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Shalako ·
Hi,
1. Modules and primitives in a Right Click Sub-Menu and categorised. It's simple but it's faster once you know the name of the element you want and it should include any user designed elements probably best to model of the toolbar for the structure. This is especially useful on a maximised schematic or if the toolbax is closed from view.
2. Auto-scroll when dragging a connection or element across the schematic, it breaks the flow of things when you have to zoom out to connect to distant elements.
3. When zooming out a few elements could use a small percentage increase in view size, link connections is one and the other and also the most annoying on is the grab corner to resize viewing panes. Make them shrink at a slower rate as the rest of the objects on the screen, something small like 5-10% lager when zoomed out should do it (in theory)
Hope this helps 🙂
Update 13/11/09:
1.Move the developer mode tab over and put an arrow for hiding and unhiding the toolbox quickly
2. The tool box need to be more customizable since it is the 2nd most used part of the software next to the Schmatic it' self.
2b. This should include folder hirachy and possibley even the abilty to change the order of the tabs via drag and drop.
Proabably best to add an entry in the Options dropdown menu so that fetuares like "Lock Folder Structue" can be added so that people don't have drag and drop turned on all the type and accidently drag folders when they don't mean to. Also this links back to the right click option, so that the folders and entries can be more easily organised and re-organised, have a folder in windows(or which ever OS) that the toolbox and right-click menu pull there info from, you can still keep the original address for the modules and primatives but have this intergrated along side.
Shalako ·
4. Start up Templates. You have the option to start from Example but what would be even better is if you could choose your own file path so that you can set up a Template that you know your always going to work. (Work around, save over the Example.osm, not as good, but for people who know they will never look at the example again, why not eh.)
Sasu Honka ·
1. I usually model my ideas in Ploque Bidule, which has also this. Categorized right-click-menu for inserting items. Easy and intuitive. One must however keep the items organized, otherwise the menus can grow too large to be useful.
One thing that I have discovered: I often search in the toolbox by their connectors. I would also like to be able to see every primitive's class (where it is in the toolbox) from the results so that I could find them next time without searching.
It is great to see someone thinking about the UI of SM itself, Shalako. One uses great amounts of time to think about the UI's created with SM, but not so much on how you interact with SM.
Sasu
trogluddite ·
Very useful suggestions here - gets my vote.
Like Shalako's templates idea too - Cubase has this also. You can have different templates for different uses, but Cubase makes sure that when you save your file, it asks you for a new name so that you don't overwrite your template by accident. Would save adding ASIO, MIDI, Stereo Clip every time, just to test a little idea.
'Save as a new Version' with automatic numbering would be cool too - it's good to keep files organised, but too easy to forget after all night coding, 2 packs of cigarettes and 20 mugs of coffee! (Think maybe I need a GF! 😊 LOL)
The Luddite
Shalako ·
Update 13/11/09 (read first post)
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