The General preferences page includes the following settings:
Table 20-1 Preferences: General
Additionally, the following preferences categories appear as General sub-pages:
Figure 20-1 Preferences: General > Appearance
Table 20-2 Preferences: General > Appearance
To change a color:
Under
expand .Select
.Expand an option (for example,
).Select an item (for example,
).Click the color button.
Select a color from the Color palette, then click
.To change a font:
Under
, expand .Select
.Expand an option (for example,
).Select an item (for example,
).Click
.Select a font, style, and size, then click
.Currently, this section relates to Eclipse functionality. Designer functionality will be implemented later.
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. You can select
to receive a message when this happens. This feature doesn’t apply to Designer 4.0.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 20-3 Preferences: General > Compare/Patch General Tab Settings
For information about settings on the
tab, refer to the Eclipse documentation.Table 20-4 Preferences: General > Content Types
Table 20-5 Preferences: General > Editors
Enables you to associate editors (whether they are 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
pane, click .Select an additional editor, then click
twice.To add a file type:
In the
pane, click .Type the extension (for example, .doc) for the file type, then click .
In the
pane, click .Select an editor for that file type, then click
twice.Enables you to configure Designer’s hex editor environment, including font, font style, and colors. You can also associate, or disassociate, the hex editor from Designer’s registered file extensions, and enable hex editor logging.
For information on structured text editors, refer to the Eclipse documenation.
Table 20-6 Preferences: General > Text Editors
For additional information on text editors, see the Eclipse documentation.
Enables you to view a table of all of the keyboard mappings, change those mappings, and add new mappings.
Enables you to configure a manual proxy configuration if you use a proxy server to access the Internet. The default is a direct connection to the internet.
Table 20-7 Preferences: General > Perspectives
Table 20-8 Preferences: General > Startup and Shutdown
Table 20-9 Preferences: General > Web Browser
Table 20-10 Preferences: General > Welcome
Setting |
Description |
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Enables you to select the theme that appears when you click > . |
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Adds tabs (for example, ) on the Welcome properties page. You add functionality by customizing these tabs. |
For information about the Overview and What’s New tabs, refer to the Eclipse documentation.