# Diagram Preferences

## View

Grid Size
Sets the grid spacing used in diagram Views.

Margin Width
Sets the margin border width in diagram Views. Increase this value if more space is required at the edges of diagram Views. For example, if scroll bars are obscuring the edges of objects.

Palette is open when opening Views
If enabled the palette in a View will be open when the View is opened.

Show tooltips in Views
If enabled tooltips in Views will be shown.

Edit name after creating new object from Palette
If enabled when a new element is added from the Palette you can immediately edit its name.

Show Specializations in Palette
If enabled specialized concepts will be shown in the Palette. New specialized concepts can be created like any other concept from the Palette.

## Viewpoints

Grey out disallowed concepts in the Model Tree
When this option is set any concepts that are disallowed in a Viewpoint are greyed out. For more information see Viewpoints.

Hide disallowed concepts from the Palette
When this option is set any concepts that are disallowed in a Viewpoint are not shown in the Palette. For more information see Viewpoints.

Hide disallowed concepts from the Magic Connector
When this option is set any concepts that are disallowed in a Viewpoint are not shown in the Magic Connector. For more information see Viewpoints.

Ghost disallowed concepts in a View
When this option is set disallowed concepts in a Viewpoint are "ghosted" out. For more information see Viewpoints.

## Paste Special behaviour

Always paste a reference to copied element
When this option is set copied elements in a diagram always reference the original elements.

Always paste a duplicate of copied element
When this option is set copied elements in a diagram are always duplicates of the original elements.

For more information see Copying, Pasting, Selecting and Deleting Elements.

## Resize behaviour

Child object positions are fixed (default)
When this option is set child objects maintain their absolute position when the parent object's top/left is resized. Resizing at the top or left will create new space in the parent object.

Child object positions are relative to parent
When this option is set child objects maintain their relative position to the parent object when the parent object's top/left is resized. Resizing at the top or left will not create new space in the parent object.

## Other

Use older method for drawing images
When this option is set an older method for drawing scaled images is used in Canvas image figures. It is faster but image transparency is not preserved. By default this should be disabled but the option is included for backward compatibility.

Use an offset when drawing outlines on hi-res displays
When this option is set figure outlines are drawn with a small offset to compensate for higher resolution displays. This is normally only needed on Windows devices with hi-res displays.

## Appearance

### Global

These are global settings for the application.

Word wrap style
Set the default word wrap style for ArchiMate figures.
Hard - wrapping will only occur at valid line breaks.
Soft - wrapping will always occur at the end of the available space, breaking in the middle of a word.
Truncated - wrapping will always occur at the end of available space, truncating a word if it doesn't fit.

### Defaults for new ArchiMate figures

These are the defaults to use when creating a new ArchiMate figure. You can change these settings individually thereafter.

Width
Set the default width for new ArchiMate figures.

Height
Set the default height for new ArchiMate figures.

Text Alignment
Set the default text alignment for new ArchiMate figures.

Text Position
Set the default text position for new ArchiMate figures.

Default Gradient
Set the default gradient for new diagram elements. Note - gradients will not show when a diagram is exported in SVG image format.

### Sketch View

Default Background
Set the default background for newly created Sketch Views.

## Default Figures

Alternate default figures are provided for ArchiMate figures in diagram Views. Click on a figure to set the default shape to be used when creating a new figure.