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faster access to the Fade Changes button?

perhaps its uncommon to use the button as much as i do every day, but il throw it out there anyway.

Its a bit of a pain keeping the Fade Changes button on the programmer window as i usually have it on an external monitor to free up space in the touchscreens for pallets. So in the heat of a show when im turning fade changes on or off its usually too slow to find the mouse, move it over, and hit the button on the external display. I end up moving the window to a touchscreen, hitting it, and then moving the window back.

It wouldnt be so bad if the cursor didnt move every time you touched the screens. Then i could just leave the cursor over the button most of the time.

It just seems like its such a useful feature that it deserves easier access for on the fly lighting which is usually pretty hectic anyway. That blank soft button on the top bar would be great.

There are some buttons on the hog that i dont think do a damn thing right now. Like the control button? Or have i just never looked into it? It would be great if some of those unused blank buttons could be mapped to Fade Changes or maybe even a macro in the settings somewhere.
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    Adam,
    I recently moved a show from a 4 screen console back to a 2 screen console because the power of views eliminated the need to keep using my external touch screens. Yes, I understand you are not using external touch screens but I also realized that if I just add back one monitor (no touch) it would be a dock for my additional tools.

    Trust me on this, the view palettes are your best friends. I have found that creating a view page for each fixture type on my rigs gives me instant access to things. Try splitting up your views on to multiple pages and then do this. Close all windows and capture the editors you are constantly changing as views and then change them to additive views. Do this for one on the external monitor and one on the desk monitor.

    This way, when you open an editor, it will start on your external monitor if that was where you left it, or just touch the button to send it to the external. When you have finished editing from your palette groups, simply press the view to move the editor to the desk screen and you can touch fade changes (or whatever else you need to change).
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    Adam,
    I recently moved a show from a 4 screen console back to a 2 screen console because the power of views eliminated the need to keep using my external touch screens. Yes, I understand you are not using external touch screens but I also realized that if I just add back one monitor (no touch) it would be a dock for my additional tools.

    Trust me on this, the view palettes are your best friends. I have found that creating a view page for each fixture type on my rigs gives me instant access to things. Try splitting up your views on to multiple pages and then do this. Close all windows and capture the editors you are constantly changing as views and then change them to additive views. Do this for one on the external monitor and one on the desk monitor.

    This way, when you open an editor, it will start on your external monitor if that was where you left it, or just touch the button to send it to the external. When you have finished editing from your palette groups, simply press the view to move the editor to the desk screen and you can touch fade changes (or whatever else you need to change).
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