Divided_Eye

Hi there, I'm pretty new to Max. I've gone through the Preferences in Max and don't see the option I was hoping to find--I would like to increase the size of the Assistance Bubble, just as you can with the Circular Menu by selecting "Large Circular Menu." Sometimes when I have a bunch of patch cords running into the same inlet/outlet, I find myself having to move my cursor pixel by pixel just to get the bubble to appear. Since it's not an option in the program settings, is there by chance some other way to accomplish this? If not I can get used to it, but figured I'd ask anyway. Thanks!

edit: I did a quick search of the forums and didn't see any topic addressing this question specifically.

quick-question-assistance-bubble-size

I don't think there is a way to do that… You can change the background color or font color by editing the maxpreferences.maxpref file.. but beyond that it appears to be hardcoded.

If you click the object and and hit cmd + (mac) or ctrl + (PC) it will zoom to the object making it easier to grab, hover and edit. Then hit cmd/ctrl 1 to go back to 100%. Kinda clunky imo… (I wish they had a scroll zoom like most graphically based software) but it beats the tedium of pixel hunting.

Also, highlighting the object itself seems to make Max 'listen' to the UI options of that object more than the surrounding items. Not sure about that though.

I don't think there is a way to do that…   You can change the background color or font color by editing the maxpreferences.maxpref file.. but beyond that it appears to be hardcoded.

If you click the object and and hit cmd + (mac) or ctrl + (PC) it will zoom to the object making it easier to grab, hover and edit.  Then hit cmd/ctrl 1 to go back to 100%.   Kinda clunky imo… (I wish they had a scroll zoom like most graphically based software)  but it beats the tedium of pixel hunting.

Also, highlighting the object itself seems to make Max 'listen' to the UI options of that object more than the surrounding items.   Not sure about that though.


I didn't even think to try zooming with "Ctrl" "+" in the first place, haha... *

* That should've been a no-brainer! That works pretty well. It's weird that you can make the Circular Menu bigger but not the Assistance Bubbles... I mean, the Circular Menu is already a decent size by default. Oh well! I'll work with the zoom to sidestep the issue. Thanks for the tip!

I agree, a scroll-zoom feature would be fantastic. I have to laugh a little at how limited the settings are for Max, considering how powerful it is. Hahaha. Cheers!

I didn't even think to try zooming with "Ctrl" "+" in the first place, haha... *facepalm* That should've been a no-brainer! That works pretty well. It's weird that you can make the Circular Menu bigger but not the Assistance Bubbles... I mean, the Circular Menu is already a decent size by default. Oh well! I'll work with the zoom to sidestep the issue. Thanks for the tip! 

I agree, a scroll-zoom feature would be fantastic. I have to laugh a little at how limited the settings are for Max, considering how powerful it is. Hahaha. Cheers!


Quick question - Assistance Bubble size?