SUG / REQ: Selected/All Marker Properties Changes Possible

[BScout]

It would be great, like tracks, that selected markers could have their properties changed with the standard modifier of Option + choice. This would go for any of the properties:
Time Properties Reference (Absolute/Bars & Beats),
All Marker Properties (ruler, color).

You can already select multiple markers from the "Memory Locations" window (that window needs a name change, btw) or on rulers. But can do very little with that other than delete.

For instance, if
I want to move all the markers to a different ruler (or after filtering by a condition, only those markers.)
I want to switch all Bars & Beats to Absolute before editing so they stay lined up with picture rather than music.
I want to change all markers selected to a single colour to differentiate them (maybe after filtering the Memory Location window to find everything that has to do with one subject.)

It's tedious and cumbersome right now.

[tonwurm]

Originally Posted by BScout

It would be great, like tracks, that selected markers could have their properties changed with the standard modifier of Option + choice. This would go for any of the properties:
Time Properties Reference (Absolute/Bars & Beats),
All Marker Properties (ruler, color).

You can already select multiple markers from the "Memory Locations" window (that window needs a name change, btw) or on rulers. But can do very little with that other than delete.

For instance, if
I want to move all the markers to a different ruler (or after filtering by a condition, only those markers.)
I want to switch all Bars & Beats to Absolute before editing so they stay lined up with picture rather than music.
I want to change all markers selected to a single colour to differentiate them (maybe after filtering the Memory Location window to find everything that has to do with one subject.)

It's tedious and cumbersome right now.

+1 never understood that this is not possible

[JingleDjango]

While we're at it, why not a Batch Rename Markers dialog?

[Dizzi45Z]

Originally Posted by BScout

It would be great, like tracks, that selected markers could have their properties changed with the standard modifier of Option + choice. This would go for any of the properties:
Time Properties Reference (Absolute/Bars & Beats),
....

For instance, if
.....

I want to switch all Bars & Beats to Absolute before editing so they stay lined up with picture rather than music.
.......

It's tedious and cumbersome right now.

Especially this for me. I've needed to do this many times and it is really tedious on a project with lots of markers.

[BScout]

Also, along these lines, there's no reason why the marker shape can't be different for absolute vs bars & beats!
It's so annoying I start to edit and suddenly markers are moving because I didn't realize the previous person has them in bars&beats and so they are tick based instead of time based.

A quick visual indicator that it is in Bars & Beats would solve that. Something simple: triangle up vs down point. triangle vs rectangle. Something simple.

[originalscottyg]

Originally Posted by BScout

Also, along these lines, there's no reason why the marker shape can't be different for absolute vs bars & beats!
It's so annoying I start to edit and suddenly markers are moving because I didn't realize the previous person has them in bars&beats and so they are tick based instead of time based.

A quick visual indicator that it is in Bars & Beats would solve that. Something simple: triangle up vs down point. triangle vs rectangle. Something simple.

There are different shapes for Absolute vs Bars|Beats, unless I'm missing something? Location 19 is Absolute and Location 20 is Bars|Beats. Maybe not the easiest to see, but it seems to be there.

[skylar_battles]

A big one that we still don’t have is the ability to remember markers correctly so they can be recalled with the . (Number). shortcut in a logical way Once you add markers non sequentially it makes a mess of the order and there’s no way besides a workaround that involves MIDI export to fix it as far as I know.

[BScout]

Originally Posted by originalscottyg

There are different shapes for Absolute vs Bars|Beats, unless I'm missing something? Location 19 is Absolute and Location 20 is Bars|Beats. Maybe not the easiest to see, but it seems to be there.

I missed this. I do wish it was more clear.
Also using the same symbol for "song start" as the "absolute" marker seems inverted. (seeing as song start is a relative point. move the song start and the bars/beats markers move with it -- but those are the other symbol.)

[originalscottyg]

Originally Posted by BScout

I missed this. I do wish it was more clear.
Also using the same symbol for "song start" as the "absolute" marker seems inverted. (seeing as song start is a relative point. move the song start and the bars/beats markers move with it -- but those are the other symbol.)

Yeah I'm definitely not saying that it all makes sense, just that it's there, in some form. But it's definitely not super clear.
And I agree about the song Start icon needing to match the Bars|Beats icon.