ctrl+t for messages, too:
https://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/topic/14071/msg-a-message-object-bug-fix

I prefer keyboard over mouse.
Using the shortcuts ctrl+1 or +2 or +3 ect. keeps the flow already being connected.
[bng] [tgl] ect same for GUI objects.

In Windows system settings I have activated this shortcut:
zero on number-pad for click-hold. Although I'd prefer a different key, it is very useful in Pd to avoid arm strains.

And this looks promising:
Keyboard navigation/patching
https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/pull/869

This one too:
canvas zoom and scroll with mousewheel
https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/pull/1659

(Wish to connect a whole chain easily by simply dragging a cable across several objects/msgs, without the need to release the mouse-button.)

Also: in editmode ctrl+click on GUI, instead of ctrl+e

essential: hold shift + drag on number box

connections in bezier curves

not in Vanilla, as far as I know, only in other flavours as PurrData, L2Ork or PlugData.
One trick for clean patching is to use the patcher more text-like, with many horizontal lines, as you can see from more advanced users here in the forum (lately here f.e. : https://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/topic/14461/can-an-array-be-used-to-arrange-amplitude-changes/2 )

visualize what's going in the chords (which I remember I had in pd-ext)

I never tried, @svanya has made this:
https://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/topic/13046/a-movable-autoconnnecting-vu-meter-esp-for-debugging-code

and something like insert function (insert the block between two objects when dragging), adaptive chords drawing

Not all, but some are available by "intelligent patching"
https://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/topic/13471/shortcut-replacing-wires

edit/production modes

ctrl+e
learn all the shortcuts

@oid recommended this, I haven't tried yet:
https://github.com/RVirmoors/maxhotkey-pd

hard on PD

@whale-av yes, copying a selceted file in win-file-browser does full path in clipboard...

I think sending via pdsend is slick. And I believe and hope and am interested in if Pd receives it without [netreceive].

Otherwise, opening a [netreceive] patch with a startup-flag (in terminal or preferences or in a script) should do the trick:
https://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/topic/13895/opening-a-patch-inside-another-patch-by-filename/2

Also you could try to
use the terminal to browse,
ctrl+shift+c copy > alt+tab switch over to Pd task > ctrl+o open > ctrl+v paste > enter.

At least this works for me with the Windows file-browser and portable Pd.

read this patch from left to right

a) load a directory with sound files
b ) add more files if you want
c) connect this to the outlet:

[open $1, start(
|
[readsf~]
|
[dac~]

d) bang the random file player.

Your [clone] idea would be the way to go!
@Obineg said in Chords (polyphony) as arrays/lists:

if you code your own external at one point you always have to iterate the list into single values.

And have a look into the help-file of [clone]: Adress clone instances with the first number of a list or with next in a serial manner.

Instead you could send the whole list to all and in each instance cut-out the snipped of interest by getting the instance-# with [f $1] and cut-out with two [list split]s.

Maybe upload your non-working clone-version and we can fix it.

In your hard-coded patch only [mtof] and [phasor~] or only [phasor~] are required to duplicate, - sum all the [phasors~] into one [lop~] ect.

Maybe use [poly], if you like it.

Also, there are many examples of polyphonic synths floating around, in the patch-subforum for example.

Did not look into your patch, but this outputs random filenames, stored in a [text]

random-sound-file-from-dir.pd

@ddw_music said:

there is a need for an arbitrary-format [pipe]. Does such a thing exist?

maybe [text sequence]

unpackOSC handles timestamps, but also outputs each message immediately

Ports and networking introduce jitter: the stream out of [netreceive] jitters. This is where timestamps come in handy:
Buffering, and comparing timestamps to a steady (and delayed) clock eliminates jitter.

https://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/topic/8850/pure-data-sdif-and-resynthesis

@bobpell sounds like a new bug species.
Does it happen 1/4 times by just new patch > save > close > reopen?

Please give more info on your screen and GPU setup? Screensaver? Are there other things running doing sth related to the screen?
Does it happen after waking up or hybernating > saving the patch > reopening?