Mixer window optional
Hi. I would like to ask if its possible to leave the mixerpanel as a separate window when detached (like the synthesizer now)
Maybe this could be optional as a checkbox in settings. I just prefer this while working on a laptop.
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Do you mean the possibility of having it open but not superimposed on the main window?
In reply to Do you mean the possibility… by Shoichi
Yep. Like a own window, the way it was before.
Like the Syth in the screenshot
If you're using two screens or one large screen and currently have the synthesizer dragged off to the side, you can do the same with the mixer.
In reply to If you're using two screens… by mike320
I'm only on a laptop, not with 2 screens. Though my suggestion is to be it optional of course.
In reply to I'm only on a laptop, not… by Allthetones
If you don't have a problem with space for the score...What version of MuseScore do you use?
In reply to If you don't have a problem… by Shoichi
I'm on 3.1 RC
It's already possible, just undock it.
Can you not currently move either the mixer or the synthesizer in each's own separate, detached window?
See attachment.
In reply to Can you not currently move… by Jm6stringer
No it's not possible... The mixer appears detached without a header. Therefore not in a seperate window.
As I sad. It would be nice to have it optional, for some people like to have it within the software.
I do prefer, to have them as seperate windows, because I can minimize them, to acces the windows when I need those.
In reply to No it's not possible... The… by Allthetones
It looks like you might be using Linux. In Windows, I would grab the word Mixer and drag it to the left and it would undock. I'm not sure what that little box in the top right corner of the mixer window does in Linux, but the windows icon in that spot undocks the window.
In reply to It looks like you might be… by mike320
Yes I use Linux. When I undock the mixer at the current release (3.1 RC), it undocks, but without placing it in an extra window.
The versions before did this. And on my desktop, I can "roll in" the windows, so that only the title bar is visible.
This i found very productive
That's how MuseScore 3.0.x etc handles it:
See the extra window for the mixer
In reply to Yes I use Linux. When I… by Allthetones
Aha!
![buttons.png]( "buttons.png")
I was wondering about this:
I'm on Widows with a single close 'X' button.
I must use keyboard shotcuts to open/close those items. Oh well...
Regards.
In reply to Aha! I was wondering about… by Jm6stringer
Unfortunately in the Windows version the Alt-Space menu has Minimize grayed out.
In reply to Unfortunately in the Windows… by mike320
Yes, and so does right click on the undocked items show the grayed out choices.
Regards.
In reply to Aha! I was wondering about… by Jm6stringer
The one to the left and the first of the right is a Linux feature (certainly some desktops have it). The rest is like a normal window
So from the left:
keep window on top -- roll in window -- maximize / minimize -- close
In reply to The one to the left and the… by Allthetones
So does that mean the minimize button isn't working on the mixer? I'm confused now.
In reply to So does that mean the… by mike320
No. Please take a look at the screenshots. The mixer is detached already, but does not have a titlebar, with all the buttons. The synthesizer has. 'Mischpult' is mixer in german
In reply to Yes I use Linux. When I… by Allthetones
This sounds like a bug to me, but I would prefer one of the many programmers who use Linux to look at this and comment before I suggest a bug report.
Here's a new screenshot. I have to admit, that the one I posted wasn't quite obvious
In reply to Here's a new screenshot. I… by Allthetones
If I understand correctly, you are wanting this to be a separate top-level window that can be minimized, then? You say "like the synthesizer" or "like it was before", but I'm not seeing any difference here - both synth and mixer have been this way forever as far as I can tell. Maybe some Linux0-specific bug caused one or both dialogs to behave differently than they were intended to in some previous release?
Ok. I try it again. Hopefully it can be understood.
Explainations in the screenshot...
In reply to Ok. I try it again… by Allthetones
What I am saying is that for me, on Window, it has always been this way. The mixer has never been an independent windows with the controls for minimizing etc. I tested 3.1, 3.0.5, and 2.3.2. Maybe 1.3 was different?
Making the mixer a top-level window with full control is certainly possible, but it changes a number of things about how things work, I don't think docking remains an option.
In reply to What I am saying is that for… by Marc Sabatella
Please check the post's screenshots. For me they were always extra windows until 3.1. I made a screenshot (screenshot2.png in the post) of Musescore 3.0.5 were they are.
I think taking away the window decorations when unattaching, at least in the linux version, by placing the close button inside the window causes this issue. I think, when there's a header, it will work again. Just a guess
In reply to Please check the posts… by Allthetones
Sorry, lots of screenshots to keep track of. It does seem you are correct that, for reasons unknown, at one time you were seeing window decorations on the mixer that as far as I can tell no one else does, and were never supposed to be there. As I said, perhaps it was some Linux-specific bug (which you happened to enjoy) that was fixed.
In reply to Sorry, lots of screenshots… by Marc Sabatella
As I said, I think removing the on top header completely, like it is now in linux, probably causes this. If it's intended, what I guess for is, I would ask, to have an option in settings, where you can turn off/on the window decorations. (Aka having the control buttons inside or outside the window.
For the technical aspect - I think that the extra buttons on the window header appear, cause I use qtcurve to draw the windows.
It 's in the official 3,1 version! Great Thanx!!!
In reply to It 's in the official 3,1… by Allthetones
Hmm, this implies that whatever you are seeing is probably connected to [#287528}, the fix for which was reverted at the last minute because it caused other problems. I recommend you comment in that issue and try to explain your issue there. Do keep in mind that no one else seems to be able to reproduce what you are seeing, so you'll probably need to be generous with the explanations and screenshots. Otherwise, the new fix is likely to change it again.
In reply to Hmm, this implies that… by Marc Sabatella
The link is #287528: Side panels not dockable after being undocked and closed once