+- The Plugin Manager serves two purposes. Primarily it is used to + The Plugin Selector serves two purposes. Primarily it is used to control the display status of plugins. It can also be used to find and insert - plugins into the - Processor Box. It is + plugins into the Processor Box. It is displayed either by a double-click in the Processor Box or by - choosing New Plugin > Plugin Manager… from the - Processor Box context menu. + choosing New Plugin > Plugin Selector… + from the Processor Box context menu.
- Displayed for each plugin is the status (normal, favorite, hidden), - name, type, category, creator (author), and the number of audio and MIDI + Displayed for each plugin is the status (favorite, hidden), + name, tags, creator (author), type, and the number of audio and MIDI connections. The plugins can be sorted by clicking on a column header.
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+- Click on a Fav(orite) or Hide radio button to change a plugin's display status. + Clicking on a Fav(orite) or Hide radio button changes + a plugin's display status. Clicking on an already selected radio button will cancel it, returning the plugin to the normal display status. Plugins marked as a favorite show up in the Processor Box context menu under - New Plugin > Favorites. Setting the hide + New Plugin > Favorites and in the + Favorite Plugins window. Setting the hide radio button on a plugin will keep the plugin from showing in the Processor Box context menus New Plugin > By Creator or @@ -34,23 +38,56 @@
- The middle of the Plugin Manager is used to filter the listed - plugins. Typing into the text-box will filter the plugins based on the filter - mode selected by drop-down box. Clicking Clear - empties the text-box. + The bottom left part of the Plugin Selector is used to filter the listed + plugins. +
++ The center Filter column allows to show only some of the plugins, based + on what they are, their properties, format, creator... +
++ Moreover, direct text search are available in the the Search text-field + on the bottom left. Only the plugins that match all the search terms + (space separated) will show up in the upper list. +
++ This textual search can be matched against Name and/or Tags by checking + the relevant momentary buttons under the search field. + Ignore Filters when searching displays all the matching + plugins, regardless of the active Filters. +
+ ++ Tags are text labels that can be used to mark a plugin. They are totally + free in their content, allowing the user to mark a plugin with whatever + info is relevant to him, but cannot include spaces (as spaces are used + to separate tags) or special characters except dashes, colons and underscores. +
++ Adding or removing tags is as simple as editing the Tags for Selected Plugin + field while the targeted plugin is selected. +
++ Ardour comes with a large selection of tags for provided or usual plugins, + that are used by default but can be modified at will. It is possible to + go back to this "standard" tagging for a plugin by clicking the + Reset button.
- The bottom half of the plugin manager shows plugins that have been selected - for insertion into the Processor Box. A plugin can be added by - either double clicking the plugin entry in the top half, or, if already - selected in top half, by clicking Add. + The bottom-right part of the Plugin Selector Plugins to be connected + shows plugins that have been selected for insertion into the + Processor Box. A plugin can be added by either double clicking + the plugin entry in the top part, or, if already selected in top left part, + by clicking the Add button.
- Plugins can be removed from the bottom half with a double click, or, if - already selected, by clicking Remove. + Plugins can be removed from the right part with a double click, or, if + already selected, by clicking Remove.