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.
Units allows you to specify which units AstroGrav should use in a new simulation.
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
View Preferences ()
The view preferences apply only to view windows, and are as follows.
Status Bar Position allows you to specify whether status bars should be shown at the top or the bottom of view windows.
Tool Bar Position allows you to specify whether tool bars should be shown at the top, the left, the bottom, or the right of view windows.
Use Right Button For Navigation allows you to specify whether or not the right mouse button should be used for the navigation of every view window instead of for displaying the contextual popup menu.
Colors: Names allows you to specify the color used to display the names of objects in every view window.
Colors: Velocities allows you to specify the color used to display the velocities of objects in every view window.
Colors: Accelerations allows you to specify the color used to display the accelerations of objects in every view window.
Colors: Closed Orbits allows you to specify the color used to display the closed orbits (ellipses) in every view window.
Colors: Open Orbits allows you to specify the color used to display the open orbits (parabolas and hyperbolae) in every view window.
Colors: Axes allows you to specify the color used to display the coordinate axes in every view window.
Colors: Angles allows you to specify the color used to display angular separations in every view window.
Table Preferences ()
The table preferences apply only to table windows, and are as follows.
Status Bar Position allows you to specify whether status bars should be shown at the top or the bottom of view windows.
Tool Bar Position allows you to specify whether tool bars should be shown at the top, the left, the bottom, or the right of view windows.
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.
Structure Preferences ()
The structure preferences apply only to structure windows, and are as follows.
Status Bar Position allows you to specify whether status bars should be shown at the top or the bottom of view windows.
Tool Bar Position allows you to specify whether tool bars should be shown at the top, the left, the bottom, or the right of view windows.
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.
Object Preferences ()
The object preferences apply only to object windows, and are as follows.
Status Bar Position allows you to specify whether status bars should be shown at the top or the bottom of view windows.
Tool Bar Position allows you to specify whether tool bars should be shown at the top, the left, the bottom, or the right of view windows.
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which shows or hides the status bar in the active window.
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which shows or hides the tool bar in 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.