Settings Panel Design Tab
Properties of the settings-panel design tab.
General
where
Determines where the object is visible:
- invisible: the object is invisible.
- ctrl panel: in the control-panel.
- parent ctrl panel: in the control-panel of the parent patch if it exists.
- top ctrl panel : in the control-panel of the top parent patch (main patch) if it exists.
- container : in the container of the current patch.
- parent container : in the container of the parent patch of the current patch.
- top parent container: in the container of the top parent patch of the current patch.
- pop up window: visible in the popup.
- top header: visible in the top top-header-panel.
- toolbox: visible in the toolbox-panel.
- workspace: visible in the workspace-panel.
When the location is set to a container which doesn't exist in the patch, Usine try to find in parent patches, the first container available. If no container is available an error message is displayed.
also visible in IB
When ON, will also be visible in the interface-builder-panel.
on top
When ON, the control stays on top in its parent panel.
Example with the first knob on top.
background color
Background color of the control.
transparent option must be OFF.
Blue background color example.
transparent
Determines if the background of the control is transparent or not.
Example, the first module is transparent.
opacity
Opacity value of the control.
0 will give a transparent control.
vertical
Rotate the control to vertical position.
Example on panel-text.
zoom scale
Zoom scale of the control.
image file
Filename of the optional background bitmap.
Only PNG, JPEG and BMP formats are supported.
Use [ctrl+click] to reset.
Example on an panel-xy-pad.
fit size
Force the image file to adapt its displayed size to the size of the object.
- proportional: the image keeps its proportion ratio and is left aligned,
- scaled: the image is scaled to the object size,
- original: keeps the original size, the object is resized,
- clipped: the image is clipped to the object size, and centered.
blur softness
Blur amount applied to the object.
Example here on the big left ball.
Be careful, the blur softness use shaders which are not supported by all graphic cards.
It can crashe Usine.
Caption
show caption
Displays or not the caption.
Example on a fader.
caption align
Caption alignement of the control : Left, center or right.
caption V align
Vertical alignment of the caption: Center, top or bottom.
Example on knob: Center, top and bottom.
Example on switch.
caption font size factor
Size multiplication factor applied to the caption font.
Example on switch.
caption font
Font name of the control caption.
Example with 3 different fonts on switch.
caption font color
Color of the caption font.
Example on switch.
caption font italic
Italic style for caption font.
Example on switch.
caption font bold
Bold style for caption font.
Example on switch.
caption font underline
Underline style for the caption font.
Example on switch.
Border
show border
Displays or not the border of the object.
8 pixels border for an panel-xy-pad.
border width
Sets the border width of the object in pixel.
border color
Border color of the control.
Example with a yellow border on an panel-xy-pad.
border OFF color
Border color when the control is OFF.
Example with a black OFF border on a switch.
border ON color
Border color when the control is ON.
round size
Thickness of rounded corners.
0 = no rounded corners.
Example on a panel-shape.
Toolbar
show toolbar
Displays the toolbar with its icons.
Example ON and OFF
toolbar size
Height of the toolbar in pixel.
Example of 2 different values on a panel.
Fader
edition enabled
When OFF edition and modifcations are disabled so the user can't change its value.
fader color
Main color for the fader.
Example with a blue fader.
show fader
Displays the main fader design.
Example with the option ON and OFF.
frames count
Number of frames in the background bitmap. See create your own knobs and faders.
frames alignment
Determines if the frames used in the background bitmap are aligned vertically or horizontally. See create your own knobs and faders.
dashed fader
Applies a dashed design to the fader.
show symbol
Displays the symbol if it is not empty.
Option ON and OFF.
text align
Text layout of faders.
Values
show value
Show the value for this object
Option ON and OFF on a fader.
Example on a matrix.
show value and symbol on click
Displays the value and symbol only when selecting or interact with the mouse.
Example on a fader.
display array values
When the input of a fader is an array, displays the value as a list of array elements (ON) or only the first array value (OFF).
Option ON and OFF on a fader.
value align
Value alignment: Left, center or right.
Example on a knob.
value font bold
Bold style for the value font.
Example knob.
value font color
Color of the value font.
Example with a Green and a Red value on a knob.
value font color
Color of the value font.
value font size factor
Size factor of the value font.
*Example with 2 different values on a knob.
value V align
Value alignment: center, top, bottom.
