Meter clipping indicators obscured by sliders

[SteveDaulton]

Your idea

Move the clip indicator a little further to the right so that it isn't obscured by the slider.

Current design (current development build)

Clip indicator moved a little to the right so that the clip indicator is always visible.

Problem to be solved

The meter's clip indicators are mostly hidden by the slider when using default settings.

Prior art

No response

Additional context

The meter's clip indicator is more important now that Audacity has real-time effects as real-time effects may push the track level into clipping, but the clipping is not displayed by "Show Clipping".

[Ryan-Miller-Audacity]

This definitely seems like a worthwhile enhancement to better the experience with the new meter sliders.

[crsib]

Hmm, Show Clipping problem definitely deserves a bug itself

[DavidBailes]

and the peak value indicator (blue) line can also be obscured if it coincides with the thumb of the slider.

[petersampsonaudacity]

@LWinterberg @Tantacrul

has this UX issue been kicked into the long grass with it's "minor feature" tagging, or might we expect to see a fix for this hopefully for a 3.2.x or 3.3?

[Tantacrul]

We're not targeting this for 3.2 or 3.3. We have a lot of significant performance issues and unmerged PRs to work through.

[petersampsonaudacity]

We're not targeting this for 3.2 or 3.3. We have a lot of significant performance issues and unmerged PRs to work through.

Thanks for the heads-up Martin

[Tantacrul]

That's not to say it's not a good point. I think we really need to soup up the mixer and make it more prominent and discoverable because, in truth, this is what I'd use in order to really keep track of my audio levels.

We'll also give thought to the metering / obscuring issue as it stands too.