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Resizing screen controls – Apple MainStage 2 User Manual

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To move multiple screen controls
Do one of the following:

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Shift-click the screen controls, then drag them to a new position.

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Hold down the Shift key as you drag around the controls, then drag them to a new
position.

You can constrain the movement of screen controls to either horizontal or vertical by
pressing Shift while dragging them.

If a screen control overlaps another screen control in the workspace when you switch
from Layout mode to another mode, an alert appears, asking if you want the overlapped
controls to be highlighted so you can adjust them before leaving Layout mode.

Resizing Screen Controls

You can resize screen controls to make them more easily visible or to fit them into a
smaller area. When you select a screen control, blue resize guides appear over it that you
can drag to resize the control.

To resize a screen control

1

Select the screen control in the workspace.

Blue resize guides appear over the screen control.

2

Drag the resize guides to resize the screen control.

Drag the outer resize
guides to resize the
screen control.

For screen controls with a text display area, such as a knob or fader, you can resize the
text display area independently from the control or resize them together.

To resize the text display area of a screen control

1

Select the screen control in the workspace.

2

Drag the inner resize guide to increase the area of the text display.

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Chapter 7

Working in Layout Mode