# Visualize the tracks in the Track Editor screen

To access the Track Editor screen, choose Acquisition > Edit Tracks, or in the Experiment Explorer, under Acquisition click Track Editor.

In the track editing screen you can view the following objects.

▪A. The track area, where you can view:

▪The background. This can be of uniform color, the captured image of the arenas from the Arena Settings, or the content of the video file.

▪Arenas and zones as overlay objects.

▪Tracks (samples and paths).

▪B. The toolbar, which contains tools for:

▪selecting the trials to be edited.

▪managing track edits and reverting to the original data if needed.

▪selecting and editing data points.

The toolbar also contains:

▪The Show/Hide button for choosing the elements to display.

▪C. The Playback Control window.

▪D. The Samples List window, listing the coordinates of the data points and the surface area of the subjects tracked.

▪The Time column shows the time elapsed since the start of the trial. If data recording started after the start of the trial or ended before the end of the trial, the Samples List shows asterisks (*) for the samples not collected before the start and after the end of data recording.

▪The current time (also shown in the Playback Control window) is marked in blue.

▪Missing points are listed with coordinates and surface area '-'.

▪E. The Track Plot Settings pane, for customizing the tracks and body points.

To display the Playback Control window, the Samples List and the Track Plot Settings pane, click the Show/Hide button on the toolbar and make sure they are selected.

To visualize the track you want to edit

Select the trial name from the list on the toolbar.

You can visualize one trial at a time. To switch from one trial to the previous or next, click the Previous Trial button or the Next Trial button on the toolbar, respectively.

To play back tracks, use the buttons in the Playback Control window. Set the play back speed you require.

To visualize the whole tracks, clear the options under Filter in the Track Plot Settings pane and click the Jump to end button in the Playback Control window.

Colors

In the Colors tab of the Track Plot Settings pane, by default, Subject is selected under Level, that is, the track color does not change between tracks of the same subject. If you select Track, the color of tracks can change between tracks, according to the value of the variable selected under Variable for those tracks.

See also

▪Improve the readability of the tracks before editing

▪Customize the track colors