Listen for change in selected device

[ClintH]

ableton-js v3.1.6

Hi!

This library is a treat, so well implemented! 👏

I was trying to find a way to be notified when the selected device is changed, regardless of track. Basically I want to try to control device parameters depending on what is selected.

There are some 'selected_' events on Ableton.song.view, but not 'selected_device' (or maybe what the LOM refers to as 'appointed_device'?)

In the context of a Track instance, there is a 'devices' event, but this fires if a device is added or removed, nothing to do with selection.

I'm sure I've missed something obvious, but a search through the issues and discussions didn't yield anything.

thanks!

[leolabs]

Hey @ClintH,

Thanks for your feedback, I'm glad you like the library!

From what I can tell, the selected_device property lives in the Track.View class which AbletonJS hasn't implemented yet. I'll add it to my todo list and will implement support for it soon.

I just pushed an update that adds access to the appointed_device property, but I think that one is different from the selected device, or at least Live didn't emit any change events when I selected different devices.

Let me know if you have any further questions!

[ClintH]

Wow, what support! That's fantastic.

I think there's real potential to use the library to overcome some of Live's MIDI mapping limitations. That's what I'm playing with at least...