Disable Floating Windows as default?

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2006/12/27 19:01:08 (permalink)

Disable Floating Windows as default?

Hi

When I pull up a plug-in GUI it defaults to Floating.

Personally I'd prefer it if it was just a normal window and clicking anywhere else on the screen made it dissappear. Is there anyway to tell Sonar to do this as standard with all plug-in windows so I don't have to click the Disable Floating section of the top-left button menu every time?

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    Honest_Al
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    RE: Disable Floating Windows as default? 2006/12/27 19:24:09 (permalink)
    sadly i never got any comments on this..

    here (and some more threads I guess)- http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.asp?m=681186&mpage=1
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    RE: Disable Floating Windows as default? 2006/12/27 19:56:55 (permalink)
    Oh well, at least you tried. :)

    It's more with the little things, like pulling up a wee EQ plugin for example for a moment for the first time where disabling the floating window takes as long as a minor tweak.

    Always on Top is a weird default to have.



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    RE: Disable Floating Windows as default? 2006/12/27 20:02:25 (permalink)
    Always on Top is a weird default to have.


    I agree.. it is really annoying - the only thing I do to make it faster a bit is using alt+spacebar and then "D" while the plug has the focus.

    In that long previous thread it's weird how nobody mentions the "always on top" thing! when you close a plug and re-launch it, even then it defaults back to always on top.
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    RE: Disable Floating Windows as default? 2006/12/27 20:49:15 (permalink)
    Cheers for the shortcut, that'll come in handy.

    I hadn't noticed that the plug-in reverts to floating after closing and re-opening though because I do what I used to do in Cubase and have all the plug-ins on the right screen and just click on the mixer when I want rid of the one in focus (I keep Sonar fully stretched across both monitors and don't have the mixer floating).

    Yes, it is strange that no-one else found this a bit silly too.


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    RE: Disable Floating Windows as default? 2006/12/27 22:18:46 (permalink)
    This has always bothered me too! I tried using the "Enable Tabbing For Open Views" to compensate, but that takes up a lot of room too. And you can't see several plug-ins at once. UGH!

    So now SOMETIMES I just MINIMIZE the plug-ins and using the hotkeys "ALT+3" and "ALT+0" to go between track and console views. Then "CTRL+TAB" to bring up the plug-ins again. If the plug-ins were listed under the windows menu, this would be an acceptable way to do it (because you wouldn't have to "CTRL+TAB"), but they aren't. So I'm mostly back to exiting the plugin every time I'm done with it....

    One nice way to really make all this work is for the plug-ins to be transparent when floating on top. Hit CTRL while hovering over the plug-in to access it (makes it more apparent) -- hold CTRL while adjusting it. Clicking without CTRL to access what is underneath the plugin. [hint for Cakewalk]


    What a fustration for such a little thing...

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    RE: Disable Floating Windows as default? 2006/12/27 22:24:06 (permalink)
    BTW, for maximum visibility, I maximize the track and console views and "CTRL+Tab" between them (or "ALT+0" and "ALT+3"). If I disable floating on a plugin it becomes maximized -- bad thing!
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    RE: Disable Floating Windows as default? 2007/01/07 18:03:40 (permalink)
    One nice way to really make all this work is for the plug-ins to be transparent when floating on top. Hit CTRL while hovering over the plug-in to access it (makes it more apparent) -- hold CTRL while adjusting it. Clicking without CTRL to access what is underneath the plugin. [hint for Cakewalk]


    That's nice..also let the user control the CTRL key behavior or assign any other keybindings to that.

    What a fustration for such a little thing...


    yes, it's a big thing IMO

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