# Feedback Wanted: Should the Lock Button Freeze Just the Profile or the Entire View? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [October 14, 2025, 10:31am UTC](https://forum.metagrid.app/t/feedback-wanted-should-the-lock-button-freeze-just-the-profile-or-the-entire-view/1080 "2025-10-14T10:31:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MetaGrid\_Admin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/forum.metagrid.app/metagrid_admin/32/21_2.png) [@MetaGrid\_Admin](https://forum.metagrid.app/u/MetaGrid_Admin)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 10:32am UTC](https://forum.metagrid.app/t/feedback-wanted-should-the-lock-button-freeze-just-the-profile-or-the-entire-view/1080/1 "2025-10-14T10:32:00Z")
Hey everyone 👋 We’re revisiting how the **Lock** button works in **MetaGrid Pro** , and we’d love your input before we finalize the logic. ### **🧠 Current behavior** At the moment, **Lock Profile** only freezes the _profile_ — MetaGrid Pro stops auto-switching profiles when app focus changes. However, **Dynamic Focus Tracking** (DFT), MIDI-based grid changes, or track-based navigation can still modify what you see inside that profile. ### **💡 Proposed new behavior** We’re considering evolving the Lock button into a **“Freeze View”** feature that: - Locks **both the profile and the currently visible grid** - Temporarily **disables Dynamic Focus Tracking** , MIDI-based grid switching, and other automatic navigation triggers - Still lets you **manually navigate** between grids if you wish - Unlocks everything with a single tap In short: > **Lock = Keep my current view exactly as it is until I decide otherwise** ### **🔍 Why this matters** Many users (especially live performers) want to prevent MetaGrid from jumping to other grids when switching tracks or scenes. This broader Lock would make it safer and simpler — one button, one predictable behavior. ### **🗳 We’d love your thoughts** - Do you prefer the current _Profile-only_ Lock? - Would you rather have the _“Freeze everything”_ Lock? - Should manual navigation remain allowed while locked? - Any edge cases or workflow concerns? Please share your thoughts below — your feedback directly shapes how this feature behaves in the next release. 🙏 ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_jochner](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/forum.metagrid.app/ivan_jochner/32/418_2.png) [@ivan\_jochner](https://forum.metagrid.app/u/ivan_jochner)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.metagrid.app/t/feedback-wanted-should-the-lock-button-freeze-just-the-profile-or-the-entire-view/1080/2 "2025-10-14T15:04:56Z")
As I already commented on Facebook regarding this questioner, I would prefer to have locked Profile but with Dynamic focus tracking within the Profile ( Cubase : Mixer , Midi editor etc ). ---
**Author:** ![Redleaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Redleaf](https://forum.metagrid.app/u/Redleaf)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.metagrid.app/t/feedback-wanted-should-the-lock-button-freeze-just-the-profile-or-the-entire-view/1080/3 "2025-10-14T16:49:43Z")
Keep the current behaviour please. If you do make a change then you need to offer another means to lock the profile so that it doesn’t change if you change apps. As a Cubase and Resolve user there are many occasions when I open an explorer window or switch to another app, but I want MG to stay locked to Cubase. Also I sometimes have one ipad instance locked and another ipad unlocked which can work well. (Especially now two ipads are working again - yay!) ---
**Author:** ![JTB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5fc32e/32.png) [@JTB](https://forum.metagrid.app/u/JTB)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://forum.metagrid.app/t/feedback-wanted-should-the-lock-button-freeze-just-the-profile-or-the-entire-view/1080/4 "2025-10-15T00:49:53Z")
Bome MIDI Translator has an ‘App Focus’ function that will send MGP a CC message (activate grid message) based on which app is in focus. ---
**Author:** ![tripleBrett](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/forum.metagrid.app/triplebrett/32/90_2.png) [@tripleBrett](https://forum.metagrid.app/u/tripleBrett)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.metagrid.app/t/feedback-wanted-should-the-lock-button-freeze-just-the-profile-or-the-entire-view/1080/5 "2025-10-15T13:04:26Z")
You may not want to do it, but I’d say you need both. Make the choices in preferences, or do a one touch for profile, next touch for all. I prefer profile, as others mention I jump sometimes from Cubase to desktop and I prefer to not have MG jump. Although, it’s not that bad. I can see how a full freeze is useful too. ---
**Author:** ![Project](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a4c791/32.png) [@Project](https://forum.metagrid.app/u/Project)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.metagrid.app/t/feedback-wanted-should-the-lock-button-freeze-just-the-profile-or-the-entire-view/1080/6 "2025-10-15T22:35:32Z")
I totally agree, a preference or a gesture to choose between profile lock and grid freeze would be the ideal solution ---
**Author:** ![VJThomas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/82dd89/32.png) [@VJThomas](https://forum.metagrid.app/u/VJThomas)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 4:55am UTC](https://forum.metagrid.app/t/feedback-wanted-should-the-lock-button-freeze-just-the-profile-or-the-entire-view/1080/7 "2025-10-16T04:55:54Z")
My vote also goes to adding a preference item and letting the users choose how they want their MGP to behave.