MENU BAR

View Menu

The View menu contains commands for showing/hiding and arranging FL Studio windows.

Windows

• Playlist ( F5) - Shows/hides the Playlist window.
• Step Sequencer ( F6) - Shows/hides the Step Sequencer window.
• Piano roll ( F7) - Shows/hides the Piano roll window.
• Browser ( F8) - Shows/hides the Browser window.
• Mixer ( F9) - Shows/hides the Mixer window.
• Channel settings - Shows/hides the Channel Settings window.
• Plugin picker ( Ctrl+F8) - Displays an array of plugins (effects left, instruments right). To use the Plugin picker, click, hold and drag the icon associated with the plugin you want to use and the picker list will close. Drop the plugin on the target location inside FL Studio. See the Browser section of the manual for details on customizing the Plugin picker.
• Project picker ( Ctrl+Alt+F8) - Displays an array of Clips & Channels used in a project and the relationship between them, notice the yellow ticks, when the Mouse Cursor is placed over an item. The main purpose of the Project Picker is to select items by clicking on them for use in the Playlist.
• Toolbars -
  • Select / Deselect Transport, Output monitor, CPU, Shortcut, Extra shortcut, Recording, Time, Online, Hint Bar panels. The Hint bar option displays an additional floating Hint Bar panel in the lower-left corner of the FL Studio interface.
  • Lock - Locks the position of the Panels in the upper docking bar.

Layout

• Close all windows - ( F12) - Closes all windows in FL Studio.
• Close all unfocused windows - ( Ctrl + F12) - Closes all unselected (unfocused) windows .
• Arrange windows
  • Default - ( Shift+Ctrl+H) - Restores the default layout.
  • Alternate - Simply an alternate layout. Try it, you may like it :)
  • Outside bottom taskbar - Extends the FL studio desktop so that it is under the Windows taskbar.
  • Save current arrangement - Saves the current layout, to be used before changing screen resolution (i.e changing display size or rotating a tablet PC view).
• Background - Allows you to choose wallpaper for FL Studio main window.
• Set bitmap wallpaper - Allows you to use an image for the main window background.
• Set HTML document - Lets you choose an HTML document for the main window background.

Browser

• Undo history - Expands the history section in the Project Browser.
• Automation - Expands the history section in the Project Browser.
• Generators in use - Expands the instruments section in the Project Browser.
• Effects in use - Expands the effects section in the Project Browser.
• Remote control - Expands the remote control section in the Project Browser.
• Plugin database - Opens the Plugin Database ( Shift+F8).