Interface Preferences

Set interface colors, behavior and layout.

Colors

  • Selection Border Color: Set the color of the selection border.
  • Selection Mask Color: Set the color of the selection mask (inside of the selection).
  • Selection Border Style: Set the style of the selection border (marching ants, dashed, solid line, or nothing).
  • Selection Blending Mode: Set the visual blending mode of the selection (normal or additive).
  • Cursor Crosshair Color: Set the color of the cursor crosshair, when it is shown.
  • Cursor Coordinates Color: Set the color of the cursor coordinates, when it is shown.
  • Grid Color: Set the color of the unit grid, when it is shown.
  • Drawing Color: Set the color of tools drawings (such as when defining a rectangle or any other shape).
  • Transport Color: Set the color of the vertical playhead line.
  • Controls Color: Set the color of the tools controls (such as when changing the corners of a rectangle or any other shape).
  • Markers Color: Set the color of markers (both time and spectral).
  • Regions Color: Set the color of regions (both time and spectral).
  • Mute Button Color: Set the color of mute buttons in the Channels Panel and Layers Panel.
  • Solo Button Color: Set the color of solo buttons in the Channels Panel and Layers Panel.
  • Polarity Button Color: Set the color of polarity buttons in the Layers Panel (when viewed with the Standard Layout).
  • Active Item Color: Set the color of active items in the History Panel, Channels Panel and Layers Panel.

See Panels Area.

  • Waveform Luminosity: Brightness of the waveform as shown in the Waveform Display. See Waveform and Spectral Display Area.
  • Uncolored Layers Luminosity: Brightness of layers when Color Active Layer Only is pressed. See Layers Panel.
  • Interface Luminosity: Brightness of the user interface.
  • VU Meter Gradient: Gradient used by the VU Meter. See Transport Bar.
  • Tooltips: Enable or disable popup tooltips when hovering controls and widgets.

Default Transport Options

  • check Return to Start Position on Stop
  • check Scrubbing
  • Scrolling

See Playhead Behavior for a description of these options.

Default View Layout

  • Layout File: Layout file to load on SpectraLayers Pro startup. See Show and Hide Interface Elements.
  • Waveform Display Size: Default vertical ratio between the Waveform Display and the Spectral Display
  • Language: User interface language. A restart is needed if you change this setting.
  • DPI Scaling: (Windows only) DPI scaling of the user interface. Auto will use the system or host DPI ratio.

Reset: Reset interface preferences.