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Position

Per Røine
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Position defines a collection of one or more Surfaces. It typically aligns with the working role of an individual, such as Vision Mixer, Graphics, or Shader. Each Position can be tagged for better organization.

 

Create a Position

 To create a new Position, click the +Create button at the top of the left pane.

A dialog box will appear, prompting you to enter a label for the Position. It's a good idea to plan your naming conventions beforehand to maintain a logical and consistent system. You can also create Positions when configuring your Surfaces.
 

Click Create Position, and the Position configuration window will open.

The position configuration gives you a quick overview of the position, and you can change the name of the Position, add a description set or change the size of the Canvas assign or unassign surfaces add re arrange them on the canvas. We recommend that you arrange your surfaces in a similar way to how they are arranged in the real world. You can also set the position variables in this view. Variables are explained in another article. Click Apply when you have made all your changes. And Click Open Editor to go in to the Position Editor. 

The Position Editor window consists of three panes:

  • Left Pane: Navigation tree
  • Middle Pane: A 16 x 4 (default) grid called the Canvas.
  • Right Pane: Contains Inspector, Presets and Configuration tabs.

To gain more space for editing in the position view, you can minimize the left pane.

Configuration View


The surfaces in a position will make an outline on the canvas so that it's easy to se were to place the sections and buttons. 

You can also  click the Fit to current surface button, to resize the canvas to the the assigned surfaces. 

You can add as many surfaces to a position as you need, in any combination. Lets assign a Stream Deck Neo to the canvas as well The canvas will expand to make room for the Neo as well as the Mk2

Now, there are two Surfaces assigned to the Position. The outlines correspond to the button layouts of the assigned Surfaces:
  • The STREAM DECK Mk2 has 3 rows of 5 buttons.
  • The STREAM DECK Neo has 3 rows of 4 buttons.

You can combine Surfaces freely within the same Canvas. You can move surfaces around from the Configuration window, by clicking on a surface and dragging it to a new position. Overlapping parts of Surfaces will display shared buttons on both.

 

Position Variable

The definition of the variables are shared between all positions, while each position has its own current and initial value, independently of each other.
The values can also be used by any shared section used in a position, and will get the value from the position they are mounted on.

Variables are explained in this article



 

Create a Button


 

Click inside any rectangle on the Canvas; its outline will become dashed, indicating it's selected. Right-click to open the context menu. From here, you can create a Button, Section, Shift Section, Folder Section, Popover, Router or Shared Section. The Paste and Clear Selection options are self-explanatory, but the other features will be explained further.

 Click on Button. or you could simply press B instead of right clicking and selecting from the context menu.


You have now created a Button.

 

Moving the inspector


To optimize your workspace, you can move the Inspector pane from the side pane to the bottom of the screen. This setting provides more real estate for making multiple edits without excessive navigation.


 

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