How to detect OnVSTiOpen?

Renoise Tool Development
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I can’t figure out if it’s possible to detect when a VSTi open its window?

I’ve been trying to figure this out for far too long :face_with_raised_eyebrow: I suppose you have to manage a list of instruments and their observables and even then I’m not sure it’ll tell you when the window opens.

For my workflow I want to automatically turn of edit mode whenever VSTi plugins opens up.

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I think you want instrument.plugin_properties.plugin_device.external_editor_visible and instrument.plugin_properties.plugin_device_observable.

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Thanks - yeah I tried that observable already and couldn’t get it to report.
I’ll try tomorrow and see if that helps :slight_smile:

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if the observable doesn’t fire on open/close then I suppose you’ll have to resort to polling using a timer.