User guide

60 Chapter 3 Customizing Your Window Setup
To assign key focus to a window or area, do one of the following:
m Click on the window title bar, or within the working area.
Take care with the latter, as you may accidentally insert an event or region, if the Pencil
tool is active in the window.
m Choose Window > Cycle Through Windows (or use the corresponding key command).
This assigns key focus to the next open window, if it is fully obscured by other
windows.
The Arrange window can obviously incorporate several other windows in different
areas. These can be given key focus by clicking the background or title bar of the
window (the area of the Arrange you want to use), or by using a tool in the window.
∏ Tip: You can also use Tab or Shift-Tab to cycle through the Arrange window areas: Tab
cycles forward, Shift-Tab cycles backwards.
The main characteristic of the key focus window (or area of the Arrange window) is
that key commands only affect this window, and not any of the others.
Handling Background Windows
Background windows are not fully obscured, and are identified by a dimmed title bar
(they can be positioned next to the top window, or tiled underneath it) and a faded
name.
In background windows, you can not only observe changes, but make almost any kind
of change, without needing to give the window key focus before making alterations.
Independent tool selection is memorized for each window, allowing you to directly edit
the contents of any window, whether it has key focus or not. As soon as any such edits
are made, the window is automatically made the key focus window. As an example, an
Arrange window with Piano Roll and Event List editor visible: the Pointer is active in
the Arrange area, the Pencil tool is active in the Piano Roll, and the Eraser tool is active
in the Event List editor. The tool automatically becomes active as you drag the mouse
cursor across the boundaries of each area in the Arrange window.