Opening/closing the timeline

If the required timeline including the arranged tracks is not visible, you can open it as follows:

1. In the Media Pool click on category Timelines and open the corresponding folder, if necessary.

2. In the line of the corresponding timeline click Display and the timeline is opened while the previously opened one is closed. If the new timeline is to be added to the active group as a separate tab you need to press Ctrl additionally when clicking Display. Please bear in mind that a number of opened timelines requires more performance.

• Timeline tabs can be moved by grabbing the top of the tab with the mouse and dragging it to the desired location in the group of labeled timeline tabs.

• When a high number of timeline tabs is open, some tabs will not be visible, which can be recognized by the symbol in the top right-hand corner. If you click you will see a list of all timeline tabs of this group and you can open the required timeline by clicking on the tab.

• Close a timeline tab by activating it and clicking the symbol in the top right corner of the tab. Any possible playback is stopped.

• You can close all opened timeline tabs at once by clicking Timeline in the main menu, followed by clicking - Close all timelines.

• Since jumping from one timeline to another leaves the corresponding timelines open you may encounter performance problems with too great a number of opened timelines. However, there is a setting which causes the timeline that was left after jumping to another timeline to be closed automatically.  This is how you activate the automatic closing function of the timeline

  Click Extras - Open folders Settings, following which Wings5.ini is displayed in Windows Explorer. Close Wings Vioso and open Wings5.ini in a text editor. Search for "Auto Close" and set Auto Close Timelines=1. After saving Wings5.in and starting Wings Vioso the timelines, after jumping, are closed automatically.

   

• Moreover, tabs can also be moved into an additional group. In such a case an additional timeline group is created and the contents of several timelines can be displayed simultaneously. Right-click the corresponding tab and click New horizontal group or New vertical group.

• Optionally, timeline tabs can be displayed in different colors. See Options - Global Options - User interface.