Indeed all these ideas and far more have been raised before. There are some newer folks here so I'll just add a quick observation on the history.

After many years of requests and suggestions, the GUI was given a substantial improvement at the end of 2017, for BIAB 2018.

I liked several things about how it was done:

  • They left the old GUI available, so you can still toggle between them by using Ctrl+T or clicking on the little icons. People could adapt to the new one (like I did overnight) or continue to use the familiar one. Using the new GUI was aided by creating your own collection of icons in the Custom Toolbar.
  • They increased considerably the space available for the Chordsheet View.
  • They began making more of the windows separate for resizing or new placement.


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