Select Track as trigger

Hi @Steve_Giammaria.

You could use a script like this do perform something like it (it may give you some errors here and there but it should work)...

var lastFocusedTrackName;

function main() {
    var newName = sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrackNames[0];
    if (newName === lastFocusedTrackName) return;

    lastFocusedTrackName = newName;

    sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrack.trackOutputToggleShow();
}

function runForever(name, action, interval, timeout) {
    var now = (new Date).valueOf();
    if (now - globalState[name] < timeout) throw 0; //Exit if we were invoked again inside the timeout

    globalState[name] = now;
    sf.engine.runInBackground(function () {
        try {
            while (true) {
                sf.engine.checkForCancellation();
                globalState[name] = (new Date).valueOf();

                action();

                sf.wait({ intervalMs: interval, executionMode: 'Background' });
            }
        } finally {
            globalState[name] = null;
        }
    });
}

runForever("isFollowFocusedTrackRunning", main, 500, 5000);

Assign an Application Trigger on Pro Tools being activated, and it should make sure to always be running when Pro Tools is.

Ah thanks!

this is so close to perfect.

it errors and stops when no track is selected.

I'm very green when it comes to coding, but
what does sf.ui.proTools.selectedTrackNames[0] return when no track is selected?

we need somthing like:

if newName != NOTHING lastFocusedTrackName = newName;

Ah, that is interesting, that you can use Selecting a track as trigger. Or, is it running all the time?