Any way to shrink the top Control Bar in X2?

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2012/10/22 16:34:16 (permalink)

Any way to shrink the top Control Bar in X2?

Any way to shrink the top Control Bar in X2? It's so dang...big. Takes up a lot of real estate. I don't mind it there, but wish it were half the height. Everything in X2 seems big, UI-wise. The only thing I can shrink besides the track heights are the mixer channel widths...and even those are bigger than the old pre-X versions of Sonar. Does Cakewalk expect everyone to own a pair of 50-inch monitors?  :I

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    daryl1968
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    Re:Any way to shrink the top Control Bar in X2? 2012/10/22 16:44:37 (permalink)
    Elson - just use the keyboard shortcut 'C' - open and close it when you need it

      
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    Re:Any way to shrink the top Control Bar in X2? 2012/10/22 16:51:37 (permalink)
    Yep, the C keypress is the way to go. Gone when you don't want it there when you do.

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    Re:Any way to shrink the top Control Bar in X2? 2012/10/22 16:52:42 (permalink)
    Another option is to grab it's far right end and drag it till it floats so you can move it around or even to another monitor.
     
     
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    Re:Any way to shrink the top Control Bar in X2? 2012/10/22 21:19:30 (permalink)
    Hm, thanks. I'll give "C" a shot.

    Speaking of the control bar, is there a way to alter the color scheme for it? Especially the light blue color, especially the "LCD" screen? I don't seem to see any parameters in the color preferences that pertain to the Control Bar.

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    Re:Any way to shrink the top Control Bar in X2? 2012/10/22 22:04:07 (permalink)
    There is a way but not officially...

    My X2 looks today like this:
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    Re:Any way to shrink the top Control Bar in X2? 2012/10/22 22:54:37 (permalink)
    Also F11 gets rid of the window title bar. New feature in X2!

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