Novell Doc: Designer 2.0 for Identity Manager 3.5

24.2 Preferences: General

Table 24-1 Preferences: General

Setting	Description
	Searches all the preferences and shortens the tree view, depending upon what you type in the edit box.
Always run in background	Enables operations to run in the background without disturbing you.
Keep next/previous part dialog open	Keeps the editor and view dialog boxes open when an activation key is released. Normally, the dialog box closes as soon as the key combination is released.
Show heap status	Places a field in Designer’s bottom right corner and displays the amount of memory being used of total memory available.
Open mode: Double click	Opens a project when you double-click it.
Single click: Select on hover	Selects the setting when the cursor hovers there.
Single click: Open when using arrow keys	Opens the setting when you select it.

24.2.1 Appearance

Figure 24-1 Preferences: Appearance

Table 24-2 Preferences: Appearance

Setting	Description
Current Presentation: Override presentation settings	Alters how the tabs and views appear in the workbench
Editor tab positions	Positions tabs on the Modeler, Novell® XML Editor, or Text Editor at the top or bottom.
View tab positions	Positions view tabs (for example, the Project view tab) at the top or bottom of views.
Perspective switcher positions	Positions the Perspective Switcher at the left, top left, or top right of the workbench.
Show text on the perspective bar	Determines whether text (for example, Designer) displays next to the icons in the Perspective Switcher.
Current theme	The general theme (colors and fonts) that Designer uses.
Show traditional style tabs	Displays square Windows-style tabs. The alternative is rounded tabs.
Enable animations	Animates views (for example, Fast Views) and editors that you minimize, maximize, or restore. Reinforces tasks in Designer.

Colors and Fonts

Colors and Fonts

To change a color:

Expand an option (for example, Basic).
Select an item (for example, Active hyperlink text color).
Click the color button.
Select a color from the Color palette, then click OK.

To change a font:

Expand an option (for example, Basic).
Select an item (for example, Banner Font).
Click Change.
Select a font, style, and size, then click OK.

24.2.2 Capabilities

Currently, this section relates to Eclipse functionality. Designer functionality will be implemented later.

Prompt When Enabling Capabilities

Prompt When Enabling Capabilities

Eclipse lets you turn off capabilities. However, Eclipse sometimes detects that you need the capability, depending on how you use the product, and automatically turns the capability on again. This feature doesn’t apply to Designer 2.0.

24.2.3 Compare/Patch

This Eclipse functionality customizes the behavior of the comparison editor. When you select to compare or synchronize two or more resources in the Workbench, one or more comparison editors usually open.

Table 24-3 Preferences: Compare/Patch

Setting	Description
Open structure compare automatically	Makes visible an additional information area that shows differences in the underlying structure of the resources being compared. This information might not be available for all comparisons. The default is On.
Show additional compare information in the status line	Causes the status line to display additional context information about the comparison. The default is Off.
Ignore white space	Causes the comparison to ignore differences that are white space characters (for example, spaces and tabs). Also causes differences in line terminators (LF versus CRLF) to be ignored. The default is Off.
Automatically save dirty editors before patching	Controls whether any unsaved changes are automatically saved before a patch is applied. The default is Off.

24.2.4 Content Types

Table 24-4 Preferences: Content Types

Pane	Description
Content types	The type of content (for example, HTML or XML) that a file contains.
File associations	The file extension that is associated with a content type. For example, .xml is associated with a file that contains XML content. To add a file association: Select a content type. Click Add. Define a new file type, then click OK.

24.2.5 Editors

Table 24-5 Preferences: Editors

Setting	Description
Size of recently opened files list	The number of files to add to the file menu of recently opened files, which you can easily reopen.
Show multiple editor tabs	Displays tabs for all opened projects. If you deselect this option, only one editor tab displays. However, an abbreviated name displays on the editor tab.
Close editors automatically	Automatically closes the first-opened editor when you open additional editors. This option prevents displaying too many editors and cluttering the workbench.
Number of opened editors before closing	Determines how many editors can be open. For example, if you specify two and then open a third project, the first-opened project automatically closes.
When all editors are dirty or pinned	Prompts you to save unsaved components in the project that is about to automatically close, or to open an additional editor.

