drew
08-20-2007, 08:28 PM
RESOLVED - THANK YOU!
I appreciate the move towards distinguishing timeline position from selected notes in the List Editor.
Problem is, with multiple notes selected you can't see where the cursor is! That means, say, if all events are selected for the purposes of making global changes there, you see absolutely no cursor positioning indicated as it passes through them.
Also the idea of the background constantly changing in such a high contrast way as you play makes it fairly heavy going on the eyes if you're trying to follow the data - it's no subtle highlight!
Finally, event selections made in the list start blue & then turn gray, so visually it's not clear, consistent or unambiguous right now...
A little suggestion to resolve all of these!
Could we have selected notes always shown in the (nicely visible) blue background and the cursor position just showing either in the index column with ID and a <, or to the left of the index column with just a > which would surely sufficiently draw attention to it? (a bit like [ ] around selected track numbers in main window - it seems subtle but does stand out. The MIDI window cursor itself is fairly subtle too!.
I really don't think trying to use background change for both selection and cursor position is ever going to be a winner since you either won't know if the cursor is behind a selected note (as is the case now) or if the note at the cursor position is selected.
Given the choice I'd personally say selected notes having a (static) blue background makes that very comfortable & clear. A bold chevron by or in the ID column would surely be enough to indicate the cursor position without making data difficult to follow.
I hope this sounds like a sound, simple idea! I reckon it would be very comfortable to work with.
drew
I appreciate the move towards distinguishing timeline position from selected notes in the List Editor.
Problem is, with multiple notes selected you can't see where the cursor is! That means, say, if all events are selected for the purposes of making global changes there, you see absolutely no cursor positioning indicated as it passes through them.
Also the idea of the background constantly changing in such a high contrast way as you play makes it fairly heavy going on the eyes if you're trying to follow the data - it's no subtle highlight!
Finally, event selections made in the list start blue & then turn gray, so visually it's not clear, consistent or unambiguous right now...
A little suggestion to resolve all of these!
Could we have selected notes always shown in the (nicely visible) blue background and the cursor position just showing either in the index column with ID and a <, or to the left of the index column with just a > which would surely sufficiently draw attention to it? (a bit like [ ] around selected track numbers in main window - it seems subtle but does stand out. The MIDI window cursor itself is fairly subtle too!.
I really don't think trying to use background change for both selection and cursor position is ever going to be a winner since you either won't know if the cursor is behind a selected note (as is the case now) or if the note at the cursor position is selected.
Given the choice I'd personally say selected notes having a (static) blue background makes that very comfortable & clear. A bold chevron by or in the ID column would surely be enough to indicate the cursor position without making data difficult to follow.
I hope this sounds like a sound, simple idea! I reckon it would be very comfortable to work with.
drew