hide container when patch is off ?

[oxyredox]

Hi everyone !

does any one ever found an easy way to hide the container of a patch when the patch itself is inactive?

it seems so simple but I havent found a way yet


thanks in advance !

[sephult]

You mean a container in the patch?
I don't think so, I tried once to control the patch enable and disable. If you do it from the same patch when its disabled none of you control lines will respond within the patch.

There might be a way, but I think not personally.
I was going to request a Master Control within the patch that ignores, however I think it will be to cumbersome to do.
I think it would add a whole new layer to the way the patches are handled.




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[gurulogic]

Here is the method I use in my workspace. It uses a switch (blue 'flower') to disable the patch one blok after hiding the container and the normal patch on/off control to enable the patch and show the container. In my case I have these functions MIDI mapped. Hope it helps.

http://www.sensomusic.com/forums/upload ... active.pat

[sephult]

So when the patch is inactive there is no data flow, so if you are intending to minimize the container or send it invisible it will not process the node/wire to the container. I just tried using an external bus and switch from another patch, once the patch is disabled there is no control.....it's disabled. The Patch Settings Module will not even output a 0 at this state.

Guru probably has the only answer regarding this, depending on how you are using...if you want to close a container when the patch disable event happens that would be the way. You could probably use the activation module to open it back up when re-enabled. I just added a change scale from 0,1 to 0,3 for Invisible/Top Parent and attached to his event button. It does hide the container when the button is pressed then disables the patch. However, you must re-enable from the patch header.

My specific case was that I did not want the top header and was building my own control menu. Unfortunately without a header once you disable...well you have to dig through the patch settings to re-enable the header then re-enable the patch...yep no thank you. I use the header.

So if you are using Guru's method though and the Grid I assume it would not work as the grid activates/deactivates the Patch enable/disable.

Thanks for the patch share guru, always interesting seeing other's approaches to these things:)

-S

[gurulogic]

You can MIDI map the top header patch enable, if that helps?

[sephult]

Now that you say it, that might solve my problem

-S