Example on knob (Center, top and bottom)
show poly order
Show the order of a voice in a polyphonic sub-patch.
Listbox
display line number
Add a line number on each element.
Example on a listbox.
hide filename ext
Hides the filename extension.
List with extension
List without extension (option ON)
hide filename path
Hides the filename path of the list items.
List with the full path
items size
Items size in pixels.
Example with 2 different item sizes.
Note that a scroller is added when the listbox can't display all items
and the option show scroller ON.
items font color
Color of items in the list.
Example with 2 different items color.
scroller color
Color of the scroller bar.
*yellow scroller on a listbox.
scroller width
Scrollbar width in pixels.
8 and 30 pixels scroller on a listbox.
select color
Color of the selected item.
show scroller
Displays the vertical scroller on the listbox.
Option OFF and ON.
Knob
show knob
Displays or not the main knob.
If OFF you can still change the knob position but only the value is displayed).
Example with 2 design different styles.
knob color
Color of the knob position indicator.
Red knob example.
aperture
Sets the difference between start and end of the cursor. Small value gives you a complete size, high value reduce the knob action.
Circle
circle color
Center circle color.
draw center circle parameter must be ON.
circle size
Center circle size.
Example with small and large value for the yellow center circle.
back knob cursor color
Back knob cursor color. !!The option draw-back-knob-cursor must be ON.
design
Design layout of the knob: normal, symetric, as point.
draw back knob cursor
Displays or not the back knob cursor.
Example with this option ON and OFF.
draw center circle
Displays or not the center circle.
plain center circle
When ON, the center circle is filled with plain color, empty when OFF.
Example with this option ON and OFF.
rounded cursor
Displays a round knob cursor.
*Example of rounded cursor.
Wave Display
show top bar
Displays or not the top bar. The top bar contain the wave selector.
Example of a top bar.
loop color
Color of the loop selector.
selector color
Loop selector color.
White selector.
selector opacity
Loop selector opacity.
low and high opacity value.
selector width
Loop selector width.
Different selector width values.
show loop
Displays the loop zone on a wave-display.
Example with the option ON and OFF.
wave color
Color of the waveform.
Example with an Orange waveform.
Markers
show markers
Displays or not the markers zone.
Double clicks to add or delete markers.
marker bar color
Color of the marker bottom bar.
Dark violet color.
marker color
Color of markers.
Example of yellow markers.
marker random color
Gives a random color to all markers.
marker width
Marker width size in pixels.
Example with 1 pixel and 6 pixels.
show marker caption
Displays or not the caption on markers.
Option ON and OFF
Switch
small led OFF color
Small led color when the control is OFF.
back OFF bitmap
Background bitmap when the control is OFF.
Use [CTRL + Click] to reset the file name.
Example with 2 .png files applied to a switch.
back ON bitmap
Background bitmap when the control is ON.
Use [CTRL + Click] to reset the file name.
font OFF color
Control font color when OFF.
font ON color
Control font color when ON.
OFF color
Color when the control if OFF.
ON color
Color when the control is ON.
led at left
Displays the led on the left (ON) or right (OFF).
show small led
Displays a small led on the left of the control.
small led ON color
Small led color when the control is ON.
small led size factor
Small led proportion factor. The small led size is propostional to the control size.
Header
show header
Displays or not the header on the panel.
Example on sequenced-lines.
header caption size
Size of the header caption size.
header height
Header height of the panel.
Grid
show grid
Displays or not a grid on the panel.
Example with 8 x 4 grid.
full grid size
Displays a full grid when ON or just small ticks when OFF on the panel.
Example OFF and ON.
grid color
Color of the grid.
Example with a Yellow grid on a data-generator-sequenced-steps.
H divisions
Number of vertical tick of the grid.
0 = no grid division visible
Horizontal division set to 8 on a data-generator-sequenced-steps.
V divisions
Number of horizontal tick of the grid.
0 = no grid division visible
Steps
big step color
Color for the big steps according the big step interval parameter.
Example with big steps in Blue.
big step interval
Interval between two big steps.
show step border
Displays the step border.
With border
Without border
step border color
Border color
Only if show step border is ON.
blue border
step color
Color of the steps.
draw mode
Determines how the module draws the steps. 4 modes are available:
Draw symmetric
Draw small bar
Draw lines
mode fill
Fill the form with color.
