Hiding MIDI editor toolbar + ruler

[Tagirijus]

Updated post according to the FR guidline:

Request
I would like to be able to hide the toolbar and the ruler of the MIDI editor.

Benefit
Save GUI space, when MIDI editor is used in docked mode.

Reason
At the moment, when using the MIDI editor in docked mode the toolbar and especially the ruler need a lot of space, which can be redundant, while you already have the ruler of the arrangement view. The toolbar could also be useless, if you mainly work with keyboard and mouse shortcuts anyway.

Implementation suggestion
There could be an option to hide the toolbar and/or the ruler from the MIDI editor. Maybe even depending on its docked state.
Another idea for the toolbar could be: an option to dock the MIDI toolbar into other places of Reaper so that it still can be there, but won't need space in the MIDI editor anymore.


Old post:
Hey there,

since it seems that it is not possible, like my other thread tells me, somehow, I wanted to start a FR here.

When using the MIDI editor docked there is a rather huge toolbar and the ruler. Especially when linking the timebase to the arranger view, it seems a bit redudant to me to have two rulers. Also I personally do not use the toolbar, or I could put it on the top or so to use it, but: I cannot hide the toolbar in the MIDI editor.

So save space and make Reaper more compact when using it the way I described, I would suggest to add the options for the user to:

- Hide or smallen the ruler
- Hide or smallen the toolbar

Thanks for your attention!


Edit: I just found out that there are FR guides. So I updated my thread to follow these guide. Thanks community for the guidelines! And sorry that I did not stick to it in the first place.

[horneusz]

I agree, +1

The ruler should be able to change the height as in the arrangement window.

The toolbar should have the possibility of additional docking to the right, left and bottom of the MIDI editor.

[enroe]

+ 1.

As I said before: Despite large monitors a lot of space is wasted!
It would be nicer if the Toolbar and Ruler could either be made
smaller, or they could be hidden completely.

[Sibben]

This would be great.

The transport bar is also a waste of space on larger screens. Takes up a whole horizontal chunk with loads of whitespace.

[Icchan]

Obviously agreed, currently midi-editor is non themeable and you can't really customize the placement and sizes of different parts to suit the taste, lots of unnecessary wasted space.

[SebDj]

I was about to start a new thread about the same issue and I saw your thread. I took a screenshot of wasted space and and circle in red what I would like to see move to the bottom toolbar.

[nikki5000]

+1 that would be so helpful!!

[composerguy78]

Yes, please please add this:
https://i.imgur.com/Ir5lbqv.png

[Daodan]

+1 would be great

[grnprplOrngyllw]

it is hard to work on one screen and having both arrangement and midi editor. there is a lot of wasted space on top of the midi editor

[jcfitn]

+1 !! even the posibility to show/hide each object,
for par example: working with the midi editor with the grid sync to the arrange wiew you don't need the ruler, the transport...

[edkashinsky]

+1
This would be really useful, especially for laptops with a small screen

[Coachz]

+1, switching to sws contextual toolbars leaves little need for them taking up space

[R.Cato]

+1 great idea

[ARkaine2]

ofc, +1 here.

[fonolit]

+1

[Mantiruna]

this would be great

[Loulou92]

+1