Send OSC without Argument

Bugs And Feature Requests
#1

First of all, thanks for the constant support and updates with this software. It is far better than a lot of what is currently on offer given the power of its flexibility.

Can you add a feature to allow you to send an OSC command without an Argument?

I have seen further down in the forum that you pushed an update allowing the use of Integers and Strings and that is a great add, but I have a few applications that just require the command with no argument after. I notice that if I leave either the OSC ON or OFF fields blank it simply won’t send that command. I think there may need to be an option to send the command with no argument if the field is left empty. Equally if the user placed a special character in the box it would send On or OFF with no argument?

Possible or am I barking up the wrong tree?

Thanks.

#2

Thanks for the feedback. Yea, there’s no way to do that right now. I’m trying to think what the UI would be that would allow for that. A special character wouldn’t work since it’s possible someone would want that character to be sent as their string. I’ll try to think of something though

#3

Thanks Malcolm,

Understood on the character, that makes sense and may cause another issue later down the line for someone!

Maybe a simple tick box, to turn each field on or off? Or could this be global in the main settings.

Thanks.

#4

Is it even necessary to change the UI for that?
What about sending the message without argument if OSC on/off are empty,
but an OSC address is given?

#5

Currently that means don’t send the message at all. For example for cases where people want something sent when a button is pressed, but nothing sent when it’s released.

#6

So this could still mean:
Both values empty, but address given → send address only.

But I understand that this is somewhat inconsistent, I was thinking from the “simple UI” side only. Maybe a check box “send address only” would be better, the presence of values could then decide WHEN to send the address.

#7

Yeah that’s the issue, just clearing the fields doesn’t say when to send it. A checkbox would work for sure. I’m just always trying to think of ways to keep the UI from becoming overloaded with options