Arrange Window: Sorting Layers

[Jerome]

Hey there---

 

first post on the LPH forum

 

I was fiddling around in Logic, and by complete luck realized that if you add ":" to a layer name, it will create a "folder" in the layer's list in the Arrange page.

 

For example, you could have

VSL: Woodwinds

VSL: Strings

VSL: Brass

Giga: Strings

Giga: Brass

 

... and, in the Arrange window, the layers will show up as two folders (VSL and Giga) and their subfolders (Woodwinds, Strings, Brass / Strings, Brass).

 

So, I messed around and found out that if you add an "-" at the start of a layer name, and add a basic object in thats same layer (like an blank instrument), then it will show as a separator (a big line) in the list of layers.

 

So, I was wondering if anyone knew - or where I could find - the complete list of triggers/keys that you can put in a layer's name to change the way it shows up in the Arrange page?

 

Thanks in advance,

Jerome

[David Nahmani]

I am not sure what you mean by Arrange layers. As far as I know, the Arrange doesn't have "layers" (The Environment does), but folders. A folder can contain other folders and the naming convention for naming an Arrange window is:

 

: Arrange

 

or for nested folders:

 

:: Arrange

 

and so on...

[Jerome]

Hi--

 

well, what I'm trying to say is that in the Arrange page, when you hold on a track name, you can then see a the list of layers that exist in your environment.

 

By default, the layers are sorted by name and they all appear as a list.

 

As I pointed out, and as you said, if you add an ":" in the name, you can create folders and subfolders in that list.

 

As I also pointed out, if you add an "-" at the start of a layer's name (in the environment), the layer disappears from the list in the Arrang page, and instead it creates a separator, a line.

 

So, my questions was, where can I find the list of keys, besides ":" and "-", that act directly on the way layers show up in the Arrange page. There must be other modifier than ":" and "-" ...

 

Jerome

[David Nahmani]

I see what you mean.

 

I don't know of any other naming conventions for Environment layers.

 

You have a couple of preferences for the way you want to display that menu in Logic Pro > Preferences > Display > General, under 'menu', although that wasn't really your question.

[Jerome]

Hmmm... do you know *who* could have that kind of information? I mean, why didn't Apple mention it in the User Manual?

 

Jerome

[David Nahmani]

As far as I know the ones you mentioned are the only one that affect the hierarchical menu appearance.

 

I'm not sure why the information is not in the manual.