More Tabs.
Posted: 02 March 2013, 22:56
I was reading up on the third screen option and see you added a second tab in the 6.33 Beta. I was thinking there is a lot of screen real estate left over with those tabs to the right that are not in use.
How difficult would it be to create the ability for us to creat our own tabs with any number we want?
I will be honest, I don't typically use the timeline function but I have a tab for it.
What I do use are various aspects fo the fixtures I have (gobo, movement, color, strobe, dimming, etc.). If I could, for example, I would create a tab for my LED Par Cans with 1, 2, 4, or 8 boards. Then, I could put all my boards under that tab. Then, I could make one for moving heads, effects, etc. By having the boards pre-configured under the tab, I could easily switch between screens and have the boards right there that I need. For the tabs that do not need 8 boards, I could lower it to 4. Who knows, maybe even a 6-board setup (3 across x 2 down).
As far as number of tabs, I would not want to limit it too much unless there was a reason for programming. After a certain number, you could put scrollbars to scroll between the large number of tabs if the need arrises.
I would probably equate this similar to MS Excel or MS PowerPoint or MS Visio where you have numerous sheets and each sheet has a tab and you can scroll between them. MS Programs having it on the bottom instead of on the top being a difference but easier to deal with for this application.
This would make things a lot easier for us who have video cards that only support a maximum of 2 displays but have tons of buttons to deal with. For those with video cards that can handle it, I would not want to limit that. If they have a 3 or 4 monitor stand and would like to make 3 or 4 monitor screens with all these tabs on each screen, that would be great for them. My laptop does a max of 2 and one of them is taken up by supplying video so I can only run a single screen to adjust lighting and ALT-TAB it to the DJ program when I need to run that.
How difficult would it be to create the ability for us to creat our own tabs with any number we want?
I will be honest, I don't typically use the timeline function but I have a tab for it.
What I do use are various aspects fo the fixtures I have (gobo, movement, color, strobe, dimming, etc.). If I could, for example, I would create a tab for my LED Par Cans with 1, 2, 4, or 8 boards. Then, I could put all my boards under that tab. Then, I could make one for moving heads, effects, etc. By having the boards pre-configured under the tab, I could easily switch between screens and have the boards right there that I need. For the tabs that do not need 8 boards, I could lower it to 4. Who knows, maybe even a 6-board setup (3 across x 2 down).
As far as number of tabs, I would not want to limit it too much unless there was a reason for programming. After a certain number, you could put scrollbars to scroll between the large number of tabs if the need arrises.
I would probably equate this similar to MS Excel or MS PowerPoint or MS Visio where you have numerous sheets and each sheet has a tab and you can scroll between them. MS Programs having it on the bottom instead of on the top being a difference but easier to deal with for this application.
This would make things a lot easier for us who have video cards that only support a maximum of 2 displays but have tons of buttons to deal with. For those with video cards that can handle it, I would not want to limit that. If they have a 3 or 4 monitor stand and would like to make 3 or 4 monitor screens with all these tabs on each screen, that would be great for them. My laptop does a max of 2 and one of them is taken up by supplying video so I can only run a single screen to adjust lighting and ALT-TAB it to the DJ program when I need to run that.