Ghost notes for the automation editor (#6940)

Show ghost notes or sample track as a visual aid in the Automation Editor.

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Co-authored-by: IanCaio <iancaio_dev@hotmail.com>

data/themes/classic/style.css

@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ lmms--gui--AutomationEditor {
 	qproperty-scaleColor: qlineargradient(spread:reflect,
                      x1:0, y1:0.5, x2:1, y2:0.5,
                      stop:0 #333, stop:1 #202020);
+
+	qproperty-ghostNoteColor: rgba(248, 248, 255, 125);
+	qproperty-detuningNoteColor: rgba(248, 11, 11, 125);
+	qproperty-ghostSampleColor: rgba(125, 125, 125, 125);
 }
 
 /* text box */

data/themes/default/style.css

@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ lmms--gui--AutomationEditor {
 
 	qproperty-graphColor: rgba(69,42,153,180);
 	qproperty-scaleColor: #262b30;
+	qproperty-ghostNoteColor: rgba(248, 248, 255, 125);
+	qproperty-detuningNoteColor: rgba(248, 11, 11, 125);
+	qproperty-ghostSampleColor: rgba(125, 125, 125, 125);
 }
 
 /* text box */

include/AutomationEditor.h

@@ -26,16 +26,18 @@
 #ifndef LMMS_GUI_AUTOMATION_EDITOR_H
 #define LMMS_GUI_AUTOMATION_EDITOR_H
 
+#include <QPushButton>
 #include <QWidget>
 #include <array>
 
+#include "AutomationClip.h"
+#include "ComboBoxModel.h"
 #include "Editor.h"
-
-#include "lmms_basics.h"
 #include "JournallingObject.h"
+#include "MidiClip.h"
+#include "SampleClip.h"
 #include "TimePos.h"
-#include "AutomationClip.h"
-#include "ComboBoxModel.h"
+#include "lmms_basics.h"
 
 class QPainter;
 class QPixmap;
@@ -68,8 +70,13 @@ class AutomationEditor : public QWidget, public JournallingObject
 	Q_PROPERTY(QBrush graphColor MEMBER m_graphColor)
 	Q_PROPERTY(QColor crossColor MEMBER m_crossColor)
 	Q_PROPERTY(QColor backgroundShade MEMBER m_backgroundShade)
+	Q_PROPERTY(QColor ghostNoteColor MEMBER m_ghostNoteColor)
+	Q_PROPERTY(QColor detuningNoteColor MEMBER m_detuningNoteColor)
+	Q_PROPERTY(QColor ghostSampleColor MEMBER m_ghostSampleColor)
 public:
 	void setCurrentClip(AutomationClip * new_clip);
+	void setGhostMidiClip(MidiClip* newMidiClip);
+	void setGhostSample(SampleClip* newSample);
 
 	inline const AutomationClip * currentClip() const
 	{
@@ -159,6 +166,13 @@ protected slots:
 	/// Updates the clip's quantization using the current user selected value.
 	void setQuantization();
 
+	void resetGhostNotes()
+	{
+		m_ghostNotes = nullptr;
+		m_ghostSample = nullptr;
+		update();
+	}
+
 private:
 
 	enum class Action
@@ -183,6 +197,12 @@ protected slots:
 
 	static const int VALUES_WIDTH = 64;
 
+	static const int NOTE_HEIGHT = 10; // height of individual notes
+	static const int NOTE_MARGIN = 40; // total border margin for notes
+	static const int MIN_NOTE_RANGE = 20; // min number of keys for fixed size
+	static const int SAMPLE_MARGIN = 40;
+	static constexpr int MAX_SAMPLE_HEIGHT = 400; // constexpr for use in min
+
 	AutomationEditor();
 	AutomationEditor( const AutomationEditor & );
 	~AutomationEditor() override;
@@ -211,6 +231,10 @@ protected slots:
 	float m_bottomLevel;
 	float m_topLevel;
 
+	MidiClip* m_ghostNotes = nullptr;
+	QPointer<SampleClip> m_ghostSample = nullptr; // QPointer to set to nullptr on deletion
+	bool m_renderSample = false;
+
 	void centerTopBottomScroll();
 	void updateTopBottomLevels();
 
@@ -261,6 +285,9 @@ protected slots:
 	QBrush m_scaleColor;
 	QColor m_crossColor;
 	QColor m_backgroundShade;
+	QColor m_ghostNoteColor;
+	QColor m_detuningNoteColor;
+	QColor m_ghostSampleColor;
 
 	friend class AutomationEditorWindow;
 
@@ -284,6 +311,9 @@ class AutomationEditorWindow : public Editor
 	~AutomationEditorWindow() override = default;
 
 	void setCurrentClip(AutomationClip* clip);
+	void setGhostMidiClip(MidiClip* clip) { m_editor->setGhostMidiClip(clip); };
+	void setGhostSample(SampleClip* newSample) { m_editor->setGhostSample(newSample); };
+
 	const AutomationClip* currentClip();
 
 	void dropEvent( QDropEvent * _de ) override;
@@ -337,6 +367,8 @@ private slots:
 	ComboBox * m_zoomingXComboBox;
 	ComboBox * m_zoomingYComboBox;
 	ComboBox * m_quantizeComboBox;
+
+	QPushButton* m_resetGhostNotes;
 };
 
