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Originally Posted by Phazma
I found out there is a hack that can be done on theme level for this.
If you add the line set tcp.dragdropinfo [0 0] to the rtconfig file of the theme you are using you can offset the points where it creates a sibling vs a child track on the left/right axis by changing the two coordinates from 0 to something else. The first coordinate offsets sibling creation, the second point offsets child creation. The line which indicates sibling/child creation when dragging adjusts accordingly.
So if you never want to create child tracks by dragging, just set the second coordinate value higher than the maximum width of your track control panel. 450 works for me (so in my rtconfig it says " set tcp.dragdropinfo [0 450] ") but you may need a different number.
If you still want the possibility to create a child track but reduce the amount of accidents you can tweak the number so that the line for child creation appears for example at 150 if your tcp width is 300 so you have to move your mouse over to the right half of the tcp to create a child track.
Hope this helps someone
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I think this reply post from PHAZMA deserves it own's thread....
You can effectively turn off Reaper's ability to automatically create sub-folders by dragging (i.e. drag TCP tracks up/down and offset to an existing track).
This is a behaviour that has inadvertently caused me more grief than pleasure over the years, especially on large projects so it's great to find a way to turn it off.
In detail, what I did was:
- Options/Show Reaper resource path in explorer/finder
- Go to the ColorThemes folder
- *COPIED* my current .ReaperThemeZip file (iLogic v3.85 in my case) so I could revert, if it all goes T.U.
- Open .ReaperThemeZip file with Winrar or Winzip
- There will be a theme ZIP file and a folder. Open the folder and then open the rtconfig.txt file contained therein using a text editor
- I wan't sure where to add the new line so I chose to add it just under a line which read "set tcp.label.font"
- Added the new line: "set tcp.dragdropinfo [0 600]". As Phazma explained, you may need to experiment with this second number (600, in my case) depending on how wide you typically have your TCP tracks
- Save RTCONFIG.TXT back to the .ReaperThemeZip file
- load Reaper (or reload theme)
Mucho thanks to Phazma :-)