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Old 01-10-2014, 01:49 PM   #1
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Default Ergonomic color improvements for REAPER

Basic visual improvements
Tracker: http://forum.cockos.com/project.php?issueid=4750


1. When using "Drag Edge on peak", don't draw a thick line / edge when the waveform goes to 0 (zero-crossing/silence/no peak)
2. 2px lines in the "Track divider line" as option and with the ability to change line color.
3. No grid lines in the "Empty arrange window" as option.

Relative color grid lines
Tracker: http://forum.cockos.com/project.php?issueid=5043


Google docs has a sort of relative grid color that REAPER could benefit from. REAPER already has different color blending modes for certain GUI elements, but not for grid lines. You will see my attempt to make bar grid lines bright white, but they disappear under some media items. Also, you will notice the various grid line divisions under some media items appear to be the same color. It can be difficult to edit complex projects when grid lines are of paramount importance, unless you use some crazy undesirable grid line colors, but still, eventually there will be media item colors that "swallow" the grid lines

Also important, the grid lines should take the track background color into account as well. Some grid lines will get "checkerboarded" by the alternating track color.

Better indication of selected media items
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I know we have the coloured bar we can add at the top of the item but maybe this needs to go further to go around the whole item or top and bottom. (if that makes sense!)
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Yeah, around the whole item makes more visual sense than a line at the top. I don't use that feature because it's so visually unappealing... doesn't make sense to my brain!
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Old 01-12-2014, 10:48 AM   #2
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I seem to recall there is a pref setting to draw the grid line either over or behind the media items... which I think should solve your vanishing white line problem.
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I seem to recall there is a pref setting to draw the grid line either over or behind the media items...
where might this be?
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where might this be?
Hi Argitoth-

Right-click on the Snap icon and select the grid line Z-order.

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Old 01-12-2014, 03:56 PM   #5
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Another color-related improvement - a new action to select all items with the same colour as the currently-selected item: http://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=133354
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