<![CDATA[Added ShowFolderRows option to Preset Browser]]>I'm using a single-column preset browser in my plugin, but wanted a way to show folder breaks in the list. The interim was to write tiny folder name text at the top of the preset row that changes folder, but it's a hack and looks terrible anyway.

So I had Claude add a ShowFolderRows JSON param to the native preset browser:

# How to use it

const var data = {
    "Type": "PresetBrowser",
    "NumColumns": 1,
    "ShowFolderRows": true,
    ...
};

# And optionally in your LAF script:

laf.registerFunction("drawPresetBrowserFolderRow", function(g, obj)
  {
      g.setColour(Colours.withAlpha(obj.textColour, 0.5));
      g.setFont(obj.font, obj.fontSize - 2);
      g.drawAlignedText(obj.text, obj.area, "left");
  });

So now I have nice folder breaks in my single column preset list:

CleanShot 2026-07-28 at 14.14.46@2x.png

I know the general consensus is "if you don't like the native preset browser, build your own". But I didn't want to script my own preset browser just for this one extra feature, because the native preset browser is battle-tested and has really nice mechanics for free.

I also know this is highly unlikely to get accepted upstream but I made a PR that might help someone else who is looking for the same feature in the future:

https://github.com/christophhart/HISE/pull/1009

]]>https://forum.hise.audio/topic/14956/added-showfolderrows-option-to-preset-browserRSS for NodeTue, 28 Jul 2026 15:49:21 GMTTue, 28 Jul 2026 13:16:44 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Added ShowFolderRows option to Preset Browser on Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:22:42 GMT]]>@David-Healey Yours always seems to be more generally useful than mine though 😂

This one is pretty niche but I'll likely be using single column preset browsers in most of my plugins, so it's really useful for me.

]]>https://forum.hise.audio/post/122194https://forum.hise.audio/post/122194Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:22:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Added ShowFolderRows option to Preset Browser on Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:51:16 GMT]]>@dannytaurus said in Added ShowFolderRows option to Preset Browser:

I also know this is highly unlikely to get accepted upstream

I've made a lot of PRs related to the preset browser over the years, most of which (possibly all) have been merged. This seems like a good candidate.

]]>https://forum.hise.audio/post/122192https://forum.hise.audio/post/122192Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:51:16 GMT