Appearance Settings - Layers
Compression
Checking this option will automatically compress the timeline, placing as many events per row as possible. Learn more in our Reposition Events with Drag and Drop guide.
Layer Name Position
Choose whether the layer name should be displayed at the Top of the Layer or to the Left of the Layer.
Top of the layer
Left of the layer
When the layers have a transparent color (which is the default) Preceden will simply darken the color of the theme to determine background color for the layer names:
If you set background colors for the layers Preceden will use them here: