1User Preferences 2================ 3 4There are only a few options located in the Preferences, accessible 5though the menu via *Edit > Preferences*. Most other options, like 6whether to draw the grid, what kind snapping to do or the last used 7settings when creating a new map are simply remembered persistently. 8 9The preferences are stored in a system-dependent format and location: 10 11+-------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ 12| **Windows** | Registry key ``HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\mapeditor.org\Tiled`` | 13+-------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ 14| **macOS** | :file:`~/Library/Preferences/org.mapeditor.Tiled.plist` | 15+-------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ 16| **Linux** | :file:`~/.config/mapeditor.org/tiled.conf` | 17+-------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ 18 19 20General 21------- 22 23.. figure:: images/preferences-general.png 24 :alt: General Preferences 25 :scale: 50 26 :align: right 27 28Saving and Loading 29~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 30 31Include DTD reference in saved maps 32 This option is not enabled by default, since it is of very little 33 use whereas it can in some environments cause problems. Feel free to 34 enable it if it helps with validation for example, but note that the 35 referenced DTD is likely out of date (there is a somewhat more up-to-date 36 XSD file available in the repository). 37 38Reload tileset images when they change 39 This is very useful while working on the tiles or when the tiles 40 might change as a result of a source control system. 41 42Open last files on startup 43 Generally a useful thing to keep enabled. 44 45Use safe writing of files 46 This setting causes files to be written to a temporary file, and 47 when all went well, to be swapped with the target file. This avoids 48 data getting lost due to errors while saving or due to insufficient 49 disk space. Unfortunately, it is known to cause issues when saving 50 files to a Dropbox folder or a network drive, in which case it helps 51 to disable this feature. 52 53.. raw:: html 54 55 <div class="new new-prev">Since Tiled 1.2</div> 56 57.. _export-options: 58 59Export Options 60~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 61 62The following export options are applied each time a map or tileset gets 63exported, without affecting the map or tileset itself. 64 65Embed tilesets 66 All tilesets are embedded in the exported map. Useful for example 67 when you are exporting to JSON and loading an external tileset is 68 not desired. 69 70Detach templates 71 All template instances are detached. Useful when you want to use the 72 templates feature but can't or don't want to load the external 73 template object files. 74 75Resolve object types and properties 76 Stores effective object type and properties with each object. 77 Object properties are inherited from a tile (in case of a tile 78 object) and from the default properties of their type. 79 80Minimize output 81 Omits unnecessary whitespace in the output file. This option is supported 82 for XML (TMX and TSX), JSON and Lua formats. 83 84These options are also available as options when exporting using the 85command-line. 86 87Interface 88--------- 89 90Interface 91~~~~~~~~~ 92 93Language 94 By default the language tries to match that of the system, but if it 95 picks the wrong one you can change it here. 96 97Grid colour 98 Because black is not always the best color for the grid. 99 100Fine grid divisions 101 The tile grid can be divided further using this setting, which 102 affects the "Snap to Fine Grid" setting in the *View > Snapping* 103 menu. 104 105Object line width 106 Shapes are by default rendered with a 2 pixel wide line, but some 107 people like it thinner or even thicker. On some systems the DPI-based 108 scaling will affect this setting as well. 109 110.. raw:: html 111 112 <div class="new">New in Tiled 1.5</div> 113 114Object selection behavior 115 By default the :ref:`select-objects-tool` tool selects objects from any 116 layer. With this setting, you can make it prefer to select objects from the 117 currently selected layers, or to only pick objects from the selected 118 layers. 119 120 When the "Highlight Current Layer" option is enabled, Tiled automatically 121 prefers to select objects from the currently selected layers. 122 123Hardware accelerated drawing (OpenGL) 124 This enables a rather unoptimized way of rendering the map using 125 OpenGL. It's usually not an improvement and may lead to crashes, but 126 in some scenarios it can make editing more responsive. 127 128.. raw:: html 129 130 <div class="new new-prev">Since Tiled 1.1</div> 131 132Mouse wheel zooms by default 133 This option causes the mouse wheel to zoom without the need to hold 134 Control (or Command on macOS). It can be a convenient way to 135 navigate the map, but it can also interfere with panning on a 136 touchpad. 137 138.. raw:: html 139 140 <div class="new">New in Tiled 1.5</div> 141 142Middle mouse button uses auto-scrolling 143 With this option enabled, the clicking middle mouse button doesn't drag the 144 map directly but instead controls the speed of a continuous panning 145 movement. 146 147.. raw:: html 148 149 <div class="new">New in Tiled 1.5</div> 150 151Use smooth scrolling 152 This option affects the behavior when scrolling with the arrow keys. When 153 disabled, the view scrolls in steps based on key press events. When enabled 154 (the default), the view scrolls continuously while the keys are held down. 155 156.. raw:: html 157 158 <div class="new new-prev">Since Tiled 1.3</div> 159 160Updates 161~~~~~~~ 162 163By default, Tiled checks for news and new versions and highlights any updates 164in the status bar. Here you can disable this functionality. It is recommended 165to keep at least one of these enabled. 166 167If you disable displaying of new versions, you can still manually check 168whether a new version is available by opening the *About Tiled* dialog. 169 170.. raw:: html 171 172 <div class="new new-prev">Since Tiled 1.3</div> 173 174.. _keyboard-options: 175 176Keyboard 177-------- 178 179Here you can add, remove or change the keyboard shortcuts of most available 180actions. 181 182Conflicting keybindings are highlighted in red. They will not work until you 183resolve the conflict. 184 185If you customize multiple shortcuts, it is recommended to use the export 186functionality to save the keybindings somewhere, so that you can easily 187recover that setup or copy it to other Tiled installations. 188 189 190Theme 191----- 192 193On Windows and Linux, the default style used by Tiled is "Tiled Fusion". 194This is a customized version of the "Fusion" style that ships with Qt. 195On macOS, this style can also be used, but because it looks so out of 196place the default is "Native" there. 197 198The "Tiled Fusion" style allows customizing the base color. When 199choosing a dark base color, the text automatically switches to white and 200some other adjustments are made to keep things readable. You can also 201choose a custom selection color. 202 203The "Native" style tries to fit in with the operating system, and is 204available since it is in some cases preferable to the custom style. The 205base color and selection color can't be changed when using this style, 206as they depend on the system. 207 208Plugins 209------- 210 211Here you can choose which plugins are enabled, as well as opening the 212:doc:`scripted extensions </reference/scripting>` folder. 213 214Plugins add support for map and/or tileset file formats. Some generic plugins 215are enabled by default, while more specific ones need to be manually enabled. 216 217There is no need to restart Tiled when enabling or disabling plugins. 218When a plugin fails to load, try hovering its icon to see if the tool 219tip displays a useful error message. 220 221See :doc:`export` for more information about supported file formats. 222
