If the floating window checkbox in MultiTimer Pro’s main window is checked, MultiTimer Pro’s floating window will appear whenever MultiTimer Pro is in the background (that is, not the front application).
 
This small window “floats” over the windows of all other applications, so it is always visible. The floating window provides you with several pieces of information about the current MultiTimer Pro module, as well as providing several controls to start and stop the timer and effect the display. Because the floating window needs to be small, so as not to obscure more of your screen than necessary, its contents may seem a bit crowded.
You can start, stop and pause the module’s timer with the stopwatch button in the floating window (see Chapter 4 for information on pausing the timer). To perform other functions, such as switching modules, you must bring MultiTimer Pro to the front.
The floating window shows you the name of the current module, whether that module’s timer is on, and the accumulated time of the current module. The control to the left of the hours and minutes numerals activates a popup menu comparable to the “total for” popup menu in MultiTimer Pro’s main window. That is, this popup allows you to set whether the total time displayed represents the total for the current session, day, week, month, year, or the grand total for the module. The letter in the small popup-activating button displays S, D, W, M, Y, and T (for “Total”), respectively.
 
The floating window has two sizes, as shown above. Click in the “zoom” control at the upper right corner to switch between the sizes. Another option to make the floating window less obtrusive, but still easily locatable, is to partially hide it under the menu bar. If you click on the small arrow button in the floating window’s lower right corner, the window will move to the top of your monitor, and tuck itself under the menu bar, as shown here:
 
When the floating window is set to its small size or is in the “tucked” position, the stopwatch button changes to a small button. This button functions the same as the stopwatch button, allowing you to start, stop and pause the timer.
The floating window can be dragged by the drag bar along the right side as well as by the usual title bar along the top. This allows you to drag the window from side to side while it’s tucked under the menu bar, and also to manually drag it out from under the menu bar.
Clicking in the close box in the left corner of the title bar closes the floating window, as with any other window. As long as the floating window checkbox is checked in MultiTimer Pro’s main window, the floating window will reappear the next time you switch MultiTimer Pro to the background after switching it to the front.
If you click in the content of the floating window (not on any control), this will cause MultiTimer Pro to become the front application.
Establishing Default Settings For New Floating Windows:
You may want certain settings to be applied by default to the floating windows of new modules. For example, you may want all your floating windows to be the smaller size, near the bottom of your monitor, with the total time popup set to “Day”. You can have default settings like this applied to the floating windows of newly-created modules. To make this happen, first make sure that the floating window of the current module is set up according to your preferences. Simply switch MultiTimer Pro to the background, causing the floating window to appear, and check the appearance of the window. Then switch back to MultiTimer Pro, and select “Make Floater’s Settings Default” under the File menu. MultiTimer Pro will take the last position, size and total time popup menu value of the current module’s floating window, and use these settings as defaults that will be applied to the floating windows of new modules. If the current module has the floating window turned off, then selecting this menu item will remove any previously-saved floating window default settings.
