inkie
Description:
Introduce visual feedback for text widgets when they are triggered or active, similar to button widgets. Since text widgets do not have a visible body by default, state feedback could be implemented through color changes, such as text inversion or background highlighting.
Problem:
  • Unlike button widgets, text widgets currently offer no visual feedback when triggered.
  • This makes it difficult to confirm whether a text-based trigger has been activated during performance or editing.
  • The lack of state indication reduces usability for workflows that rely on text widgets as controls.
Proposed Solution:
  • Implement state feedback via visual changes such as:
– Inverting text and background colors on trigger
– Switching from default (e.g. white) to a user-defined highlight color
  • Ensure the feedback is optional and configurable for each widget.
Benefits:
  • Provides immediate visual confirmation of trigger or toggle state.
  • Makes text widgets more usable as interactive controls.
  • Enhances accessibility and confidence in live setups.
Examples:
  • A text widget labeled “RECORD” turns red when activated.
  • Text inverts to black-on-white when toggled, and reverts when idle.
  • Color changes only last during the trigger state or remain toggled until reset.
This summary was automatically generated by ChatGPT-4 on 2025-07-05.
Original Post:
Text widget state feedback
Same as for the button, but because there is no "body" for the text widget, maybe a reasonable solution is to invert the color of the text widget. Or the default state is "white" and triggered is a specific color.