FR Reaper 6 Default Theme - TCP Track Name field

[airon]

This may or may not require some new WALTER stuff, and it's a simple request. It's a set of conditions for showing the TRACK NAME on the TCP.

Ability to prioritize expanding the size of the TRACK NAME field over showing more elements on the TCP

Reason

In the default 1-element-height TCP, once the TCP width shows all the elements, the TCP expands in to dead space on its right side, instread of giving the TRACK NAME field more room.


To illustrate


Now expanded to the right, but instead of expanding the track name, it created dead space on the right.




This is counterproductive, since dead space is unlikely to be as useful as the track name in what is likely to be all instances.


Hence the request to update the default theme either now or for v6, with new WALTER capabilities if necessary to address this problem.

I do realize that some folks will want to prioritize icons.

[sonicowl]

+1. Or ability to drag/resize trackname field.

[White Tie]

You can already do that, watch kenny's video

variance     order_label      90  0   -4  0   0.1

change the Stretch Factor (sf) to be higher.

[airon]

Thanks. That improves the situation, but doesn't use the available space if no Icon is present. There's still a significant amount of dead space stretching along, whereas I want the available space in the first row to be filled by the TCP label.



Perhaps there are additional controls that I missed. Once I understand the options fully and it feels like the functionality is lacking, I'll certainly bring it up in the v6 alpha process.

[White Tie]

There's some very complicated WALTER in there to allow you to change the length, please make use of it. Its either long enough to fit your names or it isn't; that's not going to change for V6, V7 or V29.