<ul>
<li>
<p>
- <strong>Restore Defaults</strong>
+ <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>
+ <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>
+ <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>
+ <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>
+ <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>
+ <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>
+ <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>
+ <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>
+ <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>
+ <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>
+ <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>
+ <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>
+ <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>
+ <strong>Transparency</strong> Some items have a transparency value.
+ Transparency can be changed from opaque to totally transparent.
</p>
</li>
</ul>