I've done something like that on my gui-edit patch, on [jmmmp/gui-edit] or
https://puredata.info/Members/jmmmp/gui-edit/view. but it was a very simple object. what you want is more complex, but maybe
you can in some way make the [pos $1 $2( commands for the various setups
you want more efficient.

João

Hi list, i'm trying to understand how to build a user-friendly GUI within Pd and
the lack of enough space to place all elements is always blocking me. Let's say i have my main interface (parent patch) 1024x768. All the
surface is occupied by sound controls. Then i would like to have a toggle allowing me to switch among different "scenes" (i.e. sound control, OSC controls, audio generators, ecc..), but each scene should occupy the same space 1024x768 of the main interface in the main parent patch.

I had a vague "success" juxtaposing GOP subpatches, but then what
happens is that you want to move a slider in the upper subpatch but you can easily
move also whatever GUI object lays below and this is obviously kinda too
messy. I was wondering if there is a way to dinamically change the name of a subpatch while loaded, but i guess there should be simpler strategies... any idea? anybody did it already?

thanks cheers