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