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Pro Tools Scripting: Changes and Known Issues

This page documents changes in Pro Tools that require changes to SoundFlow scripts.

Changes in Pro Tools 2024.10

  • All instances of the words "Plug-in" have been changed to "Plugin" across most (if not all) menus in Pro Tools. This also affects the titles and values of related UI Elements.

  • The UI Element title for all Pro Tools track "Input Monitor" buttons has changed.
    See Here: Input toggle on track by name Pro tools 2024.10 #post-2

  • The Clip List's Popupmenu UI Element has been renamed from "Clip List" to "Show Options menu." For example, to "Export Clips as Files" in Pro Tools 2024.6+, use

sf.ui.proTools.mainWindow.popupButtons.whoseTitle.is('Show Options menu').first.popupMenuSelect({
    menuPath: ['Export Clips as Files...'], 
});`

  • "View Menu" has added "Marker Displays" submenu and moved "Track Marker Lane" Toggle from the main "View Menu" to "Marker Displays" > "Track Lane"

  • Menu Item ['View', 'Other Displays', 'Clip Effects'] is now grouped under ['View', 'Other Displays', 'Lower Dock'] and now has 4 leading spaces.

// Pro Tools 2024.6
sf.ui.proTools.menuClick({ menuPath: ['View', 'Other Displays', 'Clip Effects',], });

// PT 2024.10
sf.ui.proTools.menuClick({ menuPath: ['View', 'Other Displays', '    Clip Effects',], });

Changes in Pro Tools 2024.6
Pro Tools 2024.6 updated the "Clips List" filtering functionality that may cause issues with existing scripts. See the following link for more info. Set & Clear the "Clips List" filter text field in Pro Tools 2024.6+

Changes in Pro Tools 2023.9
As of Pro Tools 2023.9, the menu item "File" > "Create New..." is replaced with "File" > "New..."