Live View
The Live section is the main control window. It shows what is currently playing, a live preview of the dancer display, and quick-action buttons.
At the bottom of the preview area:
| Indicator | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Playing (green) | Music.app is playing a track |
| Polling OK (green) | TangoDisplay successfully read track data on the last poll |
| Paused | The display is manually paused (dancer screen is frozen) |
| Button | Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Force Poll | ⌘⇧R |
Immediately re-reads Music.app instead of waiting for the next 2s interval |
| Override… | ⌘⇧O |
Opens a dialog to manually set what text appears on the display |
| Pause Display | ⌘⇧P |
Freezes the dancer screen; pressing again resumes live updates |
All three shortcuts work globally — you don't need to switch to TangoDisplay first.
Below the buttons, TangoDisplay shows the currently detected values:
- Title — track name (may include vocalist in parentheses)
- Artist — orchestra / artist name
- Genre — the genre tag from Music.app
- Tanda — position within the current tanda, e.g. "Track 1 of 4"
The Debug Log disclosure item at the bottom expands to show recent polling events, AppleScript results, and cortina detection decisions. Useful for troubleshooting unexpected behaviour.