manual/include/gui-tab.html
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<p>
This tab contains settings that affect
<a href="/ardours-interface/">Ardour's Interface</a>.
</p>
<img src="/images/a4_preferences_gui.png" alt="preferences
gui tab"/>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Graphically indicate mouse pointer hovering</strong>
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Use name highlight bars in region display</strong> When enabled the
region name is displayed, in the editor, in it's own bar at the bottom of
the region. When disabled, the region name is display at the top of the
region, possibly over audio waveforms or MIDI notes.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Font scaling</strong> allows the display size of some text in the
user interface to be scaled up or down. May require a restart to take
affect.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Update transport clock display at FPS</strong> when enabled the transport clock
will update at the synchronization framerate instead of the default 100&nbsp;ms rate.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Lock timeout</strong> Lock GUI after this many idle seconds (zero to never
lock). GUI may also be locked with <kbd class="menu">Session &gt; Lock</kbd>. When
locked a dialog will display a &quot;Click to unlock&quot; button.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Mixer Strip</strong> Enable (checked) or disable (unchecked) display of
controls in the mixer strip. Controls whose display can be toggled are
<strong>Input</strong>, <strong>Phase&nbsp;Invert</strong>,
<strong>Record&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Monitor</strong>, <strong>Solo&nbsp;Iso/Lock</strong>,
<strong>Output</strong>, and <strong>Comments</strong>.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>Use narrow strips in the mixer by default</strong> When enabled, new mixer
strips are created in narrow format. When disabled, they are created in wide format.
Existing mixer strips width can be toggled with the width control at the top left of
the mixer stip.
</p>
</li>
</ul>