User Interface

This is some help on the user interface

The Main window consists of a header with various elements (see below) and timelines under it

Timelines

Timelines are the main part of the screen and are described in timelines

Buttons

The buttons here open and close subwindows, this accesses a lot of functionality outside the main window.

Timeline.buttons.gif

ButtonShortDescription
MenuThe main menuShows the menu -- there are two levels and all actions are on the second level. Keybindings for keys are shown with options.
DDebug window?Displays values being output form events and expressions
 
FFilters?Show configured filters
(click on one to edit in input box
click also toggles enabling of the filter (*=enabled !=disabled)
NNotesMake notes about the files being edited for reminder later
LLogDisplay all log messages and errors
XMIDI key bindings?Displays all the MIDI map key bindings in the menu
CCompiler windowopen the compiler window for java editing
MMIDI map view/editDisplays the MIDI map overlay window
KColours?Show configured colours
OObject mapDisplay the object map namespace
PPropertiesProperty editor for most objects - click on the object(Timeline/event) to see and edit the properties.

Input bar

See also:Key bindings and input?

Timeline.inputBar.png Fig: The input bar

The input bar is just to the right of the buttons and was the main way of inputing data (now the Properties is more convenient) it is still used for editing a lot of data though

The input mode is displayed in the box to the left.

Some type of input take predefined formatted strings:-

There is input help by clicking on the box to the left if the input bar or using the up/down arrow keys. Some examples are below:-

  • For filename input ( ''f'' )clicking on the left box opens a file dialog, and up/down arrows go to the next/last file in the the directory denoted by the base path.
  • For control input (''+'' ) the left box show the midi control input helper and up/down shows the next/last control assignment for the current MIDI control.

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