Custom Adjustments to Track Height

Okay super special thanks to @chrscheuer and definitely @raphaelsepulveda , as Raphael made this awesome script.

Raphael, I modified it slightly. As I said, I suck at this and am a newb, so I tried fiddling around a bit, and changed a few parameters at the bottom... at the final 'if... else...' thing. If this is the right way to do it, lmk!

For anyone else reading, who doesn't understand stuff (like me).... You can customize the 'trackHeightGridUnits' at the bottom to be more than '1', if you, say, want 4 plugins thick.... the '1' grid unit is about exactly one 'plugin' thick, so that's the unit measured.

I then added a duplicate of the

changeTrackHeightWithMouse({
trackHeightGridUnits: 1,
direction: 'down'

...so that when it returns to 'waveform', it will be the desired track height.

I might publish this in the store, with other 'customized' heights, so that everyone can choose! For example, you can have it toggle playlist at 3 plugins 'height', but then return it to waveform, and it can be 9 plugins 'height'!

You all rock, thanks so much! :)))

function changeTrackHeightWithMouse({ direction = 'down', trackHeightGridUnits = 1,  }) {
    const trackHeightGridPixelsPerUnit = 15;
    const xOffset = 50;

    trackHeightGridUnits = Math.abs(trackHeightGridUnits);
    if (direction === "up") trackHeightGridUnits = -trackHeightGridUnits;

    const frame = sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrack.frame;
    const frameBottomLeft = frame.y + frame.h;
    const frameBottomTargetPositionY = frameBottomLeft + (trackHeightGridUnits * trackHeightGridPixelsPerUnit);
    const x = frame.x + xOffset;
    const endPosition = { x, y: frameBottomTargetPositionY };

    function doWithMouseAndRestorePosition({ action }) {
        const mousePosition = sf.mouse.getPosition().position;
        action();
        sf.mouse.setPosition({ position: mousePosition });
    }

    doWithMouseAndRestorePosition({
        action: () => {
            sf.mouse.down({ position: { x, y: frameBottomLeft } });
            sf.mouse.drag({ position: endPosition, });

            waitForPtToBeResponsive();

            sf.mouse.up({ position: endPosition });

            waitForPtToBeResponsive();
        }
    });
}

function setTrackHeight(size) {
    const track = sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrack;
    track.trackScrollToView();

    const f = track.frame;
    const popupMenu = track.popupMenuOpenFromElement({
        relativePosition: { x: f.w - 10, y: 5 },
    }).popupMenu;

    popupMenu.menuClickPopupMenu({ menuPath: [size] });
}

function waitForPtToBeResponsive() {
    sf.waitFor({
        callback: () => sf.ui.proTools.getMenuItem('File', 'Create New...').isEnabled
    });
}

function main() {
    const smallTrackHeight = 43;
    const selectedTrack = sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrack;

    if (selectedTrack.frame.h !== smallTrackHeight) {
        setTrackHeight('small');
    }

    if (['waveform', 'wave'].includes(selectedTrack.displaySelectorButton.value.invalidate().value)) {
        selectedTrack.trackDisplaySelect({ displayPath: ['playlists'] });

        waitForPtToBeResponsive();

        changeTrackHeightWithMouse({
            trackHeightGridUnits: 1,
            direction: 'down'
        });
    } else {
        selectedTrack.trackDisplaySelect({ displayPath: ['waveform'] });

        waitForPtToBeResponsive();
        
        changeTrackHeightWithMouse({
            trackHeightGridUnits: 1,
            direction: 'down'
        })
    }
}

main();

Nice!!

Yeah, I know what you mean. This one had a couple of challenges in there that made it a little tricky, but we got there!

Reading through the code and trying to make sense of everything is definitely the best way to learn, so I encourage you to do so. If you have any specific questions, I'd be happy to answer them!

I updated the code I posted above so that the track size is left at your custom height when returning to waveform view.

Hey @Jordan_Pascual, just tested here on PT 2023.6 and it's still rocking—tested the script you marked as the solution on this thread.

Line 48 is:

callback: () => sf.ui.proTools.getMenuItem('File', 'Create New...').isEnabled

This is a way of verifying if PT is responsive by checking the status of the File > Create New... menu item. On 2023.6, that menu item has not changed, so maybe this is not the issue?

If you can provide more info, I'll be able to better assist.