Hide Timing Tracks

[bwinter]

In the Display Elements view, it's obvious how you hide elements (click the eyeball icon to the left of the element group).  However, this doesn't work with timing tracks?

Is this intentional, or am I doing something wrong?

[Centauri61032]

Kind of a newbie here also. But maybe this will help...

If you just want to get rid of the timing lines, click the radio button on the left side of the timing track name to turn the lines on and off. The timing track line itself will still be present, but the timing marks will go away.

If you want to totally remove the timing track...  You can just right-click on the timing track name and delete it.

[bwinter]

Kind of a newbie here also. But maybe this will help...

If you just want to get rid of the timing lines, click the radio button on the left side of the timing track name to turn the lines on and off. The timing track line itself will still be present, but the timing marks will go away.

If you want to totally remove the timing track...  You can just right-click on the timing track name and delete it.

Yes, I can unselect the track, but it still takes up a row.  I certainly don’t want to delete the track, as it’s being used.

I simply want the ability to hide/unhide as needed, since I have many timing tracks (that are all used), but I need to hide some to clear up screen-space.

[deplanche]

I don't think you can remove or hide a timing track on the Master View.  If you make another view, however, you should be able to add or remove any of the timing tracks that you want to. 

[bwinter]

I don't think you can remove or hide a timing track on the Master View.  If you make another view, however, you should be able to add or remove any of the timing tracks that you want to.

You can easily remove timing tracks (which isn’t what I’m asking about).

I’m asking about the ability to HIDE timing tracks.  Timing tracks have the same eyeball as other elements—it’s just that clicking the eyeball doesn’t appear to do anything.

Is this intentional, or a glitch?  Can it be made functional?

[Gilrock]

I think I looked at it once because there was a request to be able to right-click and hide a timing track.  I remember finding that the eyeball hiding wasn't working.  I thought changing it would be easy but I remember it turned out to be a pain because so much logic works based on the number of timing tracks because you have to skip over them to get to the model rows.  In the end I was ready to just rewrite the entire sequencer grid code base since it has become somewhat of a mess over the years.  We really made it difficult by supporting too many options mainly the ability to have the same model appear several times on the grid.

[bwinter]

I think I looked at it once because there was a request to be able to right-click and hide a timing track.  I remember finding that the eyeball hiding wasn't working.  I thought changing it would be easy but I remember it turned out to be a pain because so much logic works based on the number of timing tracks because you have to skip over them to get to the model rows.  In the end I was ready to just rewrite the entire sequencer grid code base since it has become somewhat of a mess over the years.  We really made it difficult by supporting too many options mainly the ability to have the same model appear several times on the grid.

Thanks—so you’re saying this isn’t a “this-year” thing, but maybe a “next-year” thing?

Given that the timing tracks don’t scroll (maybe that’s an alternative solution), once you add many timing tracks, they “permanently” take up space in the viewing area that you can’t get back.

[Ebuechner]

I have a few sequences with multiple lyric track that take up a lot of Real Estate.
It would be nice if xlights would remember the collapse position of the lyric track when you opened the sequence.

[bwinter]

I have a few sequences with multiple lyric track that take up a lot of Real Estate.
It would be nice if xlights would remember the collapse position of the lyric track when you opened the sequence.

You can collapse lyric tracks?  I don’t think you can collapse timing tracks—that would be a third solution to my problem.

[Gilrock]

You really should just be creating a view that doesn't have the timing tracks you don't want to see.  You can have as many views as you want.  Because of that feature I probably will not spend time working on any timing track hiding feature unless I was starting the code over from scratch and that might not be a "next year" item either it may be a "not gonna happen" item.  And that's just my perspective who knows what Keith and Dan's interests will be.