The Tier Name Panel gives an overview of the different existent tiers. Both tier names (see also Section 2.1 and Section 2.4 ) and tier types are defined by the user (see also Section 2.3 ). One of the tiers in the Tier Name Panel is the active tier (indicated by its underlining and red color), which means that new annotations will be added to this tier (when pressing ALT+ N). Hovering over a tier name will show more information about the tier. (see screenshot below)
To make a tier the active tier, choose one of the following actions:
Double click on a tier label.
Right click on the desired tier in the Tier Name Panel and check
Activate (tiername)Select the active tier with the keyboard shortcut CTRL + ARROW UP/DOWN
To deactivate a tier, either do one of the following actions:
Hold Shift and double click on a tier label.
Right click tie active tier in the Tier Name Panel and uncheck
Activate (tiername)Select the active tier with the keyboard shortcut CTRL + ARROW UP/DOWN
To select the tiers to display (and their order) see Section 1.5.23 and Section 1.5.26
It is possible for ELAN to show the number of annotations per tier. Right click on the Tier Name Panel and select .