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Live View
The control window is the central hub for TangoDisplay. It uses a sidebar for navigation with three sections:
Live
- Live — Status, preview, and quick-action buttons (this page)
- Setlist — Built-in player queue and playback controls (Built-In Player)
Settings
- Cortina Rules — Automatic cortina detection (Cortina Rules)
- Appearance — Colors, fonts, and transitions (Appearance)
- Display — Monitor and label settings (Display Settings)
- Player — Player source selection and built-in player settings (Built-In Player)
Profiles
- Profiles — Saved appearance profiles (Profiles)
The Setlist item is only active when Built-in Player is selected as the player source. Selecting it while using another source shows a prompt to switch.
The Live page 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) | A track is currently playing |
| Polling OK (green) | TangoDisplay successfully read track data on the last poll |
| Paused | The display is manually paused (dancer screen is frozen) |
When using the Built-in Player, status reflects local playback state rather than Music.app polling. The "Polling OK" indicator is not shown in this mode.
| Button | Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Force Poll | ⌘⇧R |
Immediately triggers a Music.app re-read, bypassing the normal notification/fallback-poll cycle |
| 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 |
| Last Tanda | Activates the Last Tanda label on the dancer display — label appears in the cortina coming-up section and throughout every dance track in the tanda. Toggle again to clear. Disabled if no Last Tanda label text is configured in Appearance Settings. |
All three keyboard shortcuts work globally — you don't need to switch to TangoDisplay first. The Last Tanda toggle has no shortcut.
The Last Tanda toggle activates the Last Tanda label on the dancer display. When toggled on:
- During a cortina: the label appears in the coming-up section alongside the next tanda preview.
- During dance tracks: the label appears as an orderable field in the Dance Tracks display.
The toggle is enabled only when a Last Tanda label text is configured and the Show in display option is on in Appearance › Last Tanda.
Works with any player source. For Built-in Player users, cortinas can also be pre-scheduled — see Last Tanda in the Built-in Player docs.
Turning the toggle off immediately clears the label from the display.
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.