Quick toggle between playlists and waveform view

2023-07-28 06:05:59.148Z

I wrote this script as a response to a question a member of the DUC had about a new command because Avid chose to put the new "markers" Track View Selector menu item in a new place between the previously often accessed "playlists" and "waveform" views.

I very happily made it myself, mostly borrowing from Kitch and Christian, who gave answers to questions about similar use cases in the past.

const trackViewSelector = sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrack.displaySelectorButton;

const selectedTrackView = sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrack.invalidate().displaySelectorButton.value.value;

function playlistsViewSelect () { 
    trackViewSelector.popupMenuSelect({ menuPath: ["playlists"], 
})};

function waveformViewSelect () { 
    trackViewSelector.popupMenuSelect({ menuPath: ["waveform"],
})};

function main() { 
sf.ui.proTools.appActivateMainWindow();
sf.ui.proTools.mainWindow.invalidate();

if (selectedTrackView === "waveform") {
    playlistsViewSelect()
} else {
    waveformViewSelect()
}};

main();

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Kitch Membery @Kitch

SoundFlow Team

2023-07-28 07:22:19.691Z

Great work, Brenden!

Here is a quick refactor to reduce the code down.

function setTrackView(viewMenuPath) {
    const selectedTrack = sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrack;
    const trackViewSelector = selectedTrack.displaySelectorButton;

    trackViewSelector.popupMenuSelect({ menuPath: viewMenuPath, });
}

function main() {
    sf.ui.proTools.appActivateMainWindow();
    sf.ui.proTools.mainWindow.invalidate();

    const selectedTrack = sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrack;
    const selectedTrackView = selectedTrack.displaySelectorButton.value.invalidate().value;

    if (selectedTrackView === "waveform") {
        setTrackView(["playlists"]);
    } else {
        setTrackView(["waveform"]);
    }
}

main();

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Brenden @nednednerb

2023-07-29 04:42:36.103Z

Thanks!

Solely in the spirit of making up a challenge for myself, I reduced the code further, trying to simplify where possible and not double any work. Such as since I called value.invalidate().value only once, I popped that on the end instead of making a constant that added a few characters:

const sUP = sf.ui.proTools;
const trackView = sUP.selectedTrack.displaySelectorButton;

function setTrackView(viewMenuPath) {
    trackView.popupMenuSelect({ menuPath: viewMenuPath, });
}

function main() {
    sUP.appActivateMainWindow();
    sUP.mainWindow.invalidate();

    if (trackView.value.invalidate().value === "waveform") {
        setTrackView(["playlists"]);
    } else {
        setTrackView(["waveform"]);
    }
}

main();

No real reason to do so. Easy practice :)

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