0000134: Expand plugin selection from Instruments page

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0000134	OpenMPT	Feature Request	public	2011-05-27 19:27	2011-06-02 20:56

Reporter	harbinger	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	feature	Reproducibility	N/A
Status	new	Resolution	open
Platform	x86	OS	Windows	OS Version	XP
Product Version	OpenMPT 1.19.01.00 (upgrade first)

Summary	0000134: Expand plugin selection from Instruments page
Description	Right now, Jojo's new feature to assign a plugin to an Instrument by choosing an empty slot in the Plugin combobox is extremely handy. But what if we've already chosen one and we need a new one? Must we still navigate to the General page, and do it the old-fashioned way? I suggest that EVEN if we've already assigned an instrument and we choose its slot, the Plugin Manager still opens. If the user doesn't want another plugin (perhaps he chose this slot by accident), he can still cancel. I would think the only reason a user would choose a plugin slot in the Instruments page is to ALWAYS assign it to an Instrument slot. This new feature would make testing new VSTi's even quicker...
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Saga Musix 2011-05-27 21:18 administrator ~0000197	Uhm, for all occupied plugin slots there's an "Editor" button next to the dropdown list which would become pointless if the plugin manager popped up every time you changed plugins. It might work with a second button, but there's not really any space for that in the current GUI.

harbinger 2011-06-02 19:08 reporter ~0000202	Huh?...I mean--- Huh? The Editor button is not pertinent to the request, and a second button isn't necessary. (As a matter of fact, if this FR were implemented, the Editor would become indispensible.) If you don't see this function as universally acceptable, perhaps a General Option is what's called for.

Saga Musix 2011-06-02 20:56 administrator ~0000205	The Editor button is not pertinent to the request Yes it is. Imagine you have plugin A assigned to an instrument, but want to switch to plugin B and edit it. You'd select plugin B from the dropdown list, but then you'd get the plugin selection dialog in your way, even though all you really wanted to do was clicking the "Editor" button. That's just way too intrusive. So having some kind of "Load New" button would be a lot more useful IMO.

Date Modified	Username	Field
2011-05-27 19:27	harbinger	New Issue
2011-05-27 21:18	Saga Musix	Note Added: 0000197
2011-06-02 19:08	harbinger	Note Added: 0000202
2011-06-02 20:56	Saga Musix	Note Added: 0000205