From c8540a5ad6100f3be5dbd26e7db04daaf61cb9ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robin Gareus <robin@gareus.org>
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2025 03:03:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Don't show generic MIDI patch-selector in bottom pane

It can take a few seconds to build 16 dropdown menus with
a few hundred entries, slowing down selection.
---
 gtk2_ardour/generic_pluginui.cc | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/generic_pluginui.cc b/gtk2_ardour/generic_pluginui.cc
index f838f7891c..995ffaf6e6 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/generic_pluginui.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/generic_pluginui.cc
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ GenericPluginUI::GenericPluginUI (std::shared_ptr<PlugInsertBase> pib, bool scro
 	prefheight = -1;
 	build ();
 
-	if (_pib->plugin()->has_midnam() && _pib->plugin()->knows_bank_patch()) {
+	if (!ctrls_only && _pib->plugin()->has_midnam() && _pib->plugin()->knows_bank_patch()) {
 		build_midi_table ();
 	}