Sound Options

Sound effects are a rarely used interface elements that when used properly offer rich audio cues to work in complement with the visual cues. BugSeeker offers the ability to enable or disable special sound effects that are associated with various debug actions. You also have the ability to customize the sound associated with the debug event by select a new sound from one of the predefined sounds included with BugSeeker.

Disabling and enabling sound

To turn off sound effects completely, uncheck the Enable Sound Effects check box. Note that sound may not be properly configured or not supported the Java runtime BugSeeker is currently running from in which case you will not be able to hear any of the sound effects.

Configuring sounds

To configure the sound effect for a debug event, select the event you wish to customize from the Event list and then select one of the sounds from the Sound combo box. If you select (none), no sound will be associated with that event.

Previewing sounds

Whenever you select an event from the list it will play the sound associated with that event. Anytime you select a new sound from the Sound combo box the sound selected will be played. You may also manually play the selected sound by pressing the Play button.