Feature request: generic matrix

[cyberic99]

Hi

I would find it very useful to have a kind of multipush but with custom values.
Using a switch can be a workaround, but with a switch you cannot click the same item/button twice, because it stays selected...
So would it be possible to have a 'autorelease' property in a switcher?
It would allow the user to click an item, then click it again, and it would send the value twice.

Thx a lot
Eric

[jean-emmanuel]

I'm working on a generic and more flexible matrix widget that should do the job and much more ;)

[jean-emmanuel]

It's in git for testing and should be included in next release. It's really black magic stuff...:)

Simple exemple for a matrix props property (with all other properties to default values):

{
  "color": "red",
  "label": "#{\"abcd\"[$]}"
}

Complex example:

#{

props = {\} # no semicolon -> outputed by formula
            # closing bracket must be escaped here

props.label = "abcd"[$];
props.color = ["red", "cyan"][$ % 2];
props.address = concat("/test/", string($));
props.target = "127.0.0.1:4444";

}

[cyberic99]

Wow, that's huge!

I tested it with pushbuttons and was able to set other properties such as norelease and such.

It can be really useful for a grid of knobs too, or even for multifaders

I will try to use it dynamically with a list of buttons to play some samples

The sample list will be a json dict: {"sample1": 1, "sample2": 2}

Hope it will work, especially updating the sample list ;-)

[jean-emmanuel]

Edit: I had not seen your reply, don't mind this post ;)

In your case you could set the matrix' widgetType to push and its props to something like:

#{

props = {\} # no semicolon -> outputed by formula
            # closing bracket must be escaped here

values = [1,2,3,4];

props.on = values[$];
props.address = concat("/test/", string($));
props.target = "127.0.0.1:4444";

}

[jean-emmanuel]

I changed the index variable to $ to be consistent with the existing matrix widgets (plus i is already used in formulas for complex numbers, although I'm not sure it's of any use in o-s-c).

[cyberic99]

OK. I think that $ can be confusing... idx or index would be IMHO more appropriate, but you choose ;-)

[cyberic99]

@jean-emmanuel : even with master (4728599), i has still to be used as index, and $ is not working

[jean-emmanuel]

Fixed !

[jean-emmanuel]

Included in v0.33.0, I'm sticking to $, it has the benefit of being consistent with the older matrices widgets plus index is already a function available in formulas'. Now let's try it and find the bugs ;)

[cyberic99]

For me it's working as expected. I have a matrix of pushes, complex props, and I dynamically change the matrix size. it is working as expected. thx!

[akobelan]

In case somebody stumbles across the same needs as I had ... #335

• Example 1:
  -- toggle button matrix
  -- user defined labels
  -- user defined values
  -- alternating colors for enabled buttons

MATRIX/widgetType: toggle
MATRIX/props:

#{
props = {\} # no semicolon -> outputed by formula
            # closing bracket must be escaped here.

values = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10];
props.on = values[$];
props.label = ["one", "two", "three", "four", "five", "six", "seven", "eight", "nine", "ten"][$];
props.color = ["red", "cyan"][$ % 2];
props.address = concat("/test/", string($));
props.target = "127.0.0.1:8088";
}

• Example 2:
  -- push button matrix
  -- user defined labels
  -- user defined values
  -- alternating colors for enabled buttons
  -- no OSC message sent on release

MATRIX/widgetType: push
MATRIX/props:

#{
props = {\} # no semicolon -> outputed by formula
            # closing bracket must be escaped here.

values = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10];
props.on = values[$];
props.norelease = true;
props.label = ["one", "two", "three", "four", "five", "six", "seven", "eight", "nine", "ten"][$];
props.color = ["red", "cyan"][$ % 2];
props.address = concat("/test/", string($));
props.target = "127.0.0.1:8088";
}