Can I group decks in a package to function as 1 when triggering by application active?

Wow, this looks very impressive!

Let me CC @Kitch who might be able to help you with the "act as 1 deck". We have something similar in the official Pro Tools package, where we provide a default macro that navigates to "any of the decks in a collection of decks" when Pro Tools is focused. This ensures it doesn't jump back to the main deck in your Reaper package if a "sub deck" is the current one.

Hi @Ryan_Franks

That's an impressive set of decks you have created. Great work!

Am I correct in assuming the first deck is the Master deck and the remaining decks are Reaper Layout 1-4?

It might be beneficial for me to create a video walkthrough to illustrate how to set this up, as it requires a bit of setup. I will do my best to do so today. :-)

Is this scratch public? Trying to find it….

Hi @Ryan_Franks

Let's start by adding a script to ensure that your Master deck is only relaunched if none of the other decks in the local package are currently being displayed.

To do this, follow these steps

• Create a new package that contains all your Reaper Decks and Commands. (Note: Only the Master Deck and associated Sub-Decks deck should reside in this package.)
• Remove any triggers from your Master Deck that are being used to show the deck.
• Create a new script named "Show Reaper Master Deck" in the SoundFlow Reaper package and add the following code.

const targetDeviceName = "Add Name of iPad Here";
const masterDeckId = "Add Master Deck Command ID Here"; 

/** @type {AxDeckOrPreset} **/
const targetDeck = sf.decks.get(masterDeckId).deck;

/** @type {AxDeckHostDevice} **/
const targetDevice = sf.devices.mobile.allDevices.find(d => d.name === targetDeviceName); // Find the target device by name

const associatedPackageKey = event.trigger.commandId.split(":")[1]; // Local package ID

try {
    // Exit early if no target device is found
    if (!targetDevice) throw 0;

    let doOpen = true;

    // Handle single-instance devices
    if (targetDevice.instanceManagement === 'SingleInstance') {
        const lastEntry = targetDevice.history[0];
        const lastLoadedDeck = lastEntry && lastEntry.deck;

        if (lastLoadedDeck) {
            const packageKey = lastLoadedDeck.deckId.split(':')[1];

            // If the last loaded deck is from the same package, skip opening
            if (packageKey === associatedPackageKey) {
                doOpen = false;
            }
        }
    }

    if (doOpen) {
        targetDeck.open({ device: targetDevice });
    }

} catch (err) {
    // Fail silently
}

• Update the targetDeviceName at the top of the script. If you don't know your device name, you can use the following script to list all attached device names.

const attachedDeviceNames = sf.devices.mobile.allDevices.map(device => device.name);
log(attachedDeviceNames);

• Update the masterDeckId const at the top of the script. To do this, select your Master deck in the package then click "Command"=>"Copy Command ID" from the SoundFlow menu. This will copy the full command ID to the clipboard, you can then paste it into the script.
• Next, add an application trigger to the "Show Reaper Master Deck" script.

• For any buttons on the master deck that open sub-decks, have them set to "Open on Same Device". To do this, select each of these buttons on the Master Deck and then click the "Open on Same Device" in the footer of the deck designer.

Now, when you navigate away from Reaper and back, it will only load the Master Deck if none of the decks that reside in the folder are currently being displayed on devices.

Let me know if you get stuck with this or have any questions... I'd be happy to walk you through it over a quick Zoom call. :-)

I'll do my best to get the deck navigation tutorial done in the next couple of days.

Rock on!