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 Show value units for checkboxes: When turned on, parameter values are appended by
the appropriate measurement unit (“Hz” or “%,” for example). You can set this option
separately for “Instrument/plug-in parameters” and “Volume and other parameters.” If
you can do without value units, the display is less cluttered.
Note: This parameter only applies while you are editing the relevant values.
Modal Dialog Display
All modal dialogs (except File Open dialogs) appear on the LCD of control surfaces that
feature text displays. Examples of modal dialogs include; authorization warnings, edit
confirmations, or error messages. While a modal dialog is visible, you cannot perform
actions in any other window.
The modal dialog text appears in the upper row of the LCD. If the dialog text does not
fit in the LCD’s upper row, it starts scrolling after three seconds. You can scroll the
dialog text manually with the appropriate control (see assignment tables in the chapter
for your device). Once you start scrolling the text manually, automatic scrolling is
disabled.
 If the control surface has an Enter or OK button, it triggers the dialog’s default
button, where applicable.
 If the control surface has a Cancel or Exit button, it triggers the button labeled Cancel
or Abort, where applicable.
 All buttons in the modal dialog (push buttons, including Enter/default and Cancel, as
well as checkboxes and radio buttons, but not pop-up menus) appear in the display’s
lower row.
Pressing a control surface button below the display triggers the appropriate function in
the dialog, if applicable. Once you press an Enter/Cancel button on the control surface
or click its counterpart on the computer screen, the dialog disappears, and all controls
and displays return to their previous state.
When an File Open dialog appears onscreen, the message
There is a file select
dialog on the screen appears on the control surface display (if applicable to your unit).