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# User Interface Preferences

## Colour

Background field
  Displays the background brightness value. Editable

Brightness field
  Displays the brightness of interface elements such as buttons and fields. Editable.

Contrast field
  Displays the contrast of interface elements such as buttons and fields. Editable.

## On-Screen Widgets

On-screen Keyboard button
  Enable to have the on-screen keyboard appear when you enter text in a field.

Calculator Placement box
  Select where the calculator appears when you click in a numeric field.

## Display

Clip Information box
  Select to display frames or timecodes in frame marking controls, the timebar, segments, and the fields below the timeline.

Bold Font button
  Enable bold fonts on buttons.

Drag Transparency field
  Displays the transparency level of clips while dragging. Editable.

## Auto Key Button Look

Auto Key look box
  Select whether to apply a Classic (grey) or Coloured (yellow) look to the Auto Key button.

## Thumbnail View

Snap to Grid button
  Enable to snap thumbnails to a grid. The grid becomes visible when this button is enabled.

Grid Size field
  Enter a value in pixels for the size of the boxes that make the grid.

Thumbnail Height field
  Enter a default value in pixels for the height of thumbnails displayed in the Thumbnail view. All new thumbnails are generated at this height. Existing ones are unchanged.

## Tooltips

Auto Display button
  Enable to automatically display tooltips. If disabled, you can still display tooltips for selected buttons using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+W.

Hover field
  Displays the amount of time you must position the mouse over the object before the tooltip displays (in seconds). Editable.

Duration field
  Displays the amount of time that the tooltip is visible (in seconds). Editable.

## Gestural Workflow

Swipe Bars button
  Click to enable swipe bars that you can use to switch views in different areas of your product.

Layout Selection Overlay button
  Click to enable the menu overlay in the Timeline view. You can use the menu overlay to change what is displayed in the Timeline view.