Is it possible to change the 'Graph On Parent' dimensions from within the patch?

For instance, I'd like to create a resize-able GUI abstraction. But I'm not sure how to address the patch to set things like size and position.

On a related note, being able to set the size/pos of the editor windows via msg would be pretty cool too.

I'd be grateful to anyone who can shed some light on this for me.

Thanks

You can use [donecanvasdialog( to change the gop properties. When you right-click on a patch and choose Properties, all of that stuff is contained in the [donecanvasdialog( message. The format is this:

[donecanvasdialog <x-units> <y-units> <gop> <x-from> <y-from> <x-to> <y-to> <x-size> <y-size> <x-margin> <y-margin>(

The gop argument is 0 = gop off; 1 = gop on, show arguments; and 2 = gop on, hide arguments.

You can [send] the message to the abstraction just like you would with dynamic patching. If it's an abstraction, I'd recommend using [namecanvas] so you can give it a unique $0 name. Also, you should immediately follow it with a [dirty 0( message, otherwise you'll get some annoying "do you want to save" dialogs popping up:

[donecanvasdialog <args>, dirty 0( [namecanvas $0-myabs]
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[send $0-myabs]

Ah, perfect. BTW, where did you find out about [donecanvasdialog( ?
I knew about [namecanvas](though I never think to use it), but I don't think I've ever seen anything about[donecanvasdialog(.

As usual, thanks again.

Hi, there! I am trying to use donecanvasdialog to show sliders from a subpatch in the main patch.

The idea is to move the canvas region to dynamically show different sliders in different x and y positions.

The translations are working fine, but the canvas in main is not being updated.

Is there a way to force redraw? Or to trigger the canvas update?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Regards,
Roberto

@rppbodo I cannot find the original post (even searching Google). It is still on this forum somewhere, but it means that I don't know the author.
Anyway, gops are a bit delicate and workarounds have been found over the years.
Here is the one you probably need.......... gop switch.pd
David.