Mode fill ON and OFF
Fill color
Color used to fill lines.
Blue fill color
fill opacity
Determines the fill opacity.
Only when mode fill is ON.
Example with 2 different opacity values.
horizontal scale
Sets the horizontal scale for the steps: normal or logarithmic.
Example for normal and log
line color
Color of the lines.
Yellow line on a data-generator-sequenced-lines.
line width
Line width (thickness) in pixels.
*pixel and 4 pixels line on a data-generator-sequenced-lines.
pixel color
Color used to draw pixels and lines.
pixel size
Size used to draw pixels or lines.
point size
Size of selector points in pixels.
Example of different sizes on a sequenced-points-curve.
points color
Color of the selector points.
Example on a sequenced-points-curve.
select tolerance
Precision tolerance in pixels for the point selection.
show points
Displays or not the selector points on the curve.
Option ON and OFF
vertical scale
Vertical scale for the steps: normal, logarithmic or exponential.
Example for normal, logarithmic and exponential
Cursor
cursor color
Color of the cursor.
Example with a Red color on a sequneced-step.
cursor width
Cursor width in pixels.
This parameter is common to several modules but will be applied differently.
2 and 8 pixels cursor on a data-generator-sequenced-steps.
A small cursor on a knob.
A large cursor on fader.
show cursor
Displays a small cursor indicator at the fader position.
Option On (with a red cursor) and OFF on a fader.
Panner and XY
full circles
Chooses between empty or full circles for the speakers representation.
nb concentric circles
Sets the number of concentric circles for the speakers representation.
Example with 3 and 6 concentric circles.
Example with the option ON and OFF.
speakers opacity
Speakers opacity of the panner.
Example with low and hi value
color offset
Offset applied to the choice of colors. Lets you quickly change the colors of the control.
Path
closed line
Closes automatically the path.
Example with the option Off and On.
path type
Closed or opened path.
closed
shape type
Shape form : rectangle, oval
smooth line
Automatically add supplementary points to create a smoothed line.
Example OFF and ON on a trajectory.
Text
font color
Font color of the text.
text font color
Font color of the text, generally on a text-panel.
text font color
Font color of the text, generally on a text-panel.
text left margin
Creates a margin on the left of the text (in pixels).
Example on a text-panel.
Matrix
shift fade factor
Fade sensibility when using the SHIFT key.
cells caption color
Cells caption font color.
Example with a green color.
cells caption size
Caption font size of the cells.
Example with a small size.
cells gap
Gap (space) between cells.
Example with 2 pixels and 8 pixels gaps.
cells round size
Thickness of rounded corners.
Example with 3 different and progressive round size values.
cells rounded
Determines if cells are drawn with rounded corners.
Example with square and rounded cells and rounded.
vertical align
Vertical alignment of caption cells: Center, top or bottom.
colors orientation
Determines if corlors are affected horizontally (lines) or vertically (raws).
Example with the same color set with the 2 options.
color on
Cells color when ON.
This is also relative to the colors orientation parameter.
Example where the 2 first rows are set to Purple when ON.
color off
Cells color when OFF.
This is also relative to the colors orientation parameter.
cursor orientation
Determines the cursor orientation: horizontal or vertical.
Horizontal and vertical cursor.
fade distance
Distance in pixels used to fade the cells color.
inputs header width
Inputs header width of the matrix
Example with a normal and large inputs header width.
outputs header height
Sets the outputs header height.
Example with a medium and large outputs header height.
show dB value
Displays decibels value in the cells.
Fade must be used in the *mouse mode.
Example on the matrix-audio.
show data value
Displays the data value in the cells.
Fade must be used in the mouse-mode.
show volume value
Displays the volume (or velocity) value in the cells.
Fade must be used in the mousemode.
Example on matrix-audio-mix and matrix-midi-mix.*
header caption color
Header caption color.
Example with some Red header captions.
header color
Header color of the panel.
Example with a Red header of a matrix
Panels
show bottom bar
Displays or not a small bar at the bottom of the panel, generally a rack.
show selector
Displays or not the selector.
Example of a selector
inverse y axis
Inverse the Y values (0 to 1 becomes 1 to 0).
Presets
show cmd
Displays or not the commands buttons (store and rewrite).
silent edit
Disables the trace-panel informations when a preset is recalled or stored.
See also
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