Norm C's patch to put the full name of the track in the waveform. Defaulted to 'off' but selectable in prefs->Interface->Show track name in waveform display.

Thanks Norm!

src/TrackArtist.cpp

@@ -321,6 +321,10 @@ void TrackArtist::DrawTracks(TrackList * tracks,
    dc.DrawRectangle(clip);
 #endif
 
+   wxFont labelFont(8, wxSWISS, wxNORMAL, wxNORMAL);
+   dc.SetFont(labelFont);
+   gPrefs->Read(wxT("/GUI/ShowTrackNameInWaveform"), &mbShowTrackNameInWaveform, false);
+
    t = iter.StartWith(start);
    while (t) {
       trackRect.y = t->GetY() - viewInfo->vpos;
@@ -399,6 +403,8 @@ void TrackArtist::DrawTrack(const Track * t,
       case WaveTrack::WaveformDisplay:
          DrawWaveform(wt, dc, r, viewInfo,
                       drawEnvelope, drawSamples, drawSliders, false, muted);
+         if (mbShowTrackNameInWaveform && wt->GetChannel() != Track::RightChannel)    // so left or mono only
+            dc.DrawText (wt->GetName(), r.x+10, r.y);  // move right 10 pixels to avoid overwriting <- symbol
          break;
       case WaveTrack::WaveformDBDisplay:
          DrawWaveform(wt, dc, r, viewInfo,
@@ -611,7 +617,7 @@ void TrackArtist::UpdateVRuler(Track *t, wxRect & r)
 
          float min, max;
          wt->GetDisplayBounds(&min, &max);
-
+// This assumes that wt->GetDisplayBounds(&min, &max); is in dB, and it isn't, it's linear
          if (max > 0) {
             int top = 0;
             float topval = 0;
@@ -1809,7 +1815,6 @@ void TrackArtist::DrawClipSpectrum(WaveTrack *track,
 
    int minSamples = int ((double)minFreq * (double)windowSize / rate + 0.5);   // units are fft bins
    int maxSamples = int ((double)maxFreq * (double)windowSize / rate + 0.5);
-   int temp = sizeof(int);
    float binPerPx = float(maxSamples - minSamples) / float(mid.height);
 
    int x = 0;

src/TrackArtist.h

@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ class AUDACITY_DLL_API TrackArtist {
    int mMinFreq;              // "/Spectrum/MinFreq"
    int mWindowSize;           // "/Spectrum/FFTSize"
    bool mIsGrayscale;         // "/Spectrum/Grayscale"
+   bool mbShowTrackNameInWaveform;  // "/GUI/ShowTrackNameInWaveform"
 
 #ifdef EXPERIMENTAL_FFT_SKIP_POINTS
    int mFftSkipPoints;        // "/Spectrum/FFTSkipPoints"

src/prefs/GUIPrefs.cpp

@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ void GUIPrefs::PopulateOrExchange(ShuttleGui & S)
       S.TieCheckBox(_("&Beep on completion of longer activities"),
                     wxT("/GUI/BeepOnCompletion"),
                     false);
+      S.TieCheckBox(_("&Show track name in waveform display"),
+                    wxT("/GUI/ShowTrackNameInWaveform"),
+                    false);
    }
    S.EndStatic();