proper plugin-UI interaction/semantics

Always show plugin's own UI (if available) on double-click
Alt+double-click -> show 'generic controls'.
Context-menu offers both choices.
Use Tooltip for to make it discoverable.
This commit is contained in:
Robin Gareus 2013-06-06 23:55:08 +02:00
parent 53c6c714cd
commit b91b920b9b
2 changed files with 21 additions and 15 deletions

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@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ ProcessorEntry::ProcessorEntry (ProcessorBox* parent, boost::shared_ptr<Processo
_button.set_active (_processor->active());
_button.show ();
_processor->ActiveChanged.connect (active_connection, invalidator (*this), boost::bind (&ProcessorEntry::processor_active_changed, this), gui_context());
_processor->PropertyChanged.connect (name_connection, invalidator (*this), boost::bind (&ProcessorEntry::processor_property_changed, this, _1), gui_context());
@ -247,7 +247,20 @@ ProcessorEntry::processor_property_changed (const PropertyChange& what_changed)
void
ProcessorEntry::setup_tooltip ()
{
ARDOUR_UI::instance()->set_tip (_button, name (Wide));
if (_processor) {
boost::shared_ptr<PluginInsert> pi = boost::dynamic_pointer_cast<PluginInsert> (_processor);
if (pi) {
if (pi->plugin()->has_editor()) {
ARDOUR_UI::instance()->set_tip (_button,
string_compose (_("<b>%1</b>\nDouble-click to show GUI.\nAlt+double-click to show generic GUI."), name (Wide)));
} else {
ARDOUR_UI::instance()->set_tip (_button,
string_compose (_("<b>%1</b>\nDouble-click to show generic GUI."), name (Wide)));
}
return;
}
}
ARDOUR_UI::instance()->set_tip (_button, string_compose ("<b>%1</b>", name (Wide)));
}
string
@ -918,6 +931,7 @@ ProcessorBox::show_processor_menu (int arg)
const bool sensitive = !processor_display.selection().empty();
ActionManager::set_sensitive (ActionManager::plugin_selection_sensitive_actions, sensitive);
edit_action->set_sensitive (one_processor_can_be_edited ());
edit_generic_action->set_sensitive (one_processor_can_be_edited ());
boost::shared_ptr<PluginInsert> pi;
if (single_selection) {
@ -1050,13 +1064,12 @@ ProcessorBox::processor_button_press_event (GdkEventButton *ev, ProcessorEntry*
if (processor && (Keyboard::is_edit_event (ev) || (ev->button == 1 && ev->type == GDK_2BUTTON_PRESS))) {
if (_session->engine().connected()) {
/* XXX giving an error message here is hard, because we may be in the midst of a button press */
if (Config->get_use_plugin_own_gui ()) {
edit_processor (processor);
} else {
if (Keyboard::modifier_state_equals (ev->state, Keyboard::SecondaryModifier)) {
generic_edit_processor (processor);
} else {
edit_processor (processor);
}
}
@ -2235,7 +2248,7 @@ ProcessorBox::register_actions ()
sigc::ptr_fun (ProcessorBox::rb_edit));
edit_generic_action = ActionManager::register_action (
popup_act_grp, X_("edit-generic"), _("Edit with basic controls..."),
popup_act_grp, X_("edit-generic"), _("Edit with generic controls..."),
sigc::ptr_fun (ProcessorBox::rb_edit_generic));
ActionManager::add_action_group (popup_act_grp);
@ -2437,7 +2450,7 @@ ProcessorBox::edit_processor (boost::shared_ptr<Processor> processor)
ProcessorWindowProxy* proxy = find_window_proxy (processor);
if (proxy) {
proxy->set_custom_ui_mode (Config->get_use_plugin_own_gui ());
proxy->set_custom_ui_mode (true);
proxy->toggle ();
}
}

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@ -1855,13 +1855,6 @@ RCOptionEditor::RCOptionEditor ()
/* font scaling does nothing with GDK/Quartz */
add_option (S_("Preferences|GUI"), new FontScalingOptions (_rc_config));
#endif
add_option (S_("Preferences|GUI"),
new BoolOption (
"use-own-plugin-gui",
string_compose (_("Use plugins' own interfaces instead of %1's"), PROGRAM_NAME),
sigc::mem_fun (*_rc_config, &RCConfiguration::get_use_plugin_own_gui),
sigc::mem_fun (*_rc_config, &RCConfiguration::set_use_plugin_own_gui)
));
add_option (S_("GUI"),
new BoolOption (