The Grid View Menu is opened by clicking the icon just to the right of the Grid View selector. The icon is marked with a red box in the following picture:
When opened, the menu displays options to control the grid view:
•Reset Displayed Props And Groups
•Reset Displayed Beat Channels
Add New View
This menu item prompts for the name of a new grid view. It then opens the Insert Props And Groups Dialog so that you can select the items that will be in the grid view.
Rename View
This menu item allows you to enter a new name for the current grid view
Save View As
This menu item prompts for the name of a new grid view. It then copies the current grid view into the new one.
Delete View(s)
This menu item displays a displays a dialog where you can choose one or more grid views to delete from the sequence. Click the check boxes next to the grid views you wish to delete.The current grid view will be checked by default. Clicking the "Select All" check box will select all grid views. Clicking it again will clear all check boxes.
You cannot delete the "Show All Items" grid view, as it is system-generated.
The Delete Grid Views dialog
Append Items To View
This menu item opens the Insert Props And Groups Dialog, and then appends the selected items to the bottom of the current grid view. Does not apply to the "Show All Items" grid view.
Reset Displayed Props And Groups
This menu item opens the Insert Props And Groups Dialog, and then replaces the items in the current grid view with the ones selected in the dialog. Does not apply to the "Show All Items" grid view.
Reset Displayed Beat Channels
This menu item opens a dialog that allows you to select amongst the beat channels defined in the sequence. The newly selected beat channels replace any that are currently displayed in the grid.
Add New Sub-menu
This menu item opens a sub-menu that allows you to add a new a loop row, subsequence, beat channel, or RGB aggregate. "Add New" is also available on the main menu at Sequence > Add New.
Sort Item List
This menu item opens the sort dialog, allowing you to reorder the item list. It sorts the top level of the item list. For each category of item, click the radio button according to your desired sort priority. "1" means it sorts to the top; "6" means it sorts to the bottom. Items at the same sort priority will be intermixed and sorted together alphabetically.
The Sort Item List Dialog
Other ways of reordering the item list include:
•Dragging an item and dropping it in its new position in the list.
•Right-clicking on a channel name and selecting "Sort Channels" from the pop-up menu.
Condensed View
This menu item toggles the condensed mode on and off.
Show Tree Lines
This menu item toggles the display of tree lines in the item list.
Expand All
This menu item causes all children for every item in the item list to be displayed.
Collapse All
This menu item causes all children for every item in the item list to be hidden.
Beat Channel Row Count
This menu item opens a dialog that allows you to modify the maximum number of beat channels that are displayed. The default is 10.
Grid Configuration Sub-menu
The "Grid Configuration" sub-menu is the same as the one at Sequence > Grid Configuration. See that topic for more information.