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Manage Krakatoa GUI Rollouts Rollout

  Available in: Krakatoa v1.5.0 and higher.


In earlier versions of Krakatoa, all rendering controls were located in a single Floating UI containing various rollouts. While the rolled up state of the rollouts could be controlled and was sticky, a large number of these rollouts were barely or never used by a large number of Krakatoa artists.

In Krakatoa v1.5.0, the abilities to hide rarely used rollouts, to define custom layouts and store and restore them from disk, to float every rollout as an independent dialog or to dock into a Secondary floater were added.

The Manage Krakatoa GUI Rollouts rollout is the only element of the Primary Floater that cannot be hidden, floated or moved to a Secondary floater. It provides the following functionality:

Hiding/Unhiding Rollouts

  • The Manage Krakatoa GUI Rollouts rollout has two large list boxes.
    • The left list box shows the names and docked state of all hidden rollouts.
    • The right list box shows the names and docked state of all visible rollouts except for the Manage... rollout itself which is always visible.
    • The letter [D] shows that a rollout is DOCKED to the Primary Floater (the default state).
    • The letter [S] shows that a rollout is docked to the SECONDARY Floater.
    • The letter [F] shows that a rollout is FLOATED as independent dialog.
  • To hide one or more rollouts, select them on the right list and press the left arrow button [<] between the two lists to move them to the left list. The docked state will be preserved.
  • To unhide one or more rollouts, select them on the left list and press the right arrow button [>] between the two lists to move them to the right list. Since the docked state is preserved, the rollouts will become visible AND docked/floated in their original location.
  • Alternatively, double-click the rollout you want to move to the other list.

Selecting Rollouts on the lists

  • Several buttons allow the selection manipulation of the two list boxes.
    • The [All]button selects all rollouts in the corresponding list. This can be useful when changing the docked state or visibility of all hidden or visible rollouts.
    • The [Invert] button inverts the selection in the corresponding list.
    • The Sel.[D] button selects all rollouts in the corresponding list that are Docked to the Primary Floater.
    • The Sel.[S] button selects all rollouts in the corresponding list that are Docked to the Secondary Floater.
    • The Sel.[F] button selects all rollouts in the corresponding list that are Floated as independent dialogs.

Docking and Floating Rollouts

  • The rollouts currently selected on either list can be docked or floated using the following buttons:
    • Dock - all selected rollouts on the corresponding list will be set to Docked to the Primary Floater. Visible rollouts will be docked immediately. Hidden rollouts will be docked whenever they are moved to the visible list.
    • Float - all selected rollouts on the corresponding list will be set to Floated as independent dialogs. Visible rollouts will be floated immediately. Hidden rollouts will be floated whenever they are moved to the visible list.
    • Secondary - all selected rollouts on the corresponding list will be set to Docked to the Secondary Floater. Visible rollouts will be docked immediately. Hidden rollouts will be docked whenever they are moved to the visible list.

Custom Layout Presets

  • The hidden/visible state of each rollout, as well as its floated / docked state can be saved to a custom layour file.

To Save

  1. Configure the User Interface using the controls in the Manage Krakatoa GUI Rollouts rollout or by using the [>] buttons in individual rollouts.
  2. Enter a name for the current layout into the text field in the upper left corner of the Manage... rollout.
  3. Press the SAVE button to store the layout to disk.

To Load

  1. Select a previously saved Layout using the drop-down list in the upper right corner of the Manage... rollout. Note that the name of the layout will be placed in the text field.
  2. Press the LOAD button to restore the layout from disk.

To Update

  1. Make changes to the loaded layout.
  2. Press the SAVE button again - since the name of the last loaded layout preset will be placed in the text field, the changes will be saved back to the same file, overwriting the old ones.

Using the Rollout's []|> button

  • Every rollout except the Manage Krakatoa GUI Rollouts one has a []|> button next to the Help button in the upper right corner.
  • Left-clicking the button of a docked rollout will float it. The button on the floated dialog will turn into <|[].
    • Left-clicking the <|[] button will Dock the rollout back to the Primary Floater.
    • SHIFT+Left-clicking it will dock the rollout to the Secondary Floater.
  • SHIFT+Left-clicking the button of a docked rollout will dock it to the Secondary Floater. If the Secondary Floater did not have any docked rollouts, it will become visible. The button will turn to <|[].
    • SHIFT+Left-clicking the <|[] button of a rollout in the Secondary Floater will dock it back to the Primary Floater.
    • Left-clicking the <|[] button of a rollout in the Secondary Floater will float the rollout as independent dialog.
  • CTRL+Left-clicking the []|> or <|[] button of a docked or floated rollout will hide it without changing its docked state. To unhide it, you have to use the Manage Krakatoa GUI Rollouts controls.
  • Right-clicking the []|> or <|[] button will open a context menu with the relevant options to dock or float the rollout, the option to hide the rollout and a setting controlling the floating of the Secondary Floater.