File Associations

Enables you to associate editors (whether internally installed in the Designer, or an external application) with file types (extensions) so that you can edit files.

To find out which editor is associated with a file type, select the file type. For example, a .docgen file type is associated with Style Editor, but a .scriptpolicy file type is associated with Policy Builder.

To associate an additional editor with a file type:

Select the file type.
In the Associated Editors pane, click Add.
Select an additional editor, then click OK twice.

To add a file type:

In the File Types pane, click Add.
Type the extension (for example, .doc) for the file type, then click OK.
In the Associated Editors pane, click Add.
Select an editor for that file type, then click OK twice.

Text Editors

Table 24-6 Preferences: Text Editor

Setting	Description
Displayed tab width	The number of characters or spaces moved when you press the Tab key in a text editor. The default is 4. The maximum is 16.
Undo history size	Determines how many changes that you can undo in an editor. The default is 25 changes.
Highlight current line	Selects the line that has focus.
Show print margin	Controls whether the print margin is visible. A vertical line identifies the margin.
Show line numbers	Numbers each line in the editor.
Show range indicator	Controls whether an editor displays a range indicator.
Support hyperlink style navigation	Determines whether hyperlink-style navigation is supported. If you put a link (for example, www.novell.com) in a text editor, press Ctrl, and hover the cursor over the link, Designer launches the link and loads it into an HTML view inside Designer.
Disable overwrite typing mode	Controls whether Overwrite Typing mode is enabled. The default is Off.
Appearance color options	To change an option’s color, select the option, click Color, select a color, then click OK.

24.2.6 Keys

Enables you to view a table of all of the keyboard mappings, change those mappings, and add new mappings.

24.2.7 Perspectives

Table 24-7 Preferences: Perspectives

Setting	Description
Open a new perspective	In the same window: Places a new icon in the Perspective Switcher, so that you can toggle between perspectives in the same window. In a new window: Opens a new perspective in a different window. You can toggle between perspective windows by selecting icons on the taskbar.
Open a new view	Within the perspective: Opens the view so that it is contiguous to the Modeler. As fast view: Opens the view and places a Fast view in the bottom left corner of the perspective.
Open the associated perspective when creating a new project	Determines how and when you switch to an associated editor when you open a perspective.
Available perspectives	Designer is the default perspective. Use Designer.

24.2.8 Startup and Shutdown

Table 24-8 Preferences: Startup and Shutdown

Setting	Description
Prompt for workspace on startup	Prompts you for a workspace folder. You can have multiple workspace folders and can specify a folder on startup.
Refresh workspace on startup	Synchronizes the workspace with resources (for example, myfile.xml) on disk.
Confirm exit when closing last window	Displays an Exit Designer? prompt when you exit Designer.
Plug-ins activated on startup	Lists plug-ins that are automatically loaded and registered.

24.2.9 Web Browser

Table 24-9 Preferences: Web Browser

Setting	Description
Use internal Web browser	Enables you to use an internal Web browser.
Use external Web browser	Enables you to add and use an external browser (for example, Netscape*). If you enable this option, you must also enable Use External Browser in the Help section (also found in Preferences).
External Web browsers	Lists browsers. To add a browser: Click New. Name the new browser. Scroll to and select an executable (for example, netscp6.exe). Specify a parameter, then click OK.

Setting

Description

Use internal Web browser

Enables you to use an internal Web browser.

Use external Web browser

Enables you to add and use an external browser (for example, Netscape*). If you enable this option, you must also enable Use External Browser in the Help section (also found in Preferences).

External Web browsers

Lists browsers.

To add a browser:

Click New.
Name the new browser.
Scroll to and select an executable (for example, netscp6.exe).
Specify a parameter, then click OK.

24.2.10 Welcome

Table 24-10 Preferences: Welcome

Setting	Description
Home: Home Page Theme	Enables you to select the theme that appears when you click Help > Welcome.
Home: Root Pages	Adds tabs (for example, Overview) on the Welcome properties page. You add functionality by customizing these tabs.