User Manual

User Interface

ESSENTIALS

When you're using OnSong live, you don't have time to tap on the interface to perform tasks. These actions allow those functions to be triggered.

Editors

This section gives various editors that can be viewed using an action. These include:

Actions opens the Actions Editor.
Audio Media displays the Audio Media Library screen.
Chord Diagrams opens the chord diagrams library user interface.
MIDI displays The MIDI Editor.
Scenes displays the Scenes Editor screen.
Song opens the song editor where you can make changes to chords and lyrics.
Visual Media opens the Visual Media Editor where you add and edit images and video used by the app.

Live bar

This section lets you show and hide the live bar located in a corner of the song viewer. Options include:

Show will show the live bar if it is hidden.
Hide will hide the live bar if it is visible.
Toggle will alternate between these states, showing it if it is hidden and vice versa.

Low Light

Change to a dark screen interface for use on dimly lit stages.

On turns low light mode on for dark paper with light text.
Off turns low light mode off for a light paper with dark text.
Toggle low light mode on and off. When on, the background of the song is black with white foreground text.

Menus

You can create actions to open specific menus from the menubar including:

Open lets you create a single action to open a specific menu.
Close will close the currently opened menu.
Actions opens the Actions Editor.
Additions opens the Additions Menu.
Attachments opens the Attachments Menu.
Messages opens the Messages Menu.
Organizer opens the Organizer Menu.
Playback opens the Playback Menu.
Share opens the Share Menu.
Songs opens the Songs Menu.
Style Preferences opens the Style Preferences Menu.
Utilities opens the Utilities Menu.
Video opens the External Video Menu.

Menubar

The menubar allows you to interact with the app but it can get in the way during a performance.

Show the menubar to interact with the app.
Hide the menubar for a full screen view.
Toggle toggles the menubar on and off for a full screen view.

Actions can be used to navigate menus in the user interface. OnSong will assign some of these action to foot pedal buttons when a songs menu is displayed.

Previous navigates the selected item to the previous item in the list.
Next navigates the selected item to the next item in the list.
Top goes to the top of the currently opened menu.
Bottom goes to the bottom of the currently opened menu.
Back navigates to the previous menu screen on the navigation stack. For instance, if you are viewing your All Songs list, the Back action will view the Books List.
Search will scroll to the search bar in the list, highlight the search term, and display the on-screen keyboard. If no search bar exists in the current menu, no action is taken.
Select will select the currently highlighted item, immediately performing its selected action.

By default, items are not selected immediately but merely highlighted until a period of time as expired. Use the Select action to select the items immediately and perform the selected function. You can change this behavior under Settings » Menu Settings » Songs » Navigation » Automatically Select.

Quick Pick

Allows you to quickly search for songs to play or add to the set. Hiding the Quick Pick screen may not function when HID Bluetooth devices such as foot pedals that emulate a computer keyboard. This is due to the text cursor being used for text entry at that time.

Show the Quick Pick screen for quickly searching and loading songs.
Hide the Quick Pick screen.
Toggle the Quick Pick screen visibility.

Screenshots

This provides actions for taking screenshots of various parts of the user interface including:

Show will show the screenshot user interface.
Hide will hide the screenshot user interface.
Toggle will toggle the visibility of the screenshot user interface.
Capture will capture the currently opened menu or screen.

Snapshots

This allows you to load saved snapshots of settings. Snapshots can be made by tapping on the camera button at the bottom of the Settings Screen.

Load lets you choose a named snapshot to be loaded. This could be useful if you need different style settings for different purposes.

The songs list is used for interacting with your song library, set, and book. When opened, the Scroll Up and Down actions can select rows in the list.

Show the song menu.
Hide the song menu.
Toggle shows and hides the song menu based on its current state.

Web Action

Web actions allow you to open a web page or video file as an action in your song. For instance, you could tap on a sticky note to view a tutorial video for that song part.

Open presents the Web Action Editor where you can configure how a URL will be opened.
Close the opened web action.

Widgets

These actions let you show and hide widgets.

Show will show all enabled widgets.
Hide will hide all visible widgets.
Toggle allows you to choose a specific widget to show and hide.

OnSong 2026 — Last Updated on December 22, 2025