Load different toolbar under mouse cursor depending on context

[Breeder]

EDIT:
The functionality is now implemented directly in SWS. For more details go here

I will leave the details of the previous post bellow in case anyone is interested on implementing this from ReaScript (while SWS Contextual toolbars are trying to work out as much stuff as possible, there's always a possiblity you need something else which can get implemented using ReaScript)

ORIGINAL POST:
Last SWS pre (2.4.0.4) includes new ReaScript API to inspect where mouse cursor is so here's one useful script using that functionality.



It's meant to be generic so you can easily fit it to your needs:

from sws_python import *

###########################################
# Generic actions for all toolbars        #
###########################################

toolbarActions = {
	1: [41679, 41111], # Toolbar number: [Open/close, Open at mouse cursor]
	2: [41680, 41112], 
	3: [41681, 41113], 
	4: [41682, 41114], 
	5: [41683, 41655], 
	6: [41684, 41656], 
	7: [41685, 41657], 
	8: [41686, 41658]
}

def IsToolbarOpen (num):
	num = toolbarActions.get(num)
	if num and RPR_GetToggleCommandState(num[0]):
		return True
	return False

def CloseToolbar (num):
	num = toolbarActions.get(num)	
	if num and RPR_GetToggleCommandState(num[0]):
			RPR_Main_OnCommand(num[0], 0)

def OpenToolbarMouse (num):
	num = toolbarActions.get(num)
	if num:
		RPR_Main_OnCommand(num[1], 0)

###########################################
# Individual  actions for user toolbars   #
###########################################

# Set toolbar id's here
color    = 1
envelope = 5
item     = 6

# Set your toolbars here
def CloseAllToolbars ():
	CloseToolbar(color)
	CloseToolbar(envelope)
	CloseToolbar(item)

# Set your toolbars here
def AreToolbarsOpen ():
	if IsToolbarOpen(color):
		return True
	if IsToolbarOpen(envelope):
		return True
	if IsToolbarOpen(item):
		return True
	return False

# Set conditions for toggling toolbars here
def OpenContextToolbarUnderMouse ():

	window, context, details, empty = BR_GetMouseCursorContext(0, 0, 0, 128)

	if window in ("tcp", "mcp") and context in ("track", "empty"):
		OpenToolbarMouse(color)		
	elif window == "arrange" and details == "item":
		OpenToolbarMouse(item)
	elif context == "envelope" or details in ("env_point", "env_segment"):
		OpenToolbarMouse(envelope)
	
if AreToolbarsOpen():
	CloseAllToolbars()
else:
	OpenContextToolbarUnderMouse()

[jackacid]

Wonderful! Thank you. Now I really need more toolbars.

[Viente]

Thanks! You've made my day!

[Viente]

I didn't inspect the code so much, but is it detect UI elements or listen only for x,y coordinates?

[Breeder]

Originally Posted by Viente

I didn't inspect the code so much, but is it detect UI elements or listen only for x,y coordinates?

SWS does the hard part. The script only asks SWS to do it

BR_GetMouseCursorContext() tells you over which element the mouse cursor is at the time the function is called. You can see more in ReaScript documentation.

edit: if you mean how it works in SWS. First of all, it's messy as hell (but tested so much I really hope there are no bugs). In short, it asks the OS for mouse cursor position, then checks for window under it. Then it uses all sorts of Reaper and OS API to calculate which element is where.

[Halma]

Dangit, you made my day. I was thinking about something like this lately and how cool that would be.

Many thanks.

Regards
Sebastian

[James HE]

Originally Posted by Breeder

SWS does the hard part. The script only asks SWS to do it

BR_GetMouseCursorContext() tells you over which element the mouse cursor is at the time the function is called. You can see more in ReaScript documentation.

edit: if you mean how it works in SWS. First of all, it's messy as hell (but tested so much I really hope there are no bugs). In short, it asks the OS for mouse cursor position, then checks for window under it. Then it uses all sorts of Reaper and OS API to calculate which element is where.

beyond elements, how is this working in specifically the arrange?

