Tab Navigation & Views

Exaplay 3 has two levels of tab navigation: the main view tabs in the header bar and the sub-header tabs inside the Main Editor view.

Main View Tabs (Header)

The header bar contains the tabs that switch the entire page:

Tab	Path	Purpose	Visibility
PRODUCE & PLAY	/	Full composition editor — programming and design	Always
CONTROL	/control	Operator control view — show running	Hidden in Control Buddy mode
OUTPUTS	/outputs	Display and output configuration, including per-screen warp & blend	Always
NETWORK	/systems	Networked Exaplay instances — discovery, sync, and multi-client management	Hidden in Client Mode

Geometric warping and edge blending are edited per screen field inside the OUTPUTS view — see Projection Mapping & Warp/Blend.

The active tab is highlighted with the primary accent colour and a glowing underline.

Visibility Rules

Not every machine shows the same top-level tabs:

• Client Mode hides the NETWORK tab, and the machine becomes read-only for show editing
• Control Buddy Mode hides the embedded CONTROL tab from the main editor shell

Sub-Header Tabs (Inside PRODUCE & PLAY)

When you are in the PRODUCE & PLAY view, the sub-header below the header shows the composition tabs. Each composition is either a Timeline or a Playlist:

Composition type	What it shows
Timeline	Clip arrangement across tracks and time
Playlist	List of discrete show cues

Click any composition tab to switch to that composition's editor. The Media & Live panel sits at the bottom of the editor, below the active Timeline or Playlist.

Control View Tabs

Inside the Operator Control view (/control) a horizontal tab bar provides access to:

Tab	Purpose
▶️ Playback	Composition and Playlist playback controls
🎚️ Controls	Custom sliders, toggles, and buttons
📺 Devices	PJLink projectors and TCP device control
📅 Schedule	Time-based automatic scheduling
🎨 User Panels	Build and manage end-user panels

Outputs View

The OUTPUTS view contains two section switcher buttons:

Section	Purpose
Screens & Fields	Configure virtual screens and composition fields
Outputs	Create and arrange displays (size + position), bind them to a physical output or a machine, and assign them to screens

Network View

The NETWORK view shows all Exaplay instances discovered on the local network. See Multi-Client Setup for a full guide.

Key features:

• Systems list — auto-discovered remote Exaplay instances with UP/DOWN status
• Active Sync — automatically push media files to remotes every 10 seconds
• Copy Files — manually copy the sync folder contents to all online remotes
• Per-remote status — see sync status (idle, syncing, ok, error) for each machine

User View Tabs

The User View (/user) shows a dynamic tab strip — one tab per User Panel configured by the operator. Tabs are colour-coded with the panel's accent colour.

If no panels have been configured, the User View shows a prompt to visit the Control Panel to create panels.

Direct panel links can also open a single panel immediately using its readable URL, for example:

http://<engine-ip>:8123/main-stage-controls_panel.htm