0004536: assign shortcut to quickly remove in- and outputs in port matrix - MantisBT

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0004536	ardour	features	public	2011-12-06 22:01	2011-12-07 10:55

Reporter	nettings	Assigned To
Priority	high	Severity	feature	Reproducibility	N/A
Status	resolved	Resolution	fixed
Target Version	3.0

Summary	0004536: assign shortcut to quickly remove in- and outputs in port matrix
Description	when working with multichannel formats (particularly ambisonics), ardour often guesses wrong when creating new busses: the number of output ports always equals the number of input ports at the master. often however, a plain stereo bus or some lower-order ambisonics group is desired, making the removal of ports a common chore. reducing a 16-port output to stereo in a typical ambi session requires several complicated actions: open port matrix hover over port number right-click hover over sub-menu entry move into sub-menu, hover over "remove port no. X" left-click repeat this 14 times, and you'll have bite marks in your desk sooner or later. i'd like to suggest to bind the delete key or a similar shortcut (such as shift-right-click, which is otherwise used to remove processors) to this task, active only when the mouse is hovering over a port number in the matrix (i.e. when this port gets outlined in red). the short-cut should be made discoverable by spelling it out in the context menu. an "add midi port" and "add audio port" button would be very welcome, too. they could be placed in the corner between the row and column titles. since room is sparse, something like "+A" and "+M" could do, with appropriate tooltips.
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Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2011-12-06 22:01	nettings	New Issue
2011-12-06 22:01	nettings	cost	=> 0.00
2011-12-06 23:13	nettings	Severity	minor => feature
2011-12-07 00:34	cth103	Target Version	=> 3.0
2011-12-07 01:44	cth103	Note Added: 0012318
2011-12-07 10:55	nettings	Status	new => resolved
2011-12-07 10:55	nettings	Resolution	open => fixed
2011-12-07 10:55	nettings	Fixed in Version	=> SVN 3.0