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Timeline view
A spatial overview of your event's pacing.
Timeline view
The Timeline tab gives you a horizontal, scrollable picture of your entire event. Where the cue list tells you what's in the show, the timeline shows you how long everything takes relative to everything else.
What you see
Shows are laid out left to right as sections, each with a header: a color dot, the show name, and the show's total duration. Beneath each header, the show's cues appear as boxes — each one sized proportionally to its duration in the event. A three-minute song takes roughly three times the width of a one-minute bumper.
Each cue box shows the cue title (truncated to fit) and the duration below it, color-coded by cue type. Very short cues — a few seconds or less — are enforced to a minimum width so they remain readable and don't shrink to a sliver.
Live playback
While a session is running, a live playhead moves across the timeline in real time — a downward-pointing triangle with a vertical line dropping through the shows. The active cue is brightened; completed cues are dimmed.
A stats bar at the top shows:
- Total — the combined duration of all cues in the event
- Elapsed — how much time has passed in the current session (shown during sessions)
- Remaining — how much is left (shown during sessions)
Read-only
The timeline is for viewing only. You can't drag cues to rearrange from here — reordering happens in the cue list using the ↑ / ↓ arrow buttons. The timeline reacts to changes you make in the cue list immediately.
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