This page covers the panel on the right of the cue list: what is inside the line you selected. Use it to see what an item is made of without unfolding half the list.
Opening it
The Item button at the bottom left, in the status bar. The cue list narrows to number, title and status while it is open, so both fit side by side.
The width you drag it to is remembered, per playout, and it comes back the way you left it after a restart.
What it shows
| You selected | The pane shows |
|---|---|
| A group or part | Its items, in order, with their own numbers and settings |
| A cue with a music bed under it | The bed: which cue it starts at, which one it runs until, its volume, and whether it repeats |
| The archive folder | What is stored in it |
| Nothing | An invitation to pick a line |
For each item it shows the settings that apply to it, so you can change a follow action or a trim from here as easily as from the list itself.
The ▲ and ▼ at the top of the pane step to the previous or next line of the list, and the pane follows.
Following what is live
Follows live, at the top of the pane, switches what it tracks: instead of whatever you selected, it shows what is on air.
During a broadcast that is usually the setting you want. The pane then becomes a second display of the block you are in the middle of, while your hands are free to move the green marker around the main list looking ahead.
Reordering from the pane
Drag items up and down inside the pane to change their order; that changes the order in the list itself.
On a block of twelve steps that is quicker and safer than dragging in the main list — there is nothing else nearby to drop onto by accident.
When to leave it shut
During a straightforward show, shut. It costs width that the title column can use, and the list already reports the states that matter through its colours.
Open it when a block is not doing what you expected, and the question is what is actually inside it.