5.4.4. Changing tier attributes

Do one of the following to change the attributes of an already existing tier:

  1. Use the mouse.

    1. In the Timeline Viewer, right-click at about the height of the tier that you want to change. A pull-down menu appears.

    2. In the pull-down menu, click on Change tier attributes. The Change tier attributes dialog window for that tier appears.

      Timeline context menu

      Figure 5.16. Timeline context menu


    3. Change the tier attributes in the dialog that now appears and confirm by clicking on Change.

      Change tier attributes

      Figure 5.17. Change tier attributes


      [Note]Note

      You can’t change the Parent Tier nor the Linguistic type in this dialog because of possible data loss this alterations would cause. To change these settings in a safe way (i.e. creating a copy of the tier and changing this copy) see Section 5.4.4 and Section 5.4.7).

  2. Use the Tier menu.

    1. Click on Tier menu.

    2. Go to Change tier attributes…

    3. Click on the drop down box and select the tier which attributes you want to change. The Change tier attributes dialog window for that tier appears.

    4. After making the changes, click on Change to save them. Otherwise click Cancel to exit the window without saving.

    Tier menu

    Figure 5.18. Tier menu


Besides the options in the dialog window Change tier attributes there are three more options that can be reached by clicking on the More Options... button. In the new dialog window you can change tier name color, tier highlight color (painted as background color) and tier font by clicking Browse..., selecting a color or font and clicking OK. To apply the new color and font click Apply.