 } // namespace gui

include/MidiClipView.h

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ public slots:
 protected slots:
 	void openInPianoRoll();
 	void setGhostInPianoRoll();
+	void setGhostInAutomationEditor();
 
 	void resetName();
 	void changeName();
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ protected slots:
 	QColor m_mutedNoteBorderColor;
 
 	QStaticText m_staticTextName;
-	
+
 	bool m_legacySEPattern;
 } ;
 

include/SampleClipView.h

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class SampleClipView : public ClipView
 public slots:
 	void updateSample();
 	void reverseSample();
+	void setAutomationGhost();
 
 
 

src/gui/clips/MidiClipView.cpp

@@ -25,13 +25,16 @@
 
 #include "MidiClipView.h"
 
+
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cmath>
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QInputDialog>
 #include <QMenu>
 #include <QPainter>
+#include <cmath>
 
+#include "AutomationEditor.h"
 #include "ConfigManager.h"
 #include "DeprecationHelper.h"
 #include "GuiApplication.h"
@@ -85,10 +88,11 @@ void MidiClipView::update()
 
 void MidiClipView::openInPianoRoll()
 {
-	getGUI()->pianoRoll()->setCurrentMidiClip( m_clip );
-	getGUI()->pianoRoll()->parentWidget()->show();
-	getGUI()->pianoRoll()->show();
-	getGUI()->pianoRoll()->setFocus();
+	auto pRoll = getGUI()->pianoRoll();
+	pRoll->setCurrentMidiClip(m_clip);
+	pRoll->parentWidget()->show();
+	pRoll->show();
+	pRoll->setFocus();
 }
 
 
@@ -97,14 +101,21 @@ void MidiClipView::openInPianoRoll()
 
 void MidiClipView::setGhostInPianoRoll()
 {
-	getGUI()->pianoRoll()->setGhostMidiClip( m_clip );
-	getGUI()->pianoRoll()->parentWidget()->show();
-	getGUI()->pianoRoll()->show();
-	getGUI()->pianoRoll()->setFocus();
+	auto pRoll = getGUI()->pianoRoll();
+	pRoll->setGhostMidiClip(m_clip);
+	pRoll->parentWidget()->show();
+	pRoll->show();
+	pRoll->setFocus();
 }
 
-
-
+void MidiClipView::setGhostInAutomationEditor()
+{
+	auto aEditor = getGUI()->automationEditor();
+	aEditor->setGhostMidiClip(m_clip);
+	aEditor->parentWidget()->show();
+	aEditor->show();
+	aEditor->setFocus();
+}
 
 void MidiClipView::resetName() { m_clip->setName(""); }
 
@@ -192,7 +203,13 @@ void MidiClipView::constructContextMenu( QMenu * _cm )
 	_cm->insertAction( _cm->actions()[1], b );
 	connect( b, SIGNAL(triggered(bool)),
 					this, SLOT(setGhostInPianoRoll()));
-	_cm->insertSeparator( _cm->actions()[2] );
+
+	auto c = new QAction(embed::getIconPixmap("automation_ghost_note"), tr("Set as ghost in automation editor"), _cm);
+	if (m_clip->empty()) { c->setEnabled(false); }
+	_cm->insertAction(_cm->actions()[2], c);
+	connect(c, &QAction::triggered, this, &MidiClipView::setGhostInAutomationEditor);
+
+	_cm->insertSeparator(_cm->actions()[3]);
 	_cm->addSeparator();
 
 	_cm->addAction( embed::getIconPixmap( "edit_erase" ),

src/gui/clips/SampleClipView.cpp

@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 #include <QMenu>
 #include <QPainter>
 
+#include "GuiApplication.h"
+#include "AutomationEditor.h"
 #include "embed.h"
 #include "PathUtil.h"
 #include "SampleBuffer.h"
@@ -83,6 +85,12 @@ void SampleClipView::constructContextMenu(QMenu* cm)
 		SLOT(reverseSample())
 	);
 
+	cm->addAction(
+		embed::getIconPixmap("automation_ghost_note"),
+		tr("Set as ghost in automation editor"),
+		this,
+		SLOT(setAutomationGhost())
+	);
 
 }
 
@@ -321,6 +329,14 @@ void SampleClipView::reverseSample()
 
 
 
+void SampleClipView::setAutomationGhost()
+{
+	auto aEditor = gui::getGUI()->automationEditor();
+	aEditor->setGhostSample(m_clip);
+	aEditor->parentWidget()->show();
+	aEditor->show();
+	aEditor->setFocus();
+}
 
 //! Split this Clip.
 /*! \param pos the position of the split, relative to the start of the clip */