Just a suggestion. May be use QToolBox for mixer strip's settings? It 
can help to save more space. I remember, that in some version of cubase 
I saw something similar.

10.12.2015 22:58, Tim E. Real пишет:
> On December 10, 2015 07:09:05 PM Robert Jonsson wrote:
>> 2015-12-10 18:32 GMT+01:00 Tim E. Real <[email protected]>:
>>> On December 10, 2015 02:09:59 PM Andrew Deryabin wrote:
>>>> Hi Tim!
>>>> 10.12.2015 01:23, Tim E. Real пишет:
>>>>> Snapshots of further mixer strip redesign in progress:
>>>> Looks very interesting. Can we touch it somehow, may be in different
>>>> branch or in master? :)
>>> Hm, no I didn't make a branch, I guess I didn't expect to go this far.
>>> Is there a way I can just make a new branch immediately from
>>>   what I've got now?
>> git checkout -b <new branch name>
>> is what you want I think. It will create a new branch with your current
>> files
> OK Thanks.
>
>>> Basically the idea is to eliminate the Midi Track Info panel
>>>   and replace it with a Midi Strip. That means moving the track info
>>>   controls over to the midi strip.
>> Cool, that would be a needed improvement.
>>
>>> This was pretty much the only
>>>   workable solution I found. I tried several ideas such as
>>>   a 'companion' fold-out panel for the Midi Strip and so on.
>>> All would have required two user-adjustable splitters
>>>   so that the text in both panels could be expanded.
>>> Here I am trying to do it all with just one splitter for minimal
>>>   user hassle.
>> I don't really grasp where the problem is. Having a fold out seems like it
>> could be neat though. For audio tracks we could expand plugin information
>> to give more immediate access to their controls.
> Yes, I will make the Audio Strips expandable too.
> That means being able to see full Plugin Rack texts, and Aux controls'
>   full text. You expressed some regret before over not being able
>   to see it, so we did the "1:Aux 1", "2: Aux 2" thingy...
>
> Not sure if you picked up what I said, but there is now a 'lower' rack.
> That means a 'post' effects rack for  Audio Tracks, when I get around to it.
>
>
> We briefly discussed user-configurable strips before.
>
> For example, some may prefer not to have a stereo 'pan' control at all,
>   but two separate volume sliders.
>
> The concept is also important to Midi Strips.
> Some midi instruments do not define a 'pan' - or even a 'volume' controller!
> (And many certainly do not define Variation, Chorus, or Reverb.)
> Thus the user could remove the pan control from this new strip.
> And, gulp, even remove the volume slider!
> But I must point out that volume does not /have/ to be removed:
> If there is no hardware volume controller available, a simulated /software/
>   volume control can be put there (it simply scales the note velocities).
>
> I will attempt to create a new midi controller type: 'Software volume'.
> No such simulation of 'pan' unfortunately  :-(
>
>
>>> Can anyone suggest other solutions?
>>> How to display all those track info boxes and allow them to be
>>>   expanded to see all the text, yet allow them to be folded away,
>>>   while also showing the midi strip, all while using only one splitter,
>>>   not two?
>> I don't get what you mean by two splitters.
>> Do push it to a branch and maybe it gets apparent what you are struggling
>> with?
>>
>>> It has to be usable in three places: Arranger, Pianoroll and Mixer.
>>> Keep in mind I am aiming for the user to be able to replace
>>>   those Var Rev and Cho controls with their own chosen controls,
>>>   and add more than just three controls.
>>> That means there may be long text in those controls.
>>> So these need to be allowed to expand, along with any track info
>>>   controls that are added, either in a side panel, or underneath.
>> Allowing it to expand could look really wierd, and potentially not work so
>> well. Having the full text only in tooltips could be an option.
>>
>> Ah, is that it, you want to be able to resize both the mixerstrip and the
>> foldout to accomodate for potential long parameter names?
> Exactly.
>
> If we go with two separate panels side-by-side (strip and track info),
>   we will need two separate splitters.
>
> With my way, everything is integrated into a strip, and only one
>   splitter is needed and everything is automatically laid out according
>   to /your/ geometry preference. (I'm doing dynamic layouts.)
> Wide-ranging space considerations like this demand dynamic layouts.
> Got lots of horizontal space?
> We'll show you all the text, in a panel to the right.
> Got small horizontal but lots of vertical space?
> We'll show you stacked controls with as much text as we can fit.
>
> Tooltips are great and will be done, but I also want to give a way to
>   see everything at once, to see all text everywhere at once.
>
>
>> My gut reaction would be that it's better with fixed sizes.. But maybe that
>> is just the Easy way, not the Right way
>>
>> These screenshots were the best way I could think of doing it.
>>
>>> Well on your way if you ask me :)
> Yeah, lemme semi-finish what I'm attempting, I'll commit
>   and you guys can take a look at what I'm fussing about :-)
>
> Tim.
>
>> /Robert
>
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Andrew


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