Will submit a FR for an improved PRV Track Pane.....any reason to dislike these changes?

The current PRV Track (List) Pane design introduced in X2 is one of a few areas I'm not so happy about GUI-wise, so I'm thinking of sending in a feature request (actually I've done it once, but I wasn't very specific and also attached no image).
 
Is there any reason you don't like the following changes in the pane? In the FR I'm posting a link to this thread so if you like these improvements, showing your support will probably make bakers seriously consider the request.
 
The changes are:
 
1. The strips can be color-coded partly or entirely (depending on the "Show strip colors" setting in Preferences) just like the track/bus strips in the TV/CV. The colors the note icon buttons currently show aren't easily distinguishable.
 
2. The strips can be either double-row (just like it is now) or single-row. Switching to the latter can obviously double the number of tracks visible in the pane.
 
3. The (default) size of track names is smaller than now, and the color of the text can be changed. Also, the track name background of the current track is highlighted (just like it is in the TV/CV).
 
4. The track number has its own column, which shows a user-defined color when the track is selected (just like the TV/CV track/bus strips).
 
5. The width of the pane can be changed but the MSR buttons are fixed on the far right (so that the track name field can be wider/narrower as desired).
 
6. [IMPORTANT] Quick Grouping works on all buttons, including the "Enable/Disable Track Editing" button.
 
 
In short, it's just a good copy of the Track View strips. :p
And ideally it should look like this:
 

 
 
What do you think?
 
Thanks

+2    Nice one, Jlien.   To have that area look and behave like a mini-Track View would be ideal.  
 

Submitted.

Jlien can you explain this better?
 
" 3. The (default) size of track names is smaller than now, and the color of the text can be changed. Also, the track name background of the current track is highlighted (just like it is in the TV/CV)."
 
I am finding it hard to understand. Do you mean "The (default) size of track names would be smaller than it is now" or the default size of the track names are now smaller in this version of X3? Just not clear to me.

IMHO, there are much greater design and behavior inadequacies with the PRV than the ones listed by OP. Specificlaly:
 
* Non-MIDI tracks appear in the track list (if, for example, one presses CTRL+A, then opens the PRV). There is no way the content of these tracks so, why do they appear in the PRV?
 
* The PRV has its own grid setting that, once it goes out of sync with the smart grid, cannot be brought back into sync. If the PRV grid is set to follow the smart grid, all the other settings should disappear.
 
After all the frustrations I've been experiencing this past week with the instability, unpredictability, and design incompetence in X3, the very notion of putting more lipstick on this reeking pig is infuriating.

Sent in FR.

yevster
IMHO, there are much greater design and behavior inadequacies with the PRV than the ones listed by OP. Specificlaly:
 
* Non-MIDI tracks appear in the track list (if, for example, one presses CTRL+A, then opens the PRV). There is no way the content of these tracks so, why do they appear in the PRV?

It can be handy to have headers for audio tracks in the PRV track pane to have ready access to mute buttons for those tracks.
 

* The PRV has its own grid setting that, once it goes out of sync with the smart grid, cannot be brought back into sync. If the PRV grid is set to follow the smart grid, all the other settings should disappear.

Not getting that; if you want the Global grid to pertain in the PRV, you just disable the PRV snap grid. then the snap resolution follows the zoom level of whichever view you're working in.
 
Not that I have no complaints about PRV functionality, but these are not among them.

Bump again. Anybody on board with this?