Have a look at the “show notes” view - it allows you to display exactly the information you need at a glance. Here you can see my layout Small themes request - #2 by Torsten (OK, I have changed the color of the current and next state to something more legible in the meantime 
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You can use variables like $(State) or $(NextState) in your show notes, so you can see immediately what it is you are playing and what comes next. And yes, there is also a variable $(StateProgram), so by combining
- $(StateProgram). $(State)
- $(NextState)
in your show notes, you can have your current state AND ITS NUMBER displayed in beautiful bold type and any color you like - PLUS you can see what comes next. And of course you can have state-specific notes in your show notes - you just need to set “state behavior” for the respectife text block to “text”; then you can customize your notes for every state.
I’m not using the ticker bar anymore - show notes are so much more powerful…
Cheers,
Torsten