.. _editsource:

Edit Source (Panel)
--------------------

.. image:: ../_images/edit_source.jpg
    :alt: Edit Source Panel.

The Edit Source Panel shows the :ref:`Source Controller<sourcecontrollers>` of the selected :ref:`source<sourcetypes>`, or the settings of the selected :ref:`Source Group<sourcegroups>`, and is where all of their parameters are changed. It replaces the pop-up source editor of earlier versions of System Optimiser.

**What it Shows**
    The panel follows the selection:

    * Click a source in the :ref:`Source Manager<sourcemanager>`, or the :ref:`3D View<3dview>`, to show its controller.
    * Click a group's name in the :ref:`Source Manager<sourcemanager>` to show the group's position offset and gain / delay deltas.
    * A newly created source or group is shown straight away.

    When nothing is selected, the panel reads 'No Source Selected'.

**Live Editing**
    Every change takes effect immediately - in the :ref:`3D View<3dview>`, the :ref:`Sideview<sideview>` and every other panel.

The Edit Source Panel is part of the default :ref:`3D SOURCES<Sources>` and :ref:`2D SOURCE<2DSource>` layouts, as the first tab of the lower-left panel stack, and cannot be closed there. It can be opened from the panel add menu in a :ref:`custom tab<Custom View Modes>`. Only one Edit Source Panel can be open per :ref:`tab<View Modes>`.

.. note::
    Tabs whose layout was saved with an earlier version of System Optimiser do not show the new panel until the tab is reset (right-click the tab and choose 'Reset View'), or the panel is added from the panel add menu.

As with all :ref:`Panels<panels>`, the Edit Source Panel can be resized and moved using :ref:`Panel Drag & Drop<paneldrag>`, and 'popped out' into an :ref:`additional System Optimiser window<discreet System Optimiser Windows>`. The location of this Panel will be saved as part of the current :ref:`tab<View Modes>`.