I'm pretty lost with the new_layout layout...

[Christoph Hart]

@ustk said in I'm pretty lost with the new_layout layout...:

Before, getting to the DSP graph was at one single click (custom workspace).

Now it's also just a single click, the DSP graph should appear as main workspace when you click the button in the module list, no need for a custom workspace (as long as you work inside that single window).
I admit I don't use any dual monitor setups in any of my systems, so there might be things that I've overseen (like this). So maybe we need the option to detach the workspaces into a dedicated window. If you then click on the module list workspace button, it communicates with the other window and updates the workspace there (kind of messy to implement but it would vastly improve the workflow for people with dual monitor setups).

but it does not appear on the other screen. It just disappears in the void...

Yes, the popups are not free floating windows of the OS but child components of the main window, however I could add a function to make them free floating (lots of DAWs also handle plugin windows this way).

[ustk]

@Christoph-Hart What was really nice is that the custom workspace was configured to get the graph full screen. I agree it is a good thing to switch automatically from the module list, but then if you want your graph to be full screen again (which is, at least to me, the only comfortable way to work with a graph), you have to fold all other tiles. And then unfold manually if going back to script.

Even more annoying, since my interface designer is on the left screen, I absolutely don't need it on the right one where I have the code full-screen. But if you go back from graph to code again, the interface unfolds again...
In short, I just need full-screen stuff at one click like before

In fact, from my point of view, the ideal would be to have only custom workspaces and for each a button at the top for a one-click switching.
And not only for the main window but for floating windows too ;)

[d.healey]

@ustk Couldn't you use a custom workspace with tabs to achieve the same thing? Once the auto unfolding issue is fixed.

[ustk]

@d-healey That is a good idea I haven't tried ;) let me have a look...

[ustk]

@d-healey I don't see how to create tabs...?

[d.healey]

@ustk One moment

[d.healey]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2w1i6irqlag96i4/2021-10-08 13-11-28.mkv?dl=0

[ustk]

@d-healey Oh I see, from within the code editor is that what you mean? Seem rather a good idea except that you lose the possibility of adding another tile into a tab...

[d.healey]

@ustk

from within the code editor

It's unrelated to the code editor.

You can add tabs, you can add horizontal or vertical splits, etc. I posted something about this on Patreon on a few months ago with my custom layout attached as a JSON. You can load that into a floating tile to see some possibilities.

[ustk]

@d-healey Yeah I should have waited for your answer before posting... I've never seen the tab trick in a floating window and it is really nice for my workflow indeed!

[ustk]

@d-healey Adding this functionality to the main window would solve everything :)

[d.healey]

@ustk > Adding this functionality to the main window would solve everything

It's already there. Use the custom workspace.

[d.healey]

Someone made a video about this ages ago :)

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[ustk]

@d-healey That is the whole purpose of the debate, the custom workspace disappeared from the new layout

[d.healey]

@d-healey said in I'm pretty lost with the new_layout layout...:

Once the auto unfolding issue is fixed.

[Christoph Hart]

@d-healey said in I'm pretty lost with the new_layout layout...:

Once the auto unfolding issue is fixed.

Now it is:

- added AutoShowWorkspace setting to increase UX with multiple monitors · christophhart/HISE@0501376

The open source framework for sample based instruments - - added AutoShowWorkspace setting to increase UX with multiple monitors · christophhart/HISE@0501376

GitHub (github.com)

Just deactivate the new setting (Development -> AutoShowWorkspace), then the interface designer will stay hidden.

[ustk]

@Christoph-Hart Just saw that commit! Building...

[ustk]

@Christoph-Hart Now, how can I get a graph full screen as before, without adding a third floating tile?

The popup system seems a good candidate. But it would be so cool to have shortcuts of preferred custom popups in the middle, close to the other 3 icons, rather than the sub-menu folder on the extreme left side. At least 1 pinned custom popup

[Christoph Hart]

Yes, making the three icons in the middle interchangeable might be a good idea.

Can you elaborate what you mean with "graph full screen"? I think the solution with the tab container that Dave suggested seems to solve your issue?

[ustk]

@Christoph-Hart Do you mean adding a tab in my floating window? It works, it is just that it is on the wrong monitor then. But I guess should go along with this solution. But if I want to display both at the same time, I could add another floating tile on the "good" screen... Yeah, it's pretty hard for me to change my habits :)

I mean, there are plenty of solutions to my problem now. It is just that they take more time/clicks/windows than before. Not a big deal for sure, but the opposite of an improvement in my workflow case (just speaking for myself)