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Using the Layout tab toolbar


    The toolbar for the Layout tab in the movie viewer window provides the following buttons:

    • The Position/Resize Track button Position/Resize Track button lets you move or resize a track. Move a track by dragging it from anywhere inside its boundaries, and resize a track by dragging a blue handle. If the Snap feature is on, any change you make in position or size snaps to the closest grid coordinate. To have more flexibility in track placement, turn off snap by choosing View > Snap. To show and hide the grid or rulers, choose View > Show/Hide Grid or View > Show/Hide Rulers.
    • The Skew Track button Skew Track button lets you reshape a track into a parallelogram by dragging a blue handle.
    • The Rotate Track button Rotate Track button lets you rotate a track in any direction by dragging a blue handle, up to a complete rotation of 360 degrees.
    • The Lock Track button Lock Track button and the Unlock Track button Unlock Track button let you lock and unlock a track. When you select a locked track, GoLive dims the track's handles in the Layout tab to prevent you from making any changes. GoLive also displays "Locked" in parentheses after the track name in the track content area of the Timeline Editor and disables the track's properties in the Inspectors.
    • The Bring To Front button Bring To Front button brings the selected track to the top of the layering order. You can bring the selected track forward one layer at a time by choosing Movie > Track > Bring Forward.

    Tip iconYou can also change the layering order of tracks by dragging them in the Timeline Editor. (See Setting the layering order of tracks.)

    • The Send To Back button Send To Back button sends the selected track to the bottom of the layering order. You can send the selected track backward one layer at a time by choosing Movie > Track > Send Backward.