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# Play graphic layers in a specific sequence

Sequencing is a powerful feature that lets you play graphic layers in a specific order.

1. Right-click anywhere on the row of column labels to add the Duration, Next Layer, and Delay columns to your Project List.

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2. Set up a new channel and populate it with graphic layers.

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3. Make sure the layers you desire to use for your sequence have a customized duration. Graphic layers will have a no-limit duration by default. This is denoted by `-- -- --` in the **Duration** column for that graphic layer. Double-click the cell that corresponds to the layer to enter a custom duration (minutes:seconds;frames). When a custom duration has been set for a graphic layer, the **Next Layer** cell for that graphic will become available.

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4. Use the **Next Layer** dropdown menu to select which graphic layer from that channel will play next.
5. If you assign a graphic layer to play next on itself, it will initiate a loop sequence and the graphic layer will play indefinitely until you play it out.

## Cue and take from the live-status column

Each row in the Project List has a live-status icon at the right edge. What a click on that icon does depends on Auto-live mode in the scheduler.

* **Auto-live ON**: a plain click runs the current playout command on the row. Off-air rows go on-air (Take); on-air rows come off (Take Off).
* **Auto-live OFF (cue/take)**: a plain click toggles the row’s Next state — clicking once cues the row, clicking again uncues it. Fire the cued row by double-clicking the icon, pressing Spacebar with the row selected (which runs Auto on that row), or using a Take action.

Modifier-click is constant regardless of Auto-live state:

* **Shift + click**: Take.
* **Ctrl + click**: Auto.
* **Alt + click**: Auto-in.

The live-status icon turns red when the row goes on-air, but it remains a play arrow — not a stop icon. Clicking the red icon runs the next playout command (typically Take Off) for that row.

In cue/take mode, the live-status icon uses a four-state dot palette instead of a play arrow:

* Grey dot: not cued, not on-air.
* Yellow dot: cued (Next).
* Red dot: on-air.
* Purple dot: on-air with a Next already set.

The dot palette has no in-app legend — operators new to cue/take mode may not recognize the colors at first.

## Per-variable columns on the Project List

When a layer has Dynamic variables, the Project List can show one column per variable with the current value at a glance. Right-click a column header to toggle these per-variable columns on or off. The values are read-only in the column — to change a value, use the **Live Values** tab in the Properties dock (see [Update variables in live graphic layers](/control-your-show/chapter-index/live-data-tab.md)).

Do not confuse the per-variable columns with the **Data Controller** column, which shows which Data Controllers are bound to each row, not the variable values themselves.

Per-variable columns refresh about once a second — useful as a quick read-out for operators monitoring several rows at once.

## Double-click the Preview column to edit the graphic

Double-clicking the **Preview** thumbnail in a row opens the [Designer](/design-and-customize-graphics/chapter-index-1.md) on that layer. This is the row equivalent of clicking the **Edit Graphic** button in the [Preview panel](/get-started/chapter-index-2/preview-panel.md).

The shortcut only works when your license includes the Designer. Without the Designer, double-clicking the Preview column has no effect.


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