From 7bb7f21ae009575fba23b8bfd1ee62b1c9be4731 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robin Gareus <robin@gareus.org>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 02:03:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Refine condition for auto opening instrument plugin UI

---
 gtk2_ardour/editor.cc | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor.cc
index 350a9da7d9..120e8c6389 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor.cc
@@ -4787,7 +4787,8 @@ Editor::maybe_show_instrument_plugin (std::shared_ptr<MidiTrack> mt)
 	if (!pi) {
 		return;
 	}
-	if (pi->what_can_be_automated ().size () == 0) {
+
+	if (pi->what_can_be_automated ().size () == 0 && !pi->plugin ()->has_editor ()) {
 		return;
 	}