====== Common preferences ======
In //Common// section of the //Preferences// window you can specify the defaults for the settings that are common across all models.

===== Comment =====

{{ preferences-common-comment.png?nolink |Common comment preferences}}

  * **Base size (cm)** -- size of the empty comment field when first inserted in the graph editor. It is 1.00cm by default.
  * **Stroke width (cm)** -- width of the dashed line around the textual note. It is 0.02cm by default.
  * **Text alignment** -- alignment of the textual note. It is centered by default.
  * **Text color** -- color of the textual note font. It is black by default.
  * **Border color** -- color of the dashed line around the textual note. It is grey by default.
  * **Fill color** -- background color of the textual note. It is a tinge of light yellow by default.

===== Debug =====

{{ preferences-common-debug.png?nolink |Common debug preferences}}

  * **Verbose log on file import** -- output of the detailed information about import from external file formats (e.g. Verilog and GenLib files).
  * **Log tracing information from parsers** -- output of the tokeniser and grammar analyser information when parsing external file formats.
  * **Log compatibility manager substitutions** -- output of the replacements made in order read work files that were saved in previous versions of Workcraft using a (slightly) different file format.
  * **Use short header in exported files** -- suppress Workcraft version number in the exported file headers.

===== Editor =====

{{ preferences-common-editor.png?nolink |Common editor preferences}}

=== GUI decoration ===
  * **Base font size (point) - requires restart** -- size of the font that also influences the scaling of all the GUI elements (buttons, menu, dialogs, etc). It is 10 points by default.
  * **Number of recent files (0-99)** -- number of recently opened files to show under //File->Open recent// menu. By default is 10 recent files are shown.
  * **Tab title style** -- display style for the work name in the editor panel title. Three options are possible: //minimal: Title//, //short: Title [MN]//, and //long: Title - Model Name//. Short display style is used by default.
  * **Dialog style** -- the look and feel of dialog windows, either //cross-platform// or //native//. It is //cross-platform// by default.
=== Canvas ===
  * **Minimal redraw interval (ms)** -- time interval between subsequent redraws of the editor panel. By default the editor is redrawn not more often than every 20ms.
  * **Background color** -- the color of the editor canvas. Default background is white.
  * **Background color for PNG export** -- background color to be used for exporting the models into PNG format. It is transparent by default.
=== Grid and rullers ===
  * **Show grid** -- visibility of the adaptive grid in the editor panel. The grid is shown by default
  * **Use light grid** -- choice of dotted or lined grid. It is a light dotted grid by default.
  * **Grid color** -- color of the grid. It is light grey by default.
  * **Show rulers** -- visibility of the rulers on left and top edges of the editor panel. The rulers are hidden by default.
=== Hints and issues ===
  * **Show hints** - visibility of the textual hints from the currently selected tool at the bottom of the editor. The hints are displayed by default.
  * **Hint color** -- color of the hint text. Hints are black by default.
  * **Show issues** -- visibility of textual warnings issued by the currently selected tool at the bottom of the editor. The issues are displayed by default.
  * **Issue color** -- color of the issue text. Issues are red by default.
  * **Issue visibility interval (ms)** -- duration of issue text visibility. Issues are displayed for 2 seconds by default.
=== Model visualisation ===
  * **Open non-visual models (imported or converted)** -- automatically open and layout non-visual models (e.g. imported from .g file or the results of conversion with external tools) in the editor. By default this feature is switched on.
  * **Model size for layout warning (0-9999 elements** -- the minimum number of model elemnts (vertices and arcs) that triggers a warning about the model size being too big for automated layout. Default value is 500, which should take no more than few seconds to layout.
===== Log =====

{{ preferences-common-log.png?nolink |Common log preferences}}

  * **Text color** -- color of the normal message text. It is black by default.
  * **Important info background** -- background color of the information text. It is light green by default.
  * **Warning background** -- background color of the warning text. It is amber by default.
  * **Error background** -- background color of the error text. It is pink by default.
  * **Backend stdout background** -- background color of the stdout output from backend tools. It is light grey by default.
  * **Backend stderr background** -- background color of the stderr output from backend tools. It is light pink by default.

===== New work favorites =====

{{ preferences-common-favorites.png?nolink |Favorite model types}}

  * **Filter favorite model types in New work dialog** -- only display favorite model types in the //New work// dialog. It is off by default.
  * **Favorite model types** -- a list of available model types with their favorite status.

===== Signal =====

{{ preferences-common-signal.png?nolink |Common signal preferences}}

  * **Input signal color** -- color of the input signal nodes, dark red by default.
  * **Output signal color** -- color of the output signal nodes, dark blue by default.
  * **Internal signal color** -- color of the internal signal nodes, dark green by default.
  * **Dummy color** -- color of the dummy nodes, black by default.
  * **Show signal toggle (~)** -- visibility of tilde symbol at the end of a toggle event, off by default.
  * **Group signals by type in model properties** -- partition signals into input/output/internal groups in the model property editor, on by default.
===== Visual =====

{{ preferences-common-visual.png?nolink |Common visual preferences}}

=== Node ===
  * **Size (cm)** -- size of the nodes. It is 1.00 by default.
  * **Stroke width (cm)** -- width of the node outlines. It is 0.10 by default
  * **Border color** -- color of the nodes outline. Default is black.
  * **Fill color** -- background color of the nodes. Default is white.
=== Label ===
  * **Visible** -- visibility of the textual labels associated with the nodes. The labels are visible by default.
  * **Position** -- predefined label position for newly created nodes. The labels are positioned above the nodes by default.
  * **Color** -- font color for the labels of newly created nodes. The labels are black by default.
  * **Font size (cm)** -- font size for labels. It is 0.5 by default.
  * **Line spacing in multi-line text (ratio)** -- proportion of the vertical separation between the lines to the height of the largest characters. It is 0.30 by default.
=== Name ===
  * **Visible** -- visibility of the unique IDs of the nodes. The IDs are visible by default.
  * **Position** -- predefined position for IDs of newly created nodes. The IDs are positioned below the nodes by default.
  * **Color** -- font color for the IDs of newly created nodes. The IDs are blue by default.
  * **Font size (cm)** -- font size for unique IDs. It is 0.5 by default.
  * **Show hierarchy as absolute path** -- show the full hierarchical name of nodes. By default this option is switched off.
=== Connection ===
  * **Line width (cm)** -- line width of the connections. Default is 0.02.
  * **Arrow width (cm)** -- arrow width of the connections. Default is 0.15.
  * **Arrow length (cm)** -- arrow length of the connections. Default is 0.40.
  * **Bubble size (cm)** -- bubble size of the connections. Default is 0.20.
  * **Color** -- color of the connections. Default is black.
=== Pivot ===
  * **Pivot size (cm)** -- size of the pivot marker of composed objects (e.g. pages and groups). It is 0.10 by default.
  * **Pivot stroke width (cm)** -- line width of the pivot marker. It is 0.02 by default
=== Expression ===
  * **Render text after '_' as subscript** -- interpret the underscore symbol as the beginning of subscript, or as a normal symbol. Underscore is a normal symbol by default.