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When an option selector is clicked the setting is changed immediately after the mouse button
is released. If you move the mouse off the button, the action is canceled.
When a drop-down selector is clicked a vertical list of choices is immediately displayed. The
mouse button must then be released so that you can click your selected choice. When the
mouse button is released the second time, the list disappears and the selected choice is
displayed as the selector button label. In the example above, the “Layout” drop-down selector
is showing its normal state, while the “Order” selector has been clicked and is presenting a list
of choices.
Using Encoders
Gain, delay, and frequency value boxes are accompanied by a rotary encoder
control. This gives you the choice of using a mouse to set the value instead
of typing the value directly. Visually, the encoder looks like a round knob
inside a square casing. When the knobs are colored the colors correspond
to the colors of the Galileo 616 front panel encoders.
Unlike the controls described so far, the encoder is used by dragging: click and hold the mouse
button, then drag the cursor around to change the value in the value box. The location of the
click determines the rate of change: clicking the center of the knob displays a x10 label beside
the cursor, indicating that mouse movements will result in larger value changes, while clicks
further from the center will result in smaller value changes.
In addition to fine and coarse movement, encoders can respond to circular movements or linear
movements dependent on the Compass > Compass Preferences > User Interface Display
and Control Options > Value Controller Type preference. In Encoder mode, the cursor must
travel around the encoder, as if turning it with one’s fingers. In Joystick mode, the cursor is
dragged horizontally or vertically to adjust the value, as if the encoder were a slider.
Another behavior variation is selected by the Compass > Compass Preferences > User
Interface Display and Control Options > Input Device Type preference, which modifies the
behavior of the cursor when the mouse button is released. In Mouse mode, the cursor remains
in place when the button is released. In Tablet mode, the cursor returns back to the encoder.
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