3 This tab contains settings that change the visual appearence of Ardour.
6 <img src="/images/a4_preferences_theme.png" alt="preferences
12 <strong>Restore Defaults</strong> When clicked will change all settings
13 on the Theme tab back to Ardour's default values.
18 <strong>All floating windows are dialogs</strong> When enabled Ardour will
19 use type "Dialog" for all floating windows instead of using type
20 "Utility" for some of them. This may help usability with some
21 window managers. This setting requires a restart of Ardour to take effect.
26 <strong>Transient windows follow front window</strong> When enabled
27 transient windows will follow the front window when toggling between the
28 editor and mixer. This setting requires a restart of Ardour to take effect.
33 <strong>Draw "flat" buttons</strong> When enabled button controls
34 in the user interface will be drawn with a flat look. When disabled button
35 controls will have a slight 3D appearence.
40 <strong>Blink Rec-Arm buttons</strong> When enabled the record-armed
41 buttons on tracks will blink when they are armed but not currently
42 recording. When disabled the record-armed buttons on tracks will be
43 outlined in red instead of blinking.
48 <strong>Color regions using their track's color</strong> When enabled
49 the background color of regions in the editor will be displayed using the
50 the color assigned to the track. When disabled the default region
51 background color will be used.
56 <strong>Show waveform clipping</strong> When enalbled the waveform
57 displayed will show peaks marked in red if they exceed the clip level. The
58 Waveform Clip Level is set with a slider on the Preferences
59 <a href="@@editor-tab">
65 <strong>Icon Set</strong> Changes the mouse cursor icons used to indicate
66 different tool modes in the editor. An example would be the icons used to
67 indicate whether the cursor will select a region or change the length of a
73 <strong>Waveforms color gradient depth</strong> Determines how much
74 gradient effect is applied to audio waveforms displayed in the editor.
75 Values range from 0.00, no graident effect, to 0.95, maximum effect.
80 <strong>Timeline item gradient depth</strong> Determines how much
81 gradient effect is applied to the backgrounds of regions displayed in the
82 editor. Values range from 0.00, no graident effect, to 0.95, maximum
88 <strong>Colors</strong> The color of an item in the user interface is
89 determined by which named color is assigned to it, the color displayed for
90 each named color in the palette, and in some cases, the transparency of
96 <strong>Items</strong> Each display item has a named color assigned to
97 it from the palette. Example color names are
98 "meter color9" and "color 4".
101 Click on an item's color example to change the named color choice.
106 <strong>Palette</strong> Hover over a color to display it's name. Click
107 on a color to open a color chooser dialog.
112 <strong>Transparency</strong> Some items have a transparency value.
113 Transparency can be changed from opaque to totally transparent.