cause as it is, you can't see the meter when the track is minimized. also bus and track meters should be able to have different settings for vertical or horizintal. im still on x3e but I'm well willing to bet it's still like this in platinum sooo yeah.

Good one. I like it. It should move any time the vertical height gets to small to accommodate it - not just at minimum. I used to use horizontal meters, but switched to vertical precisely for this reason. The one problem I foresee is that other widgets might disappear/re-order when the meter relocates, depending on how tall and wide the track header is and what you have showing. But that would just have to be understood.

Good.

I would probably use this as well. As long as the baker's could make all of the other settings remain relatively intact as the meter's switched location.