Introducing Cable Colour Key: a module that enables you to change the colour of the currently selected cable using your keyboard.
Cable Colour Key also allows easy editing of user assignable keyboard shortcuts and cable colours (up to 16 colours).
Find it on the VCV Library, here: VCV Library - Inklen Cable Colour Key
Version 2.0.1 of Cable Colour Key is now available in the VCV Library. I’ve updated it with a few new features that I hope you will find useful:
Find it on the VCV Library, here: VCV Library - Inklen Cable Colour Key
The full list of changes can be found here: Rack Modules Change Log
This module just made it into my Startup Template.
Glad to hear it 
Yes! You did it! Thank you so much @nickfeisst 
The one handed mode seems to be working great on my end, and I’m definitely interested to check out the other features you added. This is also going to wind up in my template patch now.
Wow, that was fast. The replace cable colour function is even more satisfying than I anticipated, and it works great as a menu option. Thanks! Also the hover and key mappings always on options are welcome additions.
The module really makes cable colour management simple. The workflow instantly has become totally natural and intuitive.
One suggestion for a relatively minor improvement. Currently if you have the hover option enabled, it supersedes any cable that you may have selected. It would be nice if when you have a cable selected that only that cable changes colour, even if you are hovering over the port and the hover option is enabled. The hover option would only have an effect if you do not have a cable selected.
I have to admit, that I was a little sceptical of the replacement function when I started coding it, but I’m very happy with how it ended up. Thanks for the suggestion.
Yes, good point - I missed that. It should be a simple fix (from what I can see, a single “else” in the code should fix this), and I’ll get that in the next update.
I have to say this best cable color thing in the game. when i mess up a cable color its so easy and simple to correct it.
Has anyone tried to use this in the VST version of Rack2 in Bitwig Studio or Live? Its greyed out if the is multiple instances of Rack2 but only 1 instance of the module in the Rack.
I know i can work around it… but maybe this could be fixed in the module? or maybe its an issue with Rack?
It looks like there is an issue with the way I’m handling multiple instances of the module. I’ll see if there is an easy(-ish) way to improve this.
Both of these are fixed in version 2.0.2, which is available now.
I’ve also added drag and drop rearrangement of the cables, faster key mapping (left-click a cable on Cable Colour Key’s module panel, and then push the new key to map), and much more.
