[linux-audio-dev] Modular Jack patch bay

[torbenh at informatik.uni-bremen.de]

On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 09:51:42PM -0500, Dave Robillard wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-02-02 at 00:37, Dave Robillard wrote:
> > Screenshot:
> > http://chat.carleton.ca/~drobilla/patchbay.png
> 
> I need some UI opinions here....
> 
> What's the best way to disconnect ports?  I've thought of:
> 
> - putting a handle in the middle of connection lines, so you can
> right-click them to get a menu

- or select them and press del.
> 
> - making the lines really thick, same deal as above
> 
> - just being able to right click a port and disconnect all connections
> (with the obvious disadvantage of forcing you to maybe disconnect
> something you don't want to)

- right click on a port makes a menupopup where you can select to
  disconnect connection to foo or all connections. 
  like in galan. i find it quite useable.
  
> 
> - clicking on the source port then the dest port (just like connecting),
> except if they're already connected, disconnect them
> 
> 
> Ideas?  Opinions?
> 
> -Dave
> 

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torben Hohn
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