Customize Direct Select on the Ion?

Hey Everyone,

I have requested the Ion for a show that I am doing. It is the first time that I will have focused time on the console. I am trying to play with a touch screen and perhaps Direct selects. Is there a way to customize what direct selects are in the module or customize the layout. It is not a programming intensive show, that is why I kind of chose to use now so I can play with it and really figure it out. With the touch screen it would be great if I could put in direct selects that I think that  I would want to use the most.

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  • Similarly related question from a novice user.  I work at a communal board that recently upgraded to v2.0.  My direct selects page now only has 2 groupings of 20 blocks, whereas I used to be able to view groupings of all 4 palettes I need.

    I tried closing/reopening the module but for some reason it simply opens up a new direct selects tab with a grid format.  Is this a flexi thing, or format?  Is it a tab vs module thing?

  • 2 times 20 is only half a screen worth of DS, but you say tab, and you only get them full screen. DS don't listen to Format and not to the Flexi key. (but there is a new onscreen Flexi button while selecting what target types to show, although this wouldn't do what you describe).

    if it's really one screen that only has 2x20 i'm at a loss. could you post a screenshot?

  • Thank you for trying to help out, the problem seems to have been fixed.  I believe it was open as a module above the CIA, so only half the screen.  I wound up just closing everything that was open and reopening it as a tab full screen, then I was able to use the onscreen flexi toggle to expand for more palette options.

    I'm slowly learning, thanks again!

  • Another way to tackle your custom button screen is to simply design a magic sheet with all of the shortcut touch buttons that you need. That way you can have the flexibility to fill the entire screen with whatever you want, and you can design some custom executable macros or even replicate console buttons on the MS.

    I know you found a solution to your issue already, but I've been really excited about the Magic Sheets and the limitless possibilities that they give us to design a interface that works for the specific situation that we're in. This has changed my workflow completely for me in my field (Film & Television).

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  • Another way to tackle your custom button screen is to simply design a magic sheet with all of the shortcut touch buttons that you need. That way you can have the flexibility to fill the entire screen with whatever you want, and you can design some custom executable macros or even replicate console buttons on the MS.

    I know you found a solution to your issue already, but I've been really excited about the Magic Sheets and the limitless possibilities that they give us to design a interface that works for the specific situation that we're in. This has changed my workflow completely for me in my field (Film & Television).

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