[gmpi] Re: lost-n-found #5 - GUI windows
- From: Tim Hockin <thockin@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gmpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 13:45:07 -0800
Anyone? I'm no GUI expert...
On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 09:25:56AM +1300, Jeff McClintock wrote:
> > Can a plugin GUI have multiple windows?
>
> A plugin is defined (mostly) in terms of it's parameters. A UI then is
> something that manipulates those parameters.
> A UI should be allowed multiple windows if that's appropriate.
> Perhaps it should also be allowed zero windows. This would allow a
> hardware control surface to be considered a UI. The software interface
> is pretty much identical.
> The less GMPI specifies about windows, the more freedom we have to
> use different graphics APIs . You might want to use a cross-platform
> GUI framework, you might want to go native.
>
> Most hosts add a toolbar to plugin windows for patch selection, bank
> load/save etc. Do we need to indicate which window is the 'main' plugin
> window.... or do we simply let the plugin open additional windows with
> no reliance on the host?.
> Do we assume all plugin windows 'float' above the host application?
> That's not always true. Having many plugin windows obscuring the host
> is not productive. Some hosts prefer to integrate the plugin GUI into
> the host window (kind of like tabbed browsing).
> Can the plugin dynamically resize it's window? (like those VST
> plugins with two modes).
>
> Best Regards,
> Jeff
>
> Tim Hockin wrote:
> >Time for a new lost-n-found topic.
> >
> >We talked some about GUI, and this item came up but did not get much
> >attention.
> >
> >Can a plugin GUI have multiple windows? Any thoughts on reqs in this area
> >(or other GUI reqs) ?
> >
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