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The "Open" Icon #482818 07/21/18 02:19 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: May 2001 Posts: 2,220 L Lloyd S OP Veteran
OP Lloyd S Veteran L Joined: May 2001 Posts: 2,220	I wish the "Open" icon near the top of the toolbar, would just go to the Windows "Open" dialog, the same way it does in RealBand. If you need the rest of the selections on the BIAB "Open" menu, you can always use the File > Open Special method. Yes, I know about F3, and I wish the "Open" icon performed the same function. LLOYD S

Re: The "Open" Icon Lloyd S #482832 07/21/18 04:39 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 18,571 Melbourne, Australia AudioTrack Veteran
AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 18,571 Melbourne, Australia	Hi Lloyd On my system, it appears to launch the Windows Open dialog. What dialog do you receive? Could you provide a screen capture? BIAB & RB2024 Win.(Audiophile), Sonar Platinum, Cakewalk by Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M Monitors, Pioneer Active Monitors, AKG K271 Studio H'phones

Re: The "Open" Icon Lloyd S #483157 07/24/18 06:45 AM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: May 2001 Posts: 2,220 L Lloyd S OP Veteran
OP Lloyd S Veteran L Joined: May 2001 Posts: 2,220	VideoTrack: On mine it opens the dropdown list showing 14 entries, part of the same list you get when using File > Open Special. If yours goes straight to the Windows dialog, I must be missing a setting somewhere. Any ideas? Thanks! LLOYD S

Re: The "Open" Icon Lloyd S #483186 07/24/18 10:36 AM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 18,571 Melbourne, Australia AudioTrack Veteran
AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 18,571 Melbourne, Australia	Hi Lloyd This is the process I undertook (it's the same result as pressing F3): Attached Files (Click to download or enlarge) (Only available when you are logged in) 2018-07-25_06-31-49.jpg (35.36 KB, 63 downloads) 2018-07-25_06-34-54.jpg (130.63 KB, 63 downloads) BIAB & RB2024 Win.(Audiophile), Sonar Platinum, Cakewalk by Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M Monitors, Pioneer Active Monitors, AKG K271 Studio H'phones

Re: The "Open" Icon Lloyd S #483208 07/24/18 02:25 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 25,963 Hudson Valley & Lake George NY Matt Finley Veteran
Matt Finley Veteran Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 25,963 Hudson Valley & Lake George NY	Lloyd, just to help define the problem, are you using BIAB 2018, build 520? BIAB 2024 Win Audiophile. Software: Studio One 6.5 Pro, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6; Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Roland Integra-7, Presonus Studio 192, Presonus Faderport 8, Royer 121, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors

Re: The "Open" Icon Lloyd S #483232 07/24/18 05:15 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: May 2001 Posts: 2,220 L Lloyd S OP Veteran
OP Lloyd S Veteran L Joined: May 2001 Posts: 2,220	Matt: I'm using 2018 build 516. I assume it should work the same. VideoTrack: Nope, that's not what I get when I click on the "Open" folder. I get the dropdown as mentioned before. (Sorry, I don't know how to add a screen shot here). Thanks! LLOYD S

Re: The "Open" Icon Lloyd S #483264 07/24/18 10:38 PM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 18,991 Australia Noel96 Veteran
Noel96 Veteran Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 18,991 Australia	Lloyd, It sounds like you might be using the 'Open' icon in Standard Screen view rather than the icon shown in Fullscreen view that Videotrack has used. Use CTRL+T to change views and see if that helps. Regards, Noel MY SONGS... Audiophile BIAB 2024 audios on Soundcloud

Re: The "Open" Icon Noel96 #483292 07/25/18 03:16 AM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 18,571 Melbourne, Australia AudioTrack Veteran
AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 18,571 Melbourne, Australia	Originally Posted By: Noel96 Lloyd, It sounds like you might be using the 'Open' icon in Standard Screen view rather than the icon shown in Fullscreen view that Videotrack has used. Use CTRL+T to change views and see if that helps. Regards, Noel Ahh Haa Noel's right on the money, again. No surprise Select the new screen view (Control-T will toggle) and the open dialog has a different function. This is the older 'Open' dialog: Attached Files (Click to download or enlarge) (Only available when you are logged in) 2018-07-25_23-13-45.jpg (139.93 KB, 39 downloads) BIAB & RB2024 Win.(Audiophile), Sonar Platinum, Cakewalk by Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M Monitors, Pioneer Active Monitors, AKG K271 Studio H'phones

Re: The "Open" Icon Lloyd S #483293 07/25/18 03:16 AM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 8,124 South Carolina C Charlie Fogle Veteran
Charlie Fogle Veteran C Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 8,124 South Carolina	Thought I would attempt this and my results from the standard window are the same as Lloyd S. In standard mode, there is a small drop down arrow on the icon and clicking the icon or the drop down arrow produces a list of opening options. If I switch to the other screen and use the open icon, I get the same results as Videotrack... BIAB Ultra Pak+ 2024:RB 2024, Latest builds: Dell Optiplex 7040 Desktop; Windows-10-64 bit, Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz CPU and 16 GB Ram Memory.

Re: The "Open" Icon Charlie Fogle #483294 07/25/18 03:17 AM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 18,571 Melbourne, Australia AudioTrack Veteran
AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 18,571 Melbourne, Australia	Thanks also for confirming, Charlie. BIAB & RB2024 Win.(Audiophile), Sonar Platinum, Cakewalk by Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M Monitors, Pioneer Active Monitors, AKG K271 Studio H'phones

Re: The "Open" Icon Lloyd S #483306 07/25/18 04:26 AM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: May 2001 Posts: 2,220 L Lloyd S OP Veteran
OP Lloyd S Veteran L Joined: May 2001 Posts: 2,220	Yup, that's the difference here. Working from the "condensed" menu bar, I get the desired "Open" dialog using the "Open" icon on the toolbar. So my "wishlist" item still stands. Please make the "Open" icon on the "expanded" toolbar, work the same as it does on the "condensed" toolbar. Thanks all for your detective work! LLOYD S

Re: The "Open" Icon Lloyd S #483348 07/25/18 10:13 AM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 7,954 P Pipeline Veteran
Pipeline Veteran P Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 7,954	There are lots of good requests here but if PG ever gets around to it that's another thing. With the Biab Chord Picker Tool you can create your own icons to do any function or Macro with 1 click. Or you can use your own Mini Action Buttons Toolbar: Create Your Own Mini Action Buttons Toolbar to Control Biab or RealBand Biab Track Injector for Reaper Free Biab Chord Picker Tool

Re: The "Open" Icon Lloyd S #483353 07/25/18 10:39 AM Band-in-a-Box Wishlist
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 18,571 Melbourne, Australia AudioTrack Veteran
AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 18,571 Melbourne, Australia	Originally Posted By: Lloyd S Yup, that's the difference here. Working from the "condensed" menu bar, I get the desired "Open" dialog using the "Open" icon on the toolbar. So my "wishlist" item still stands. Please make the "Open" icon on the "expanded" toolbar, work the same as it does on the "condensed" toolbar. Thanks all for your detective work! LLOYD S Yes, in that case: +1 BIAB & RB2024 Win.(Audiophile), Sonar Platinum, Cakewalk by Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M Monitors, Pioneer Active Monitors, AKG K271 Studio H'phones

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