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`[nbx]` default for `F`? (FR)

Open tmhglnd opened this issue 6 months ago • 4 comments

Hi! I was wondering if it is an idea to have [nbx] to also be the default for the shortkey f?

I know there is i for nbx and f for floatbox. But since in Pd there is not such thing as an integer box, the nbx is also float. However, I am very used (because of Max) to type f when I think about using floats.

The reason I prefer nbx to be the default for f instead of floatbox is because that nbx has the initialise property, just like hslider/vslider, which is very helpful and saves some loadmess/loadbangs or creating an entire preset system.

I think other users could find this behaviour helpful as well. For now I've just swapped the keymap (so f=nbx and i=floatbox), which is fine for my personal use, however when I give a workshop the behaviour above could be nice for less experienced users.

tmhglnd avatar Apr 08 '25 10:04 tmhglnd