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1060 Window management
X-Ray
2. Make sure that the view windows you want to X-Ray are in the Floating-enabled state. To check
this, click the view or fx icon that’s in the upper left corner of a window, and select Enable
Floating from the drop-down menu. If Disable Floating is in the menu, then the Floating option
is already enabled.
3. To X-Ray or un-X-Ray a single window, move the mouse cursor over the window, and press
SHIFT+X for the X-Ray command. The window does not need to be the highlighted window.
4. To X-Ray or un-X-Ray all plug-in windows at once, press the key binding for the X-Ray All FX/
Synths command.
To Adjust X-Ray Windows Options
1. Use the Edit > Preferences command to open the Preferences dialog box, then click
Customization - Display.
2. On the General tab, you can adjust these options:
• Enable X-Ray. Enable or disable this check box to turn the X-Ray Windows feature on or
off.
• Opacity. Adjust this value by typing in a value, or by clicking and holding the + or - button to
adjust the final opacity percentage value that an X-Rayed window reaches.
• Fade Out Time. Adjust this value by typing in a value, or by clicking and holding the + or -
button to adjust the amount of time that an X-Rayed window takes to reach its final opacity
percentage value.
• Fade In Time. Adjust this value by clicking and holding the + or - button to adjust the amount
of time that an X-Rayed window takes to restore its original opacity.
3. Click OK to close the dialog box and accept your changes.
To exclude a plug-in from X-Ray capability
Very few plug-ins use DirectDraw to create their windows. These windows appear jittery when x-
rayed.
To exclude a plug-in from X-Ray capability, follow these steps:
1. Use the Utilities > Cakewalk Plug- in Manager command to open the Cakewalk Plug-in
Manager.
2. In the Plug-in Categories window, select the plug-in category to exclude.
3. In the Registered Plug-ins window, select the plug-in to exclude.
4. If the plug-in is a DirectX effect or an MFX, write down (or select and copy) the CLSID value
that’s in the CLSID field at the bottom of the dialog box.
Note: All FX/Synth/Control surface property pages are float-enabled by default.
Note: If a window has focus, and the window’s Give All Keystrokes To Plug-in button is
enabled, X-Ray keyboard commands won’t work.