Seems like some layout improvements may be long overdue
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 12:54 am
As a MusE newb, I realize I may be the only one with these POVs and I'm certainly willing to just "deal with it". However, I thought I'd take a moment to itemize some things that pretty much just make me go "eh?" when I encounter them:
1. No clear method to just close a file. I could just open another and answer no when I'm prompted to join it to the project but that's just dancing around the issue. I just want to close a file I'm working on and know that operation occurred without error before I attempt to open another. I do not want to have to quit the application just to context switch over to another song (file).
2. Menu items seem quite scattered. My suggestions would be
* Move all the windows that can be opened from the Edit menu and maintain that list within the View menu instead. It's pretty obvious to me some types of windows are different than others. For example, Arranger window can't be moved outside of MuSE but a Piano Roll can. Even if the parts under the hood are different, it doesn't mean new users should have to understand there is a difference and have to think along the lines of "I need to manage these windows like this and those like that".
* Move Edit -> MIDI Transform to the Midi menu (maybe under plugins if that's what it is)
* Merge the contents of the Window Config menu into MusE Settings (even if they're different things, there's no reason to have a stand-along menu for 3 "configish" things)
3. I love being able to open useful windows like Piano Roll, Event List and others with keybindings but it would be so productive to be able to use those keybindings as a toggle instead. The only way to close one of the windows now is to use the mouse. Wouldn't it be nice to use the same keybinding that opened the window for the purpose of closing it?
The zoom thing is killing me too but that's been discussed already. I'll file an official issue on that so I can describe i more detail.
1. No clear method to just close a file. I could just open another and answer no when I'm prompted to join it to the project but that's just dancing around the issue. I just want to close a file I'm working on and know that operation occurred without error before I attempt to open another. I do not want to have to quit the application just to context switch over to another song (file).
2. Menu items seem quite scattered. My suggestions would be
* Move all the windows that can be opened from the Edit menu and maintain that list within the View menu instead. It's pretty obvious to me some types of windows are different than others. For example, Arranger window can't be moved outside of MuSE but a Piano Roll can. Even if the parts under the hood are different, it doesn't mean new users should have to understand there is a difference and have to think along the lines of "I need to manage these windows like this and those like that".
* Move Edit -> MIDI Transform to the Midi menu (maybe under plugins if that's what it is)
* Merge the contents of the Window Config menu into MusE Settings (even if they're different things, there's no reason to have a stand-along menu for 3 "configish" things)
3. I love being able to open useful windows like Piano Roll, Event List and others with keybindings but it would be so productive to be able to use those keybindings as a toggle instead. The only way to close one of the windows now is to use the mouse. Wouldn't it be nice to use the same keybinding that opened the window for the purpose of closing it?
The zoom thing is killing me too but that's been discussed already. I'll file an official issue on that so I can describe i more detail.