Windows: Cubase Window Handling - Why Doesn't It Work Like Every Other Application?

[Rhino]

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[Funkybot]

@Rhino

whatever the reasons behind it may have been, it was a very unfortunate decision.
cross platform is all well and good, but please treat each platform properly.
we are not talking petty fonts or colour schemes here, we are talking about deeply rooted conventions.
don’t know about you, but I’ve been on Windows since W95 (remember those mislabeled 166 MHz AMDs that only ran at 133 MHz , Matrox cards and dual 15" screens ?), and these UI conventions really stood the test of time, almost unchanged.
ymmv,
Rhino

Thanks for making me feel old. Our first PC was an Apple II. That was my sister’s. I was using 16mhz 386 PCs at school, and my first Windows PC was a 486 SX 25mhz, that you could buy the separate math processor to upgrade to 50mhz. Ran Windows 3.1.

[Rhino]

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[peakae]

Oh I remember the old days with Z80 processors, using CP/M OS.
I used a Amiga for midi, can’t remember the sequencer.
A lot has happened since, although I’m still waiting for the flying cars and Human like robots.
We where promised whose around year 2000, still wanting and waiting.

[Rhino]

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[peakae]

Oh God, you might be on to something, I report to the mighty Android.
:-/

[Niles]

Can anyone chime in and tell if the fixed floating title bar still present in 10.5?

[Funkybot]

@Niles

Can anyone chime in and tell if the fixed floating title bar still present in 10.5?

Oh…it’s still there.

[Niles]

@Funkybot

@Niles

Can anyone chime in and tell if the fixed floating title bar still present in 10.5?

Oh…it’s still there.

O dear.
Cheers for chiming in.

[suntower]

That fixed top menu bar SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKS. Almost as much as the SKINNY SCROLL BARS.

[folkfreak]

@Rhino

@folkfreak

I am helpless with stuff like ahk. I tried it once but didn’t understand a single word from the manual
All I need is that all key commands I make got to the Project window and never to the mixer. ideally even when no Cubase window is in the foreground like a controller would work…
Is that easily doable ?

yup, dead easy.
that’s how I started out myself.

here is how you redirect , and if the mixer is currently active, same for editors [Editor], plugins [ins.] and so on

SetTitleMatchMode, 2
#IfWinExist, MixConsole

$Space::
winactivate, Project
winwaitactive, Project
sendinput, {Space}
return

$left::
winactivate, Project
winwaitactive, Project
sendinput, {left}
return

$right::
winactivate, Project
winwaitactive, Project
sendinput, {right}
return


SetTitleMatchMode, 2
#IfWinExist, Editor

$Space::
winactivate, Project
winwaitactive, Project
sendinput, {Space}
winactivate, Editor
return

$left::
winactivate, Project
winwaitactive, Project
sendinput, {left}
winactivate, Editor
return

$right::
winactivate, Project
winwaitactive, Project
sendinput, {right}
winactivate, Editor
return


SetTitleMatchMode, 2
#IfWinExist, ins.

$Space::
winactivate, Project
winwaitactive, Project
sendinput, {Space}
return

$left::
winactivate, Project
winwaitactive, Project
sendinput, {left}
return

$right::
winactivate, Project
winwaitactive, Project
sendinput, {right}
return

if you look at this code example, it’s almost self explaining.

you need to list every single key you want to get processed under each “title match” block, that’s all.
copy’n’paste - standard Guttenberg job !

the basics about running and editing scripts are well explained in the help, no secrets there.
same for the key codes, syntax, modifiers etc, look them up as required.
finally, an ahk script is nothing but a txt file, use Notepad for editing

hope that gives you a start, in doubt ask back.
Rhino

please note an important detail:
in the Editor category I set back focus to the Editor as that’s how I prefer it myself, in both other categories focus remains on the project
mix’n’match as you like

Hi,

thanks very much for the detailed answer and sorry I didn’t answer sooner, but now I start to work on this stuff as I bought an new controller.
I have one question though:
In your example it says “#IfWinExist, MixConsole”
What happens if there no mixconsole open ?
I just want that - no matter what window or program or desktop is in focus - each keystroke gets through to the cubase project window as long as the script is active…

[alindsay55661]

Wow, just came back to Cubase (looking forward to tight Dorico integration in the future) and what a pain it is to resize the primary window to fit just beneath this weird floating titlebar. I really wish I could use the normal window functions to maximize, etc. Maybe this can be an option for people to toggle?

[alindsay55661]

Is there no way to have the “sub” windows snap to specific layouts inside the “desktop” window?

[alindsay55661]

Nevermind, found it: “Workspaces”

This is not so bad, but still unfortunate that I lose space to too many titlebars. Thanks for making it easy to remember and switch to different configurations!