force focus arrange : is a defer script like this good practice?

[jrp]

Hello,
Today i tried, for the first time, to use the defer function.

I am always annoyed that as soon as any window other than the arrange window has focus, my custom key-shortcuts won´t work.
I would like to have my arrange window active at all time.
I tried this little script and it does work. FX parameters can still be tweaked just normal.
Very very happy about this!
Still i have a feeling that this might be a stupid way to do this. Brutal and maybe hard hitting on system performance? Just a "gut-feel", so please comment

function main()
(
    Main_OnCommand(NamedCommandLookup("_BR_FOCUS_ARRANGE_WND"), 0);
    defer("main()");
);        
main();

[jrp]

to answer myself:

Like this, the script is rather stupid.

As soon as you try to enter any text anywhere you notice...

So i should at least see that the focus arrange action is only triggered if a fx window has focus.
-unfortunately, i see no way to do that...

[jrp]

there is a command
GetFocusedFX
(Int retval, Int tracknumberOut, Int itemnumberOut, Int fxnumberOut) = RPR_GetFocusedFX(tracknumberOut, itemnumberOut, fxnumberOut)

maybe this would be the key?
I have no idea how to use it though.
How can i learn this stuff?
Whenever i look up a command and cannot find an excample i´m lost...

[kuus0]

Originally Posted by jrp

there is a command
GetFocusedFX
(Int retval, Int tracknumberOut, Int itemnumberOut, Int fxnumberOut) = RPR_GetFocusedFX(tracknumberOut, itemnumberOut, fxnumberOut)

maybe this would be the key?
I have no idea how to use it though.
How can i learn this stuff?
Whenever i look up a command and cannot find an excample i´m lost...

Try this:

retval = GetFocusedFX(track_num, item_num, fx_num);
// variables track_num, item_num, fx_num now contain the wanted info

Here's the documentation:

Returns 1 if a track FX window has focus, 2 if an item FX window has focus, 0 if no FX window has focus. tracknumber==0 means the master track, 1 means track 1, etc. itemnumber and fxnumber are zero-based. See GetLastTouchedFX.

So you probably want to focus the arrange view only when retval > 0.

[jrp]

i don´t get any values out of this.
With something like ShowConsoleMsg(fx_num) i get an empty console...

problem is: when selecting presets or adding fx the defer script needs to be off as well.

So for now i have added a dummy toggle button (assigned to a keycommand) to turn this functionality on or off.

It seems like this is no big stress on cpu or system performance.

function main()
(
    a = GetToggleCommandState(NamedCommandLookup("_S&M_DUMMY_TGL1"));
    a == 1 ? Main_OnCommand(NamedCommandLookup("_BR_FOCUS_ARRANGE_WND"), 0);
    defer("main()");
);        
main();

[kuus0]

Try this:

PHP Code:

function main()
(
    (!(i % 100)) ? (
      retval = GetFocusedFX(track_num, item_num, fx_num);
      // variables track_num, item_num, fx_num now contain the wanted info                                             
      ShowConsoleMsg(sprintf(#, "retval: %d, track_num: %d, item_num: %d, fx_num: %d\n", retval,track_num, item_num, f\
x_num));
    );
    i+=1;
    defer("main()");
);
main(); 


I never got retval of 0, only 1 or 2. Maybe a bug in GetFocusedFX, or just a bug in documentation.