MelaMMela
Dec 29

A visual way to distinguish lane types

At the moment it's hard to see at a glance if a lane is of an Audio, MIDI or Instrument type. Some users have suggested that to use different colours. While I think this is a decent idea, it would work well if Mela didn't support custom themes. As this would require a lot more UI elements to be colour-coordinated in terms of UI/UX clarity as well as retaining a pleasing look. So, for now, I think an icon or some lane naming scheme might work best. (As a side note, I think in the future I imagine Mela will remove colour scheme support and will only have 2 colour themes dark and light. This way the app can retain full flexibility in what colours will be used for what UI elements. i.e. As app evolves colours could be changed to best support the latest features.)
CompletedCompleted
Jan 9, 2024

Shipped with Mela 4.8 update.

Dec 29, 2023

Build 198 adds: - The name of a lane is now generated based on the type of lane it is as well as the index of that type. e.g. "Instrument 2" instead of "Lane 3". This should be more useful than the "Lane X" naming format. I think this can serve as a temporary solution until I come up with a better way to distinguish different types of lanes and until the lane renaming feature is implemented.