Genarts monster GT plugins files;

[Todd Kopriva]

Why does it matter to you how much room these take in the Effect menu? Why don’t you use the Effects & Presets panel, which makes browsing and searching much easier than using the Effect menu?

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[Walter Soyka]

[Todd Kopriva] “Why don’t you use the Effects & Presets panel, which makes browsing and searching much easier than using the Effect menu?”

To Todd’s point, the only way I ever add effects is by searching for them in the Effects and Presets panel. I start typing the first few letters of the effect’s name, then as the list filters, I drag and drop the effect into the Effects Controls panel.

[Todd Kopriva] “Why does it matter to you how much room these take in the Effect menu?”

To Harvey’s point, as a tablet user, I’d like to be able to right-click in the Effects Controls panel and get the effect I want from there, without having to use the keyboard, but this isn’t practical if you have a lot of effects loaded.

I may give this a bit more thought and submit a feature request.

Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
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[Harvey Brepson]

It’s that I like it when everything is organized.
Sounds stupid, but I can’t change.

[Herbie Humperdink]

it’s not stupid. I use a wacom tablet for everything and going to that effects menu to type stuff every time I want an effect would drive me bananas.