Added a category support for parameters created with the AudioProcessorValueTree

modules/juce_audio_processors/utilities/juce_AudioProcessorValueTreeState.cpp

@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@ struct AudioProcessorValueTreeState::Parameter   : public AudioProcessorParamete
                std::function<float (const String&)> textToValue,
                bool meta,
                bool automatable,
-               bool discrete)
-        : AudioProcessorParameterWithID (parameterID, paramName, labelText),
+               bool discrete,
+               AudioProcessorParameter::Category category)
+        : AudioProcessorParameterWithID (parameterID, paramName, labelText, category),
           owner (s), valueToTextFunction (valueToText), textToValueFunction (textToValue),
           range (r), value (defaultVal), defaultValue (defaultVal),
           listenersNeedCalling (true),
@@ -191,7 +192,8 @@ AudioProcessorParameterWithID* AudioProcessorValueTreeState::createAndAddParamet
                                                                                     std::function<float (const String&)> textToValueFunction,
                                                                                     bool isMetaParameter,
                                                                                     bool isAutomatableParameter,
-                                                                                    bool isDiscreteParameter)
+                                                                                    bool isDiscreteParameter,
+                                                                                    AudioProcessorParameter::Category category)
 {
     // All parameters must be created before giving this manager a ValueTree state!
     jassert (! state.isValid());
@@ -199,7 +201,7 @@ AudioProcessorParameterWithID* AudioProcessorValueTreeState::createAndAddParamet
     Parameter* p = new Parameter (*this, paramID, paramName, labelText, r,
                                   defaultVal, valueToTextFunction, textToValueFunction,
                                   isMetaParameter, isAutomatableParameter,
-                                  isDiscreteParameter);
+                                  isDiscreteParameter, category);
     processor.addParameter (p);
     return p;
 }

modules/juce_audio_processors/utilities/juce_AudioProcessorValueTreeState.h

@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ public:
         @param isAutomatableParameter   Set this value to false if this parameter should not be automatable
         @param isDiscrete               Set this value to true to make this parameter take discrete values in a host.
                                         @see AudioProcessorParameter::isDiscrete
+        @param category                 Which category the parameter should use.
+                                        @see AudioProcessorParameter::Category
 
         @returns the parameter object that was created
     */
@@ -92,7 +94,9 @@ public:
                                                           std::function<float (const String&)> textToValueFunction,
                                                           bool isMetaParameter = false,
                                                           bool isAutomatableParameter = true,
-                                                          bool isDiscrete = false);
+                                                          bool isDiscrete = false,
+                                                          AudioProcessorParameter::Category category
+                                                             = AudioProcessorParameter::genericParameter);
 
     /** Returns a parameter by its ID string. */
     AudioProcessorParameterWithID* getParameter (StringRef parameterID) const noexcept;