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Feature request (usablity): Closing all opened instrument (windows) #266

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boulder74 opened this issue Feb 4, 2014 · 14 comments · May be fixed by #5896
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Feature request (usablity): Closing all opened instrument (windows) #266

boulder74 opened this issue Feb 4, 2014 · 14 comments · May be fixed by #5896

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@boulder74
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If you have ie. many instruments opened (instrument window shown) ... additionally maybe also the song editor opened, BB Editor, Fx-Mixer, ... and maybe opened effect windows it takes some time to close all "unnecessary" window again...

It would be nice if you would open the context menue of a opened window (right-click windows title bar) and then from there you can execute "Close all windows but this" ... or also via a shortcut - i like this feature a lot on using other software (not dedicated to DAWs - dont know if other DAWs have this feature)

@Sti2nd
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Sti2nd commented Feb 8, 2014

Make a window showing a list of all opened windows. Closing desired windows by clicking a button/X in the list, and a button "close all windows".

@eagles051387
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I think if you are going to provide a close all windows option you would need
to provide one to close all windows except the one selected or that you are
currently working in as well.

On Saturday, February 08, 2014 04:36:49 AM Stian Jørgensrud wrote:

Make a window showing a list of all opened windows. Closing desired windows
by clicking a button/X in the list, and a button "close all windows".


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@lukas-w
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lukas-w commented Feb 11, 2014

You can close instrument windows faster by clicking on the instruments' names in the Song Editor/Beat+Bassline Editor instead of clicking each window's x-button.
Just in case you didn't know ;)

Or is this still too slow?

@boulder74
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as mentioned in the opener it would be a "nice to have" feature.... good for the workflow
-> mostly all webbrowser also have this feature (close all other tabs)

maybe this feature request can be implemented somewhere in the future...

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Sawuare commented Jul 12, 2017

Make a window showing a list of all opened windows. Closing desired windows by clicking a button/X in the list, and a button "close all windows".

It's a faster method than clicking the "x" button of each windows, but I don't think it's fast enough, and where would the window with the list be?

You can close instrument windows faster by clicking on the instruments' names in the Song Editor/Beat+Bassline Editor instead of clicking each window's x-button.
Just in case you didn't know ;)

Or is this still too slow?

This only works for instrument plug-ins, what about effect plug-ins?
And yes it's still slow.

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tresf commented Jul 12, 2017

Ctrl + Shift + W is the shortcut for closing all open tabs in a web browser. This could be added as a shortcut.

Note however that the single-window interface will make multiple Instrument windows rather obsolete (unless detached). Also, we offer a feature to re-use the instrument window in the preferences area which will all reduce the burden of this problem.

what about effect plug-ins?

This would be an enhancement. Probably best for a dedicated bug report, but the same points will apply. Single-window mode will make this feature obsolete unless using a detached window.

@musikBear
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Ctrl + Shift + W is the shortcut for closing all open tabs in a web browser. This could be added as a shortcut

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@ryuukumar
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Is there anyone working on this issue presently?

@zonkmachine
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Is there anyone working on this issue presently?

No. Bump us if you want to be assigned to this issue.

@ryuukumar
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If we decide on a shortcut/hotkey, then I could very well try resolving this (I have a pull request to work on as well, so I may delay a little bit).

@dan-giddins
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I would like to have a go at solving this as a first issue

@zonkmachine
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@dan-giddins Welcome! Lets ask @russiankumar if there is a fix for this already done first.

@ryuukumar
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I've dropped this one, so @dan-giddins, you can go ahead on this issue!

@dan-giddins dan-giddins linked a pull request Jan 30, 2021 that will close this issue
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#5896 adds this feature

@dan-giddins dan-giddins added the needs code review A functional code review is currently required for this PR label Jan 31, 2021
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