FX Chain: enable/disable FX without switching FX GUIs?

[reapercurious]

is there a way to stop the FX chain window from changing the view to the plugin you are trying to enable/disable with the checkboxes on the left?

Sometimes you want to just quickly bypass an effect, and there may be no need to show the gui of the plugin that you're bypassing.

it's fine to switch GUI as you're clicking on the name of the plugin, but on the checkbox, shouldn't necessarily want to show the gui for the plug, especially if it's a fancy gui that needs to draw itself for a few hundred milliseconds.

[nicholas]

If I understand you right, just untick the little box to the immediate left of the plug-in name. Works here. Don't select the plug-in name though, just untick the box.

[reapercurious]

hm, ok this may be a Linux thing. thanks for trying it.

[nicholas]

Ah sorry, I can't speak for Linus, I'm on Windows 10/11

[akademie]

Unfortunately I have to confim this incorrect behavior in Linux.
Yes, clicking the checkboxes does also switch/activates the plugin view

Although I have found that if you click the checkbox with Shift modifier, then it does not switch the plugin, but I am not sure if it is reliable enough to use it like that. Anyway, the behavior is different from Windows (and Mac too, I think).

(info: BionicPuppy64 LInux, Reaper v6.58)

[akademie]

I am happy to announce that this was fixed in REAPER v6.66 (August 17 2022)