[jmsl] Insertion index for Track...?

[jmsl at music.columbia.edu]

Hi Nick,

Thanks, that clarifies much!

Peter McCulloch

On Nov 1, 2008, at 9:09 AM, jmsl at music.columbia.edu wrote:

> Hi Peter
>
> When the mouse is clicked with the intention of inserting a note,  
> EditManager enumerates through all notes in the current layout and  
> finds the closest note.  Notes which are close but not in the  
> currently active track are scored as very far away
> Something like
> if (note.getTrack().getTrackIndex() !=  
> score.getCurrentTrackNumber()) {
>   distance = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
> }
> By the end of the enumeration a temporary variable "closestNote" is  
> inspected and if its distance from the mouse click is less than some  
> threshold ("chord attractor radius"), the new note becomes part of a  
> chord that is built on closestNote
> Else if the closestNote does not qualify as being close enough, the  
> new note gets inserted into staff with the insertion index  
> calculated by:
> int insertionIndex = staff.getInsertionIndex(location,  
> editStateProvider.getActiveTrackIndex());
>
> Thanks
> Nick