Operating Systems: All except Mac
Window Types: All
Summary
Edits the AstroGrav preferences.
Description
When you select this command, the AstroGrav preferences dialog will be displayed. This is a tabbed interface that has separate tabs for general preferences and for each of the different window types.
General Preferences ()
The general preferences apply to the application as a whole, and are as follows.
Use Brushed Metal Look & Feel allows you to specify that AstroGrav should use a brushed metal look and feel, instead of the standard look and feel. This is a Mac only facility that is dimmed on other operating systems.
Show Menu Icons allows you to specify that AstroGrav should display tool icons on menu items to the left of the text. This may be useful to help you familiarize yourself with the icons used to respresent the various commands.
On Startup: allows you to specify what AstroGrav does on startup, and has the following choices.
Do Nothing is a Mac only facility that just shows the menu bar.
Create New Simulation creates a new simulation containing just a single star.
Open Latest Simulation opens the most recently used simulation in the state in which it was last saved.
Show File Chooser displays a file chooser for you to choose which simulation you want to open.
Language: allows you to specify which language AstroGrav uses, and has the following choices.
Dutch
English
English (UK)
French
German
Italian
Portuguese
Spanish
Model Preferences ()
The model preferences apply only to model windows, and are as follows.
Show Status Bar allows you to specify whether or not the status bar should be shown at the bottom of every model window.
Show Toolbar allows you to specify whether or not the toolbar should be shown at the top of every model window.
Use Right Button For Navigation allows you to specify whether or not the right mouse button should be used for the navigation of every model window instead of for displaying the contextual popup menu.
Colors: Data allows you to specify the color used to display the data in the corners of every model window.
Colors: Names allows you to specify the color used to display the names of objects in every model window.
Colors: Closed Orbits allows you to specify the color used to display the closed orbits (ellipses) in every model window.
Colors: Open Orbits allows you to specify the color used to display the open orbits (parabolas and hyperbolae) in every model window.
Colors: Axes allows you to specify the color used to display the coordinate axes in every model window.
Colors: Angles allows you to specify the color used to display angular separations in every model window.
Table Preferences ()
The table preferences apply only to table windows, and are as follows.
Show Status Bar allows you to specify whether or not the status bar should be shown at the bottom of every table window.
Show Toolbar allows you to specify whether or not the toolbar should be shown at the top of every table window.
On New Tables: Show Horizontal Scroll Bar allows you to specify whether or not the horizontal scroll bar should be shown at the bottom of every new table window.
On New Tables: Show Cell Detail Popups allows you to specify whether or not cell detail popups should be shown when you move the mouse over cells in every new table window.
Tree Preferences ()
The tree preferences apply only to tree windows, and are as follows.
Show Status Bar allows you to specify whether or not the status bar should be shown at the bottom of every tree window.
Show Toolbar allows you to specify whether or not the toolbar should be shown at the top of every tree window.
On New Trees: allows you to specify how AstroGrav displays new trees, and has the following choices.
Open No Parents leaves all parents closed, so that the root parent is the only visible object.
Open Root Parent opens the root parent only, leaving all other parents closed.
Open All Parents opens all parents, so that every object is visible.
Detail Preferences ()
The detail preferences apply only to detail windows, and are as follows.
Show Status Bar allows you to specify whether or not the status bar should be shown at the bottom of every detail window.
Show Toolbar allows you to specify whether or not the toolbar should be shown at the top of every detail window.
See Also:
View / Show Status Bar
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which shows or hides the status bar in all windows of the same type as the active window.
View / Show Toolbar
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which shows or hides the toolbar in all windows of the same type as the active window.
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which shows or hides the status bar in all windows of the same type as the active window.
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which shows or hides the toolbar in all windows of the same type as the active window.
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which shows or hides the horizontal scroll bar at the bottom of the active table window.
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which shows or hides the cell detail popups when you move the mouse over cells in the active table window.