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Fader

A Fader is a sliding control used to adjust a parameter such as gain. The Design tab styles the selected Fader on a Control Panel. The sections appear top to bottom in the Modifier Panel.

Design tab for a Fader, showing the Change Control Type, Alignment, Layer Order, Transform, Theme, Cap Style, and Appearance sections

Change Control Type

See Common Controls.

Alignment

See Common Controls.

Layer Order

See Common Controls.

Transform

See Common Controls.

Theme

See Common Controls.

Cap Style

See Common Controls.

The Fader has seven cap styles, plus an option for no cap.

The Cap Style section for a Fader, showing the seven cap styles, the no-cap option, and the Size slider

Faders showing each cap style, from left to right, with the last fader having no cap

Appearance

The Fader's Appearance section adds Cap Color, Cap Detail Color, and a Track color and size to the common appearance properties. See Common Controls.

On a Fader:

  • Fill Color — Set its opacity below 100% to show the track through it.
  • Thickness — The overall width of the fader.
  • Shadow — The shadow of the cap.

Each color property opens the color selector. See Choosing a Color.

Use an Image for the Cap

You can use an image for the cap, such as a photo of a real fader cap.

  1. In Cap Style, choose the seventh cap style, the plain rectangle.
  2. In Appearance, click Cap Color.
  3. In the color selector dropdown, select Image.

  4. Click Import Image to load the image, or choose a previously loaded image from the list.

    The Image list in the Cap Color selector, with a previously loaded fader image selected

A Fader with an image of a fader cap

Design tab for a Fader, showing the Appearance, Scale, and Unity sections

Fader

The Fader section shows or hides the fader itself. Clear the checkbox to hide the fader while keeping the control's Up Down Buttons, Label, and Readout. Use this to build a pair of up and down buttons, with or without a value readout, that has no fader between them.

The Position toggle in the Label and Readout sections offers a fifth, center position, which places the label or readout where the fader would be. The center position takes effect only while the fader is hidden; while the fader is shown, it is treated as the bottom position. If you set both the label and the readout to the center position, the readout takes it and the label moves to the bottom. The center position is also available when you select several controls, as long as at least one of them is a Fader.

Fader Readout

Scale

See Common Controls.

Unity

See Common Controls.

Design tab for a Fader, showing the Unity, Up Down Buttons, and Label sections

Up Down Buttons

See Common Controls.

Label

See Common Controls.

Design tab for a Fader, showing the Label and Readout sections

Readout

See Common Controls.

Design tab for a Fader, showing the Readout section