Feature Request: "New view of..." as a message to a bpatcher

Alexandre's icon

Hi,

I'm using a litlle bpatcher to represent just some presets that are in a patcher, and beside the presets, in this big patcher, there are lots of parameters, then i want to open the window of the patcher that is inside the bpatcher, i can do that but it needs to be in edit mode : ctrl-click on the bpatcher > object > New view of... and it open a new window of the patcher that is contained in the bpatcher... (i just discovered this great possibility!) ...But i'd love to do that more simply, and not in edit mode!

I suppose there is no such thing as a "New view of..." message to a bpatcher ?

This would be really great.

Thanks,

Alexandre's icon

And about the "Embed Patcher in Parent" option in bpatcher inspector :

So, even in the case of an embed patcher, there is no way to bring the window of the bpatcher's patcher while in max locked view ? This possibility should be rather obvious, no ?

Regards,

cap10subtext's icon

Don't suppose you could get around this using ;max openfile file file_loaded_into_bpathcer.maxpat?

Suppose this wouldn't work if it were embedded in patcher though. Hmmmm...

Alexandre's icon

No because "openfile" would open the original file, with no link at all to the bpatcher inlets/outlets...! this is not the same instance.

While "New view of..." really open a new view of the SAME INSTANCE of the patcher that's inside the bpatcher : When you move some data or object in this new view you see exactly the same stuff moving also in the bpatcher.

EMV's icon

I realize that this post is 6 months old, but since there was no solution given, I'll add this anyway:

You could put a subpatch in the bpatcher containing everything but the presets, and then send the message "front" to thispatcher in that subpatch.

Max Patch
Copy patch and select New From Clipboard in Max.

See the patch below: