From 7ecbdd27a9a56ace4df756f7d8a44cc08b3ad3ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robin Gareus <robin@gareus.org>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 01:08:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] hide invisible plugin-control properties in generic ctrl UI

---
 gtk2_ardour/generic_pluginui.cc | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/generic_pluginui.cc b/gtk2_ardour/generic_pluginui.cc
index 128c91a3b7..74e6f8b912 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/generic_pluginui.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/generic_pluginui.cc
@@ -384,6 +384,10 @@ GenericPluginUI::build ()
 		const ParameterDescriptor& desc = d->second;
 		const Evoral::Parameter    param(PluginPropertyAutomation, 0, desc.key);
 
+		if (desc.label == X_("hidden")) {
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		std::shared_ptr<ARDOUR::AutomationControl> c (std::dynamic_pointer_cast<ARDOUR::AutomationControl>(_pib->control (param)));
 
 		if (!c) {