Apple Logic Express 7 - Manual (Page 26)

26 Chapter 1 Using Logic
Concealing/Revealing the Parameters
The View > Parameters function allows you to display or remove the entire area (which
contains the Region parameters, Instrument parameters, and the Toolbox) to the left of
the Arrange, Environment, and other edit windows. Hiding these parameters provides
more space for the editing window itself.
In many windows, you can hide and/or reveal further screen elements, such as the
Toolbox. These display options are always available from the View menu.
Concealing/Revealing the Local Menu Bar and Scroll Bars
Command-Option-click on the window title bar to toggle the display of the local menu
bar and scroll bars. This allows you configure small floating windows, which can be
stored as part of a Screenset.
Resizing the Parameters Area
You can alter the size of the entire Parameters area in the Arrange, Score, Hyper, and
Environment windows by moving your mouse cursor over the resize bars (the gray,
vertical bar with the two vertical lines) between the Parameters area and the column to
the right. As an example, the Arrange window’s Track List. The cursor appearance will
change, allowing you to click and drag horizontally. As you do so, the Parameters area
is resized, until the mouse button is released. The smallest “unit” of the resizing grid is
the width of a tool in the toolbox.
This facility makes reading parameter names and labels clearer.
Menu Handling
Given Logic’s extensive range of data manipulation functions, it would be impractical
to display all of them in the main menu bar. To ensure that only relevant functions are
available in each editor, a local menu system is employed.
Logic’s menus are accessed in the same way as in other applications: click-hold on the
menu title, move the mouse over the desired item, and release the mouse button. In
hierarchical menus, a right-pointing arrow is shown beside the item. If you highlight
such an item, a sub-menu will be displayed to the right. To select an item from this sub-
menu, move the mouse to the right, into the sub-menu, and then move vertically over
the desired item. Release the mouse button to activate the selected function.
Note: A short click on any of the local menus will result in the menu remaining open,
even after you have released the mouse button. A long click will result in the behavior
described above.