BrainModular

Would it be possible to have the selection in a combo box made with a single click/touch? Having to touch the same item twice to select it probably will stop accidents but it's frustrating when you want something to change right away...

I'll see if I can don something!

thanks Senso

but there is a conflict with the inertia effect of the listbox. I'm not sure I could find a solution.

DOH!! By inertia do you mean the timeout stuff as mentioned here: [html]http://sensomusic.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=1503[/html]?

I'd be happy for it to only stay open as long as the mouse was in the selection box but have instant selection change? That probably wouldn't please everyone though would it....

Is there even a possibility for a completely separate more touch friendly combo box style module? user module maybe? (he says clutching at straws...)

but it's basically impossible to double-click from the touchscreen, so this makes comboboxes useless in the IB, right??!

I think *some* sort of solution is essential.

Can somebody explain what inertia is or does??

I miss v4 comboboxes

I imagine that you can be disappointed by the V5 comboBox style.
But do you have noticed that you can reduce the number of displayed items by using the '=' character in the list?

like:

A=0
B=24
C=34
D=231

senso wrote:I imagine that you can be disappointed by the V5 comboBox style.
But do you have noticed that you can reduce the number of displayed items by using the '=' character in the list?

like:

A=0
B=24
C=34
D=231

Gave this a try and I can't work out the difference - can you explain this a bit more Senso? Hopefully we can work out a single click solution as well... is there any hope?

something like this ..?

AH! I see - that is useful...

yes it can reduce the number of items, for example in VST program list.

nice info, thanks !

Good info, but off topic? I thought we were talking about combo boxes....

I don't want to reduce the number of items--I have just the number I want. I just want to be able to select an item with a single-click. Like all all the non-usine combo boxes in the world. Like V4.

I'm uploading my mondo combo to the addons. It works like I'd like comboboxes to work, but unfortunately uses 10000% more CPU than a combobox.

Thanks for sharing woodslanding - checking it out now. Seems it does exactly what I'm after

Like all all the non-usine combo boxes in the world.

all combo box of the word don't have inertia...

woodslanding wrote:Can somebody explain what inertia is or does??

Hey Senso, can you explain what you mean by inertia?

hey woodslanding be cool, you have a nice workaround patch
no to be honest i also in some case would prefer a single clic action item.
but see positive inertia is cool.
it means you can scroll like the iphone (not to be fashion, i don't have one, but best visual example, the device is fast and responsive in scrolling, thanks to inertia), the fastest is your move, the longest time the list keep on scrolling even if you release your finger,(i can't beleive you didn't noticed it on V5 video or in ib!) . personally i find it's a cool/best way to have a fast access while keeping a low screen size, but this implies by nature it shouldn't select on a clic to avoid accidents, on the other side you can scroll and clic with the iphone,but it must be a more complex system
probably there is something that check if click is very short, it acts as a clic on release, if longer acts for inertia scrolling, as inertia effect implies a certain amount of time to check velocity, or if velocity is lower than a thresohld it's considered as a clic?
well i can imagine it's far more complex in programming than it seems on patching;)

I ve made a different aproach workaround patch, allowing to choose nb of item to be displayed in Y if we set item size the good way.
http://www.sensomusic.com/forums/upload ... %20box.pat

I'm going to play devils advocate a bit here so please don't shoot the mesenger, but if the list boxes have inertia how come they can select with a single click but the combo box can't? Is there something fundamentally different between a combobox and a listbox that precludes that behaviour?

23fx23 wrote:I ve made a different aproach workaround patch, allowing to choose nb of item to be displayed in Y if we set item size the good way.
http://www.sensomusic.com/forums/upload ... %20box.pat

Thanks for sharing 23fx23, I had a couple of issues with this so I've modified it a little to suit meself if that's ok...
Simple ComboBox

yup ive seen after changing nb of items was buggy, will geck your version

it could be improved using iml to wire/unwire once split comma is done , then it should be very low cpu..

Mine's VERY simplified - I'm happy to use a scroller

Thanks for the explanation of inertia ....

But I'm not that much a fan of it on the iphone, actually. And I don't need to double-click on it either.

Well, thanks for the listbox kludges. They look to be much more processor efficient than mondo combo, although not quite as elegant.

Maybe I'll put them in, and see if I can save a few % on my cpu.....

cheers,
-e

hehe no worry woodslanding ive seen your' deleted "rant "
I agree with you, understand your frustration, just was speaking about the 'text form' of requesting, be cool and there is 99,99 percent chance a solution to come up soon or later.

by waiting, im sure we can make a good low cpu workaround based on your patch or list box teck.
on your patch, im sure if Iml could wire once to cell caption so they update then delete the wires Cpu would be much lower.
same in mine, once each list box has it's own comma, deleting wire the cpu should be <0.3 percent, that seems ok for a waiting workaround.

Wow, I would need some help to use IML that way--it's still very confusing to me!

But thanks for the support. I need to have patience, and keep remembering it is one man building this software!

cheers,
-e