ReaScript: GetUserInputs: automatically adjust width to fit longer captions

[juliansader]

The space for captions in the GetUserInputs window is quite narrow, so captions can often not include helpful tips.

I therefore suggest that the window width should automatically expand (to some reasonable limit) to fit the caption text.

EDIT: This image shows that whereas the text input field on the right can be made wider by using the extrawidth parameter, the *captions* area on the left is narrow and of fixed width:

[X-Raym]

Yeeeeees !

[cfillion]

Originally Posted by ReaScript documentation

To increase text field width, add an extra caption field, and specify extrawidth=xyz

(but yeah automatic adjustment would be nice)

[juliansader]

AFAIK the extrawidth parameter only affects the text input field, and I am referring to the captions area on the left. (I added an image above to make my request clearer.)

[cfillion]

Ah, right. My bad!

[Meo-Ada Mespotine]

Will add that to my Ultraschall-API. Just hadn't time to do it yet.

Otherwise: +1

[juliansader]

Originally Posted by mespotine

Will add that to my Ultraschall-API. Just hadn't time to do it yet.

Are you referring to caption width, or text input width?

[Meo-Ada Mespotine]

Caption Width. Text input width is already in there(though I can improve on that even further).

I also think about doing "linebreaks", where you don't have

Caption - TextInputField

but rather

Caption
TextInputField

so the Caption has more space in general, without limiting the length of the TextInputField, but this needs more rethinking on my side to make it easy to use.

BTW: Thanks to your extension, I could solve the csv-problem with GetUserInputs.
The problem is that you can't input commas into multiple textfields, as the returned string doesn't separated between commas input by the user and commas who separate the input of the multiple textfields.
With you awesome extension, I found a way around that

[lb0]

Originally Posted by mespotine

Caption Width. Text input width is already in there(though I can improve on that even further).

I also think about doing "linebreaks", where you don't have

Caption - TextInputField

but rather

Caption
TextInputField

so the Caption has more space in general, without limiting the length of the TextInputField, but this needs more rethinking on my side to make it easy to use.

BTW: Thanks to your extension, I could solve the csv-problem with GetUserInputs.
The problem is that you can't input commas into multiple textfields, as the returned string doesn't separated between commas input by the user and commas who separate the input of the multiple textfields.
With you awesome extension, I found a way around that

Intriguing!! Can you make the window prettier?? (on windows) lol.

But seriously - I use two main screens side by side (and a touchscreen underneath) - with reaper spread across the main screens. This really annoyingly means the GetUserInputs dialog appears bang in the middle of the two screens - cut in half by two largish bezels.

If you're able to manipulate the dialog in any way - can it's default location be altered? Considering it steals the focus and stops a script continuing until it is closed - I have no idea how you can adapt it (except maybe in a separate script always running and monitoring for the dialog).

[Meo-Ada Mespotine]

Please post this idea into the UltraschallApi-thread, so it doesn't get lost and ends up on my todo-list.

Short answer:yes it's possible and I already have that background-stuff, that's needed for that, implemented for my csv-workaround

Prettier, maybe. If I blit stuff on top of that

[Sonorityscape]

Any progress on increasing the caption width? I was trying to find out how to do it and came across this thread. I think for now I'll just work around it by placing a more detailed explanation in the answer field.

[X-Raym]

I'll just work around it by placing a more detailed explanation in the answer field.

This isnt handy if you use ways to save last inputs


I sometimes just upload doc in the console message,


but sure more room for explaination would be thebest... SOmetimes it is really just an extra line missing.

[Sonorityscape]

I realized the user experience was over-complicated anyways, so I simplified it and now everything fits. This makes me think that this limitation is helpful in a way as it forces you to think about how to make your script simple and easy to understand.

[Meo-Ada Mespotine]

But sometimes the difference between understandable text and an abbreviated mess is one missing character.

Maybe it would be easier, if the caption would support newlines, so the inputfield would be moved one line down with each newline in the caption(but keeping x-position with all other inputfields).
Newlines are already supported somewhat, but lead to unreadable texts.

[X-Raym]

But sometimes the difference between understandable text and an abbreviated mess is one missing character

Yes,
and I dont think that having more flexible width here would be exploited in such abusive ways
It would bring way more help than not.

[vitalker]

A lack of this feature is so non-Reaper way.