The "Sequence Grid" tab is accessed by selecting Sequencer Preferences from the Sequencer's Tools menu. From here you can control:
•How tool-tips are displayed on the sequence grid
•How color samples are displayed during playback
•How progress is indicated during playback
The Sequencer Preferences - Sequence Grid Tab
Tool-tip Preferences
•Seconds before closing automatically
•Manually close tooltips on mouseover
•Manually close tooltips on click
Enable tooltips
If this box is checked, when the mouse is over a sequence grid, a tool-tip displaying information about the cell being pointed to can be displayed.
Seconds before opening
If tool-tips are enabled, this text box controls how many seconds it will take before the tool-tip pops up, when the mouse is kept still over a sequence grid.
You do not have to specify a whole number; for example, you can set it to six tenths of a second by entering "0.6".
Seconds before closing automatically
If tool-tips are enabled, this checkbox and text box control whether or not they will automatically close themselves a certain amount of time after being opened. If the checkbox is checked, they will automatically close after the number of seconds specified in the text box.
You do not have to specify a whole number; for example, you can set it to three-quarters of a second by entering "0.75".
Manually close tool-tips on mouseover
If tool-tips are enabled, selecting this option will make them close when you roll your mouse over them. The other option is to make them close when you click on them.
Manually close tool-tips on click
If tool-tips are enabled, selecting this option will make them close when you click on them. The other option is to make them close when you roll your mouse over them.
Color Sample Preferences
This option controls the width of the color sample area (just to the right of the channel names, as shown in the picture below). Choose "No color sample" to not display color samples at all.
Playback Progress Preferences
This option controls how the playback marker is displayed. The options are:
•Use a moving marker. This displays a marker at the current playback location, regardless of timing marks.
•Highlight the current column. This highlights the timing marks immediately before and after the current playback location.
•Highlight the current timing mark. This highlights a timing mark as the current playback position reaches it. When the playback position is between timing marks, nothing is highlighted. This mode is useful for verifying that your timing marks match the music.
Playback in Progress