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-layout: default
-title: Theme Tab
-menu_title: Theme Tab
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-
-<p>
- This tab contains settings that change the visual appearence of Ardour.
-</p>
-
-<img src="/images/a4_preferences_theme.png" alt="preferences
-theme tab"/>
-
-<ul>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Restore Defaults</strong> When clicked will change all settings
- on the Theme tab back to Ardour's default values.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>All floating windows are dialogs</strong> When enabled Ardour will
- use type "Dialog" for all floating windows instead of using type
- "Utility" for some of them. This may help usability with some
- window managers. This setting requires a restart of Ardour to take effect.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Transient windows follow front window</strong> When enabled
- transient windows will follow the front window when toggling between the
- editor and mixer. This setting requires a restart of Ardour to take effect.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Draw "flat" buttons</strong> When enabled button controls
- in the user interface will be drawn with a flat look. When disabled button
- controls will have a slight 3D appearence.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Blink Rec-Arm buttons</strong> When enabled the record-armed
- buttons on tracks will blink when they are armed but not currently
- recording. When disabled the record-armed buttons on tracks will be
- outlined in red instead of blinking.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Color regions using their track's color</strong> When enabled
- the background color of regions in the editor will be displayed using the
- the color assigned to the track. When disabled the default region
- background color will be used.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Show waveform clipping</strong> When enalbled the waveform
- displayed will show peaks marked in red if they exceed the clip level. The
- Waveform Clip Level is set with a slider on the Preferences
- <a href="/preferences-and-session-properties/preferences-dialog/editor/">
- Editor tab</a>
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Icon Set</strong> Changes the mouse cursor icons used to indicate
- different tool modes in the editor. An example would be the icons used to
- indicate whether the cursor will select a region or change the length of a
- region.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Waveforms color gradient depth</strong> Determines how much
- gradient effect is applied to audio waveforms displayed in the editor.
- Values range from 0.00, no graident effect, to 0.95, maximum effect.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Timeline item gradient depth</strong> Determines how much
- gradient effect is applied to the backgrounds of regions displayed in the
- editor. Values range from 0.00, no graident effect, to 0.95, maximum
- effect.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Colors</strong> The color of an item in the user interface is
- determined by which named color is assigned to it, the color displayed for
- each named color in the palette, and in some cases, the transparency of
- stacked items.
- </p>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Items</strong> Each display item has a named color assigned to
- it from the palette. Example color names are
- "meter color9" and "color 4".
- </p>
- <p>
- Click on an item's color example to change the named color choice.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Palette</strong> Hover over a color to display it's name. Click
- on a color to open a color chooser dialog.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <strong>Transparency</strong> Some items have a transparency value.
- Transparency can be changed from opaque to totally transparent.
- </p>
- </li>
- </ul>
- </li>
-</ul>