Release Show offscreen item selection as a tooltip v1.00

Various/amagalma_Show offscreen item selection as a tooltip.lua

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+-- @description Show offscreen item selection as a tooltip
+-- @author amagalma
+-- @version 1.00
+-- @donation https://www.paypal.me/amagalma
+-- @about
+--   Shows as a tooltip where offscreen selected items are located. (B = bottom, L = left, R = right, T = top)
+--
+--   - Requires SWS and Reaper v7 and above
+--   - Extremely light-weight
+
+local prev_flags, flags, _ = 0
+local bottom <const> = reaper.NamedCommandLookup('_S&M_TOOLBAR_ITEM_SEL3') -- (bottom)
+local left <const> = reaper.NamedCommandLookup('_S&M_TOOLBAR_ITEM_SEL0') -- (left)
+local right <const> = reaper.NamedCommandLookup('_S&M_TOOLBAR_ITEM_SEL1') -- (right)
+local top <const> = reaper.NamedCommandLookup('_S&M_TOOLBAR_ITEM_SEL2') -- (top)
+
+if bottom == 0 then
+  reaper.MB("SWS is required for this script to function.", "SWS not installed!", 0)
+  return reaper.defer(function() end)
+end -- SWS not installed
+
+if tonumber(reaper.GetAppVersion():sub(1,1)) < 7 then
+  reaper.MB("This script requires at least Reaper version 7.", "Previous Reaper version!", 0)
+  return reaper.defer(function() end)
+end
+
+
+local function Check()
+  local x, y = reaper.GetMousePosition()
+  _, _, flags = reaper.GetItemEditingTime2()
+  if flags ~= prev_flags then
+    prev_flags = flags
+    if flags ~= 0 then
+      if flags == 2 then -- fade change
+        local b = reaper.GetToggleCommandState( bottom ) == 1
+        local t = reaper.GetToggleCommandState( top ) == 1
+        if b or t then
+          local msg = (t and "T" or "") .. (b and "B" or "")
+          if msg ~= "" then
+            reaper.TrackCtl_SetToolTip("selected offscreen items: " .. msg, x-40, y-40, true)
+          end
+        end
+      else -- edge resizing / item move / item slip edit
+        local l = reaper.GetToggleCommandState( left ) == 1
+        local r = reaper.GetToggleCommandState( right ) == 1
+        local b = reaper.GetToggleCommandState( bottom ) == 1
+        local t = reaper.GetToggleCommandState( top ) == 1
+        local msg = (l and "L" or "") .. (t and "T" or "") .. (b and "B" or "") .. (r and "R" or "")
+        if msg ~= "" then
+          reaper.TrackCtl_SetToolTip( "selected offscreen items: " .. msg, x-40, y-40, true )
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  reaper.defer(Check)
+end
+
+local _, _, section, cmdID = reaper.get_action_context()
+reaper.SetToggleCommandState( section, cmdID, 1 ) -- Set ON
+reaper.RefreshToolbar2( section, cmdID )
+
+reaper.atexit(function()
+  reaper.SetToggleCommandState( section, cmdID, 0 )
+  reaper.RefreshToolbar2( section, cmdID )
+end)
+
+Check()