Previous Topic: Set Diagram Trace Step Filtering PreferencesNext Topic: Set General Appearance Preferences for Editor and View Tabs

Customizing the Diagram Trace Utility › Set General Preferences

Set General Preferences

You can set general preferences to control the cycling of editor and view dialogs when displaying next and previous views or editors and to control the double-click and single-click mouse behaviors.

Follow these steps:

  1. Select Preferences from the Window menu.

    The Preferences dialog appears.

  2. Click General.

    The General preferences page appears.

    General preferences page

  3. Change the default settings for the following fields to suit your needs:
    Keep next/previous part dialog open

    Specifies that the PAD Code View editor and the view cycle dialogs remain open after you release their activation keys. Usually, the dialogs or menus close as soon as you release the activation keys (such as CTRL+F7).

    Default: Off

    Example: When this preference is checked, you can use the key combination Ctrl +F7 on the Diagram Trace Utility main window to keep the pop-up menu listing views that can be opened to remain visible when you release the control keys. When this check box is cleared, the pop-up menu remains visible only as long as you hold down the control key. If you release the control key, the pop-up menu closes.

    Open Mode

    Specifies the default behavior for opening views and PAD Code View editors. You can select one of the following methods for opening these resources:

    • Double click—Specifies a single-click to select a resource and a double-click to open that resource in an editor.
    • Single click (Select on hover)—Specifies hovering the mouse over a resource to select it and single-click on the resource to open it in an editor.
    • Single click (Open when using arrow keys)—Specifies using the arrow keys to select a resource and automatically open it in an editor.

    Default: Double click

    Note: The effect of these selections may vary depending on the view that has the focus.

  4. Click OK.

    The Diagram Trace Utility saves the changes and closes the Preferences dialog.

Note: The Diagram Trace Utility does not support the field Always run in background.