Plugin parameter values as names
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Hey @Christoph-Hart , would it be possible to add support for named plugin parameter values? For example, if I have a stepped slider that selects something, like an EQ shape or some other parameter, display it in the DAW not as 0, 1, 2, 3, etc., but low shelf, peak, notch, high shelf, etc.? Thank you!
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@tomekslesicki doesn‘t this already work with comboxes automatically?
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@Christoph-Hart I guess it might, I was just ignoring them my whole life! If I was using numerical values up to this point, and will replace them with a combobox, will the numbers translate to name values? So value 0 will be name 0, value 1 name 1 and so on? This is a question about older session compatability
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@tomekslesicki yes, if you keep the value range the same, you should be able to switch to comboboxes for named plugin parameters without backwards compatibility issues. The plugin APIs do not store the text value in the DAW project, but the index and the text is a simple text lookup requested by the plugin API.
You might want to test this though as I can't guarantee that there are no glitches with this. Also watch out for off-by-one issues - zero in a combobox usually means not a value so the first item starts with 1.
