Max UI Concept: Tabs!
The Max window needs tabs! Let me explain.
Code in Max renders from right to left. We know this. In order to work within and around this we arrange our code from right to left sometimes. We also use bpatchers and a variety of other ways to visually organize the information. Well, consider that code goes from right to left, sometimes we'll use a lot of horizontal space to organize this. Tabs are a fantastic way to organize information that exists horizontally.
Implementing functionality like this I believe is intuitive and clear and offers a lot of benefits such as NAMING tabs. With a feature like this you could name parts of your organized code by simply creating a tab name to designate that section of code.
Thoughts?
I'm being told that the tab functionality in the help files may be the same thing and can be duplicated. In that case never mind. Although I'm surprised it's not easily implemented as an option anywhere.
Have a look at [bpatcher] helpfile (the "using offsets" tab)
Hi Estevan, check out the option ‘Show on Parent Patcher Tab’ in the inspector of your subpatches.
I think is what you are looking for.
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Cheers
Here is the link to Nick Hwang's tutorial on creating tabs in Max:
"Well, consider that code goes from right to left, sometimes we’ll use a lot of horizontal space to organize this."
hm? :)
using bpatcher wont help him, because you cannot patch in its window.
but you can use windowmessages-to-thispatcher also in normal patcher windows.
at least for top-down i have been doing that, not so sure now about exceeding the left border of your monitor (windowsize -1920 0 0 1600 ?)
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