I see this as potentially a way to do drag actions. I can basically do whatever I want combining python and autohotkey (organizing it all is such a pain however) but it's awkward at best because you can only really drag in one direction if the macro involves splitting and selecting the item under the mouse cursor... (and a lot of useful things do)


take swiping... an eraser tool...

so, as a start I'd want to be able to tell if the mouse was dragged left or right, and select the item right of the mouse cursor if dragged left, and vice versa.

I know EEL can track mouse button and modifiers (i suppose Python as well), and so I think AutoHotKey can be completely bypassed here, simply triggering macros depending on mouse movements.

any further info would be most welcome?

[gofer]

That's pretty cool!

And there's other gems in the new SWS beta. The dummy and exclusive toggles look extremely usefull. I did some stuff like that with ExtState and a lot of scripting, now it's almost a breathe.

Thanks for the heads up, all the work and this cool script, it will get lots of use and cuddling (tweaking)


Unavoidable question, someone will have to ask sooner or later: Would you also be able to get reasonable contexts in an open MIDI editor? Like Note area, Note, CC(or other) lane, CC event, Piano key and whatnot?

[Breeder]

Originally Posted by James HE

so, as a start I'd want to be able to tell if the mouse was dragged left or right, and select the item right of the mouse cursor if dragged left, and vice versa.

Uh, that wouldn't be so easy.
As far as I known, EEL can tell you mouse state only for it's window. Python can't do these things natively, but you could use pywin32 to call win32 API, but that makes your script windows only.

But if we ignore all the those troubles with mouse/keyboard input you could track changes of time position and track under mouse (saving and recalling them with SetExtState API) and then using RPR_defer() to delete whatever is in between.

Originally Posted by gofer

Unavoidable question, someone will have to ask sooner or later: Would you also be able to get reasonable contexts in an open MIDI editor? Like Note area, Note, CC(or other) lane, CC event, Piano key and whatnot?

Already planned for when I find the time.

It should be able to tell you CC lane and value in CC lane/note row or piano key/time position so you could find all the events that reside there. Maybe it could also tell you MIDI events...we'll see when the time comes.

[gofer]

Originally Posted by Breeder

Already planned for when I find the time.

Sir, you just made my day!

[IXix]

Ouch!

[heda]

This is great!
but I have all my toolbars full :/

How can we have more toolbars? please?

[heda]

Inspired by this thread, I want to consolidate/reorganize my 8 toolbars until the devs gives us 64 toolbars.
Is there a way to move buttons from one toolbar to another?

[Seventh]

You can copy&paste the buttons/actions in the Customize toolbar menu. Oh and this is a really nice addition to the API. I'm gonna try and learn some EEL, and create an action which groups either items or tracks depending on focus.

[Breeder]

Originally Posted by gofer

Unavoidable question, someone will have to ask sooner or later: Would you also be able to get reasonable contexts in an open MIDI editor? Like Note area, Note, CC(or other) lane, CC event, Piano key and whatnot?

Done for the next beta build!
Unfortunately, since we can't know all visible/editable takes in MIDI editor (only active), I refrained from giving out event under mouse cursor information for now.

If you really need note event under mouse cursor you can do (binary) search with mouse cursor position.

Originally Posted by Seventh

I'm gonna try and learn some EEL, and create an action which groups either items or tracks depending on focus.

Unfortunately, exported API can't be used in EEL for now So it's Python only atm

[Seventh]

EDIT: Creating a new thread for this script so I won't hijack this one. =)

[pakkuncung]

please pardon my newbieness to this extraordinary wonderful script.

could anybody explain how to install/load/edit/implement this script?

i have used reascript (with python 2.7 installed) and latest SWS extensions with no problems.

but i can't figure out how to use this script.

thank you very much

[wol]

Copy the code in a text file and put it in Reaper resource path/Script folder, then in the action window load it and assign a shortcut.

[pakkuncung]

Originally Posted by wol

Copy the code in a text file and put it in Reaper resource path/Script folder, then in the action window load it and assign a shortcut.

thanks for the response wol.

i've done that before asking (my previous post). but i always get an error (python 2.7).

anyway i managed to load toolbar under cursor with sws extension/mouse modifier instead.

[sinkmusic]

Wow, i never had noticed this : it seems excellent !
Thank you very much for your creation.

[Breeder]

Originally Posted by pakkuncung

thanks for the response wol.

i've done that before asking (my previous post). but i always get an error (python 2.7).

What kind of error? Did you try updating python? I'm using 3.4.1 without any problems.

Btw, this will probably get recreated directly in SWS when I catch some time so you won't have to deal with code anymore.

[spinlud]

Originally Posted by Breeder

What kind of error? Did you try updating python? I'm using 3.4.1 without any problems.

Btw, this will probably get recreated directly in SWS when I catch some time so you won't have to deal with code anymore.

Hi Breeder, thank you very much for this script is fantastic! Do you think is possibile to code it in eel instead of python to make opening/closing toolbar faster?

[Breeder]

Originally Posted by spinlud

Do you think is possibile to code it in eel instead of python to make opening/closing toolbar faster?

Not at the moment (EEL doesn't support exported functions from extensions) but when I recreate it for SWS it should be much faster - have patience, I will be quite busy for the next few weeks but after that it should happen in no time

[pakkuncung]

Originally Posted by Breeder

What kind of error? Did you try updating python? I'm using 3.4.1 without any problems.

Btw, this will probably get recreated directly in SWS when I catch some time so you won't have to deal with code anymore.

i've already tried with python 3.4 (both 32-bit/64-bit) with no luck.

I don't understand how to edit the python script

Can't wait for the SWS version.

Thank you Breeder.

[Breeder]

For starters, try downloading pre-release version from here (scroll down a bit)

[pakkuncung]

Originally Posted by Breeder

For starters, try downloading pre-release version from here (scroll down a bit)

wow great! thanks!

[spinlud]

Originally Posted by Breeder

Not at the moment (EEL doesn't support exported functions from extensions) but when I recreate it for SWS it should be much faster - have patience, I will be quite busy for the next few weeks but after that it should happen in no time

Yeah, very good news!

For starters, try downloading pre-release version from here (scroll down a bit)

I see only v2.4.0 #9 in the prerelease section, missing something?

[Breeder]

Originally Posted by spinlud

I see only v2.4.0 #9 in the prerelease section, missing something?

I was answering to Pakkuncung, he's error was related to not having installed the latest SWS pre-release.

[spinlud]

Originally Posted by Breeder

Not at the moment (EEL doesn't support exported functions from extensions) but when I recreate it for SWS it should be much faster - have patience, I will be quite busy for the next few weeks but after that it should happen in no time

Any news for sws integration?

cheers!

[Breeder]

Originally Posted by spinlud

Any news for sws integration?

cheers!

Patience is a virtue! When it happens, it happens...and it will happen

[spinlud]

Originally Posted by Breeder

Patience is a virtue! When it happens, it happens...and it will happen

I WANT IT ALL!...AND I WANT IT NOW!! (thanks Queen)

joking, take your time.

cheers!

[Stroudy]

Originally Posted by Breeder

I see that the Track Icon is indented - how do you do that?

[Breeder]

Contextual toolbars have been implemented directly in SWS. For more details go here.

[Stroudy]

Outstanding work. Love the contextual toolbars interface.

Seriously though - your indented icon... how?

[Breeder]

Originally Posted by Stroudy

Seriously though - your indented icon... how?

Sorry for not answering sooner, I thought you found it already
Just go to Preferences->Appearance->Track Control Panels and then uncheck Align TCP controls when track icons are used

[Stroudy]

That's what I thought, but it doesn't work for me. See the screen shot.

I'll probably get on with more pressing issues, but it I do find those kind of things annoying.

Thanks Breeder. And thanks again for the tremendous work on the contextual toolbars.