Preferences: Box View

You can set the following preferences for the Box View:

Box View Preferences

Box View Preferences

Presentation Mode

Here you can specify, whether boxes shall be shown in horizontal or vertical presentation mode.

Presentation Mode

Frame

Regarding the frame of a box you can specify the following preferences:

Frame Preferences

Frame Preferences

Minimal Number of Frets

Here you can specify the minimal number of frets. Thus, independent of the fret span of a shown chord or scale block it is possible to enforce a certain width of a box. Of course, if a shown chord or scale block covers more frets the box will be adjusted accordingly.

Maximal Number of Empty Starting Frets

Here you can specify the maximal number of empty starting frets.

Maximal Number of Empty Starting Frets

Highlight Nut

Here you can specify whether or not the nut shall be drawn as a thick line.

Highlight Nut

Draw Doubled Strings

Here you can specify whether or not doubled strings shall be drawn as doubled lines.

Draw Doubled Strings

Draw Frets of Fretless Instruments Dotted

If you have a fretless instrument you can specify whether or not the frets shall be drawn dotted.

Draw Doubled Strings

Fret Number

Regarding the fret number of a box you can specify the following preferences:

Fret Number Preferences

Fret Number Preferences

Fret Numbers Mode

Here you can specify whether the fret number, which indicates the first fret of the box,
shall be displayed in Arabic (1, 2, 3, 4, ...) or Roman numerals (I, II, III, IV, ...).

Position

Here you can specify the position of the fret number.

Show Fret Number for First Fret

Here you can specify whether or not the fret number shall be shown for the first fret.

Frame Fret Number

Here you can specify whether or not the fret number shall be framed.

Fingering

Regarding the fingering of a box you can specify the following preferences:

Fingering Preferences

Fingering Preferences

Show Muted Strings

Here you can specify whether or not muted strings shall be marked with an X in front of the box.

Show Muted Strings

Draw Barre

Here you can specify whether or not barre chords shall be drawn as a thick black line.

Draw Barre

Put a Circle Round the Fingering

Here you can specify whether or not circles shall be put round the fingering.

Put a Circle Round the Fingering

Background Color

Here you can specify the background color of an encircled fingering. You can choose between white, black and red.

Hintergrundfarbe Fingersatz

Notation

Here you can specify the notation that shall be used to name the fingers of a fingering. You can choose between the following notations:

Standard Spanish German
1 i (=indice) Z (=Zeigefinger)
2 m (=medio) M (=Mittelfinger)
3 a (=anular) R (=Ringfinger)
4 q (=menique) K (=Kleiner Finger)

Fingering Notation

Notes/Intervals

Regarding the appearance of notes and intervals of a box you can specify the following preferences:

Notes/Intervals Preferences

Notes/Intervals Preferences

Frame Notes/Intervals

Here you can specify whether or not the additionally shown notes and/or intervals shall be framed.

Noten/Intervalle umrahmen

Background Color

Here you can specify the background color of framed notes and intervals. You can choose between white, black and green/yellow (notes/intervals).

Fingersatz einkreisen

Related topics

Workbench → Views → Box