1.5

Using the Mouse
Color supports the use of a three-button mouse, which provides quick access to shortcut
menus and various navigational shortcuts. Color also supports the middle scroll wheel
or scroll ball of a three-button mouse, either for scrolling or as a button.
Documentation referenceMouse button
ClickLeft mouse button
Middle mouse button or middle-clickMiddle mouse button
Right-click (identical to Control-click with a single button mouse)Right mouse button
Note: Many controls can be accelerated up to ten times their normal speed by pressing
the Option key while you drag.
Tabs
Tabs are used to navigate among the eight different Color “rooms.” Each room is a distinct
portion of the interface that contains all the controls necessary to perform a specific task.
Changing rooms changes the available interface, the keyboard shortcuts, and the mapping
of the control surface controls.
Some rooms have additional features that are revealed via tabs within that room.
Using Text Fields and Virtual Sliders
There are four types of data that can populate edit fields in Color:
• Timecode
• Text, including filenames, directory paths, and so forth
• Whole numbers; fields that display whole numbers cannot accept either decimals or
fractional values
• Percentages and fractional values, such as 0.25 or 1.873
There are four ways you can modify text fields.
To enter text into a field using the keyboard
1 Move the pointer into the text field you want to edit, and do one of the following:
• Click once within any field to place the insertion point at the position you clicked.
• Double-click within any field to select the word at the position of the pointer.
• Triple-click within any field to select the entire contents of that field.
The text in that field becomes highlighted.
2 Type something new.
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