left 4 it!
infuzion ·
kirkagur wrote: I like spaghetti but not in synthmaker 🙂 I think that I will stick with the wireless one *this ver didnt fix any bugs. 96.05489% of the wireless links are gone...have fun with it
Thanks! I understand this one much better!
infuzion ·
kirkagur wrote: I like spaghetti but not in synthmaker 🙂 I think that I will stick with the wireless one *this ver didnt fix any bugs. 96.05489% of the wireless links are gone...have fun with it
I'm not sure what bugs you have, but here is an untangled version. I prefer "wired" links since that gives you direct control over link-trigger-order, which sometimes is a source of bugs. It also allows faster reading of OSMs & modules. I plan to make a tutorial out of it sometime, but first I need to play Global Agenda to let off some steam 🙂
Before/After: Primitives: 566/476 Modules: 49/39 Links: 697/595 Wireless: 15/12 Uncompressed file size: 11,246b/8,987
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