Was wondering if it's me or.......

Bill-the-repair-guy wrote on 6/29/2024, 10:21 PM

I have been reading the manual..... trying to source info and use the correct terms. I am a retired IT guy, that started out doing Home and small business computer repair / networking (retired now). use to dislike when customers would call the whole PC a "hard drive" or say "I have had a pc for 10 years and have learned nothing" lol 😆😆. anyway. Seems like to snag the timeline i have to go all the way up where the timeline marker is and click, then there is just a narrow space up there to drag the timeline. is there a setting to make it so i can click anywhere in a track to get the timeline and likewise drag the timeline from anywhere in a track. I believe my Vegas 16 was like that. Then also when I am adding text, the text properties box, if i want to scroll down to see hidden properties below the bottom of the window ( yes I can resize the window, then i have to resize back again when done) I have to go all the waaaaaaaaay over to the scroll bar for the text properties window. It would be so nice to be able to click outside of the text prop box then use the mouse wheel. thanks in advance, really having a lot of fun now that I bought a better video card.

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Gid wrote on 6/30/2024, 12:13 AM

@Bill-the-repair-guy

😂 Funny you should mention this, read my comments on this recent post, I too asked that very simple question. https://www.magix.info/us/forum/scrolling-suggestion-thoughts-please--1339441/#ca1940417

I use Vegas most of the time now & when I come back to Movie Studio I click anywhere on the timeline, nothing happens, I then remember I have to click the very top of the timeline to grab or position the timeline marker,

is there a setting to make it so i can click anywhere in a track

I'm 99.9% certain that the answer is no, I say 99.9% but you'll have to read the replies to know why I say that & the reason I gave a 😂 at the start of this reply.

AAProds wrote on 6/30/2024, 1:44 AM

@Bill-the-repair-guy

is there a setting to make it so i can click anywhere in a track to get the timeline and likewise drag the timeline from anywhere in a track.

Not that I am aware of. In Settings, on the System tab, there is a tickbox for making the Playback marker jump to the start of an object when you click the object, but that's probably not what you want.

Why? Clicking objects is the only way of selecting them for moving or applying effects. You could possibly have a keyboard shortcut such as CTRL+Click to make the Play Marker jump.

I don't understand your second question: could you give us a screenshot of a before and during looing at the text properties window?

Gid wrote on 6/30/2024, 6:07 AM

I have to go all the waaaaaaaaay over to the scroll bar'

@AAProds Hi, I think he's talking about this in the second question but I'm no sure, similar to the timeline question, you have to have the mouse cursor on the scroll bar to use the mouse wheel to scroll down.

johnebaker wrote on 6/30/2024, 10:21 AM

@Bill-the-repair-guy, @AAProds, @Gid

For the first half of your question, can you post a screenshot of the full program interface so we can see the layout you are working with.

Do you have one or two monitors and what size?

OT: . . . . having a lot of fun now that I bought a better video card . . . .

👍👍 - can you update your system specs in your signature please.

John EB

Bill-the-repair-guy wrote on 7/1/2024, 7:41 AM

@Bill-the-repair-guy

is there a setting to make it so i can click anywhere in a track to get the timeline and likewise drag the timeline from anywhere in a track.

Not that I am aware of. In Settings, on the System tab, there is a tickbox for making the Playback marker jump to the start of an object when you click the object, but that's probably not what you want.

Why? Clicking objects is the only way of selecting them for moving or applying effects. You could possibly have a keyboard shortcut such as CTRL+Click to make the Play Marker jump.

I don't understand your second question: could you give us a screenshot of a before and during looing at the text properties window?

sure,

Bill-the-repair-guy wrote on 7/1/2024, 7:46 AM

this is the text properties box, to scroll down to see the rest of the properties, I should be able to go anywhere to the right of the property box in the empty area and use the mouse scroll wheel, maybe a RC first. I have to go all the way over to the window vertical slider, that is so windows 98 lol

Bill-the-repair-guy wrote on 7/1/2024, 7:51 AM

@Bill-the-repair-guy, @AAProds, @Gid

Hi

For the first half of your question, can you post a screenshot of the full program interface so we can see the layout you are working with.

Do you have one or two monitors and what size?

OT: . . . . having a lot of fun now that I bought a better video card . . . .

👍👍 - can you update your system specs in your signature please.

John EB

sure

Bill-the-repair-guy wrote on 7/1/2024, 7:54 AM

I have 2 x 27" monitors, right now for monitor #2 I am using a 40" Vizio LCD TV. Updated my profile hardware specs.