View Menu Functions

View Menu Items

• Show/Hide Edit panel  - Click to show/hide the Sound Item Editor edit panel which holds the attribute groups. [right side of program window].
• Expand All Sections   - Click to expand all the sections of the Sound Item Editor .
• Collapse All Sections   - Click to collapse all the sections of the Sound Item Editor .
• Play Position - Section Expand/Collapse  - Click to toggle show/hide of the section for the Play Position group .
• Play Markers - Section Expand/Collapse  - Click to toggle show/hide of the section for the Start, End and Fade Markers group.
• Play Controls - Section Expand/Collapse  - Click to toggle show/hide of the section for the Play Controls group.
• Descriptors - Section Expand/Collapse  - Click to toggle show/hide of the section for the Descriptors group.
• Play Modifiers - Section Expand/Collapse  - Click to toggle show/hide of the section for the Play Modifiers group.
• Classifiers - Section Expand/Collapse  - Click to toggle show/hide of the section for the Classifiers group.
• Refresh List  - Renumbers the Sound List and refreshes the values on the Sound Item Editor panel. Occasionally required when edits are saved with the Fx or 3D Editors.



• Toolbars 
• Toolbars show/hide  - You can toggle between showing or hiding the following toolbars by checking these menu items. Toolbars are: Attribute Groups show/hide , Behavior, Editors, Edit Sound Item Tools , File, Find and Refresh, Play Controls.
• Reset Toolbars to Default Settings  - Moves the toolbars to original default postions at the top of the program window. Will take effect the next time the program is restarted. Sometimes required when installing a new release that changes the toolbars buttons. Or if a toolbar mysteriously disappears after dragging it to a new location, try clicking this menu item.



• Skins Note: Opacity is not allowed for Skins colors (a Windows restriction).
• Use Windows Standard Appearance  - Click to restore the program skin back to Windows standard appearance.
• Use Custom Skin  - Select one of the custom skins from a list to immediately apply a skin.
• Manage Custom Skins  - Add, Remove and Edit custom skins in the Manage Custom Skins dialog.



• Show Mode  - Checking this menu item puts the program into Show Mode which disables most edit panels. Only controls that allow you to play Sound Items are enabled. Use this mode if you want to prevent an operator from editing the Sound List or just to prevent accidental changes. You can still drag and drop sounds into the Sound List but the user cannot Save any changes in Show Mode. Setting the program to Show Mode removes keyboard shortcuts to disabled functions. To restore the keyboard shortcuts, you need to put the program out of Show Mode then restart the program. You can force a password prompt when changing this mode (see Program Options).