Appearance

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Use this page to change the overall look and feel of your IDE.

Option	Description
Theme	Select the desired theme from the list. The high contrast theme is available for those who have the eyesight deficiency.
Use custom font	Select the checkbox to specify custom font family and size. When first installed, MPS takes Windows default font size and style.

Option

Description

Theme

Select the desired theme from the list. The high contrast theme is available for those who have the eyesight deficiency.

Use custom font

Select the checkbox to specify custom font family and size.

When first installed, MPS takes Windows default font size and style.

Accessibility

Option	Description
Support screen readers (requires restart)	Enable a screen reader for MPS.
Use contrast scrollbars	Select this checkbox to make the editor scrollbar more visible.
Adjust colors for red-green vision deficiency (protanopia, deuteranopia)	Adjust colors if you have red-green color vision deficiency.

Option

Description

Support screen readers

(requires restart)

Enable a screen reader for MPS.

Use contrast scrollbars

Select this checkbox to make the editor scrollbar more visible.

Adjust colors for red-green vision deficiency (protanopia, deuteranopia)

Adjust colors if you have red-green color vision deficiency.

UI Options

Option	Description
Cyclic scrolling in list	Enable scrolling through a list by jumping from the last item to the first one and vice versa.
Use smaller indents in trees	Decrease the amount of space between the tool window border and the text in tree views, for example, in the Project tool window.
Show tree indent guides	Display vertical lines that mark indent levels in tree views, for example, in the Project tool window. These lines can help you better understand the hierarchy of the components in your project.
Automatically position mouse cursor on default button	Place the mouse pointer at the default button when a dialog opens.
Hide navigation popups on focus loss	If this checkbox is selected, the navigation popup frames close, when any other MPS component gets the focus. If this checkbox is not selected, the navigation popup frames persist on changing the focus, and the only way to close such popup lays with pressing `Escape`.
Drag-n-Drop with pressed only	If this checkbox is not selected (by default), MPS allows moving editor tabs, tool window buttons, files and folders in the Project tool window, using drag-n-drop. Select this checkbox to avoid accidental moving of a file or folder, or a UI component. Thus drag-n-drop only works while `Alt` key is pressed.
Background Image	This option allows you to configure a custom background image for the IDE.

Antialiasing

Option	Description
IDE	Select which antialising mode you want to apply to the IDE (including menus, tool windows, and so on): Subpixel: this option is recommended for LCD displays and takes advantage of the fact that each pixel on a color LCD is composed of red, green and blue sub-pixels. This allows smoothing text and rendering it with greater detail. Greyscale: this option is recommended for non-LCD displays or displays positioned vertically. It deals with text at the pixel level. No antialiasing: this option can be used for displays with high resolution, where non-antialiased fonts are rendered faster and may look better.
Editor	Select which antialiasing mode you want to apply to the editor: Subpixel: this option is recommended for LCD displays and takes advantage of the fact that each pixel on a color LCD is composed of red, green and blue sub-pixels. This allows smoothing text and rendering it with greater detail. Greyscale: this option is recommended for non-LCD displays or displays positioned vertically. It deals with text at the pixel level. No antialiasing: this option can be used for displays with high resolution, where non-antialiased fonts are rendered faster and may look better.

Option

Description

IDE

Select which antialising mode you want to apply to the IDE (including menus, tool windows, and so on):

Subpixel: this option is recommended for LCD displays and takes advantage of the fact that each pixel on a color LCD is composed of red, green and blue sub-pixels. This allows smoothing text and rendering it with greater detail.
Greyscale: this option is recommended for non-LCD displays or displays positioned vertically. It deals with text at the pixel level.
No antialiasing: this option can be used for displays with high resolution, where non-antialiased fonts are rendered faster and may look better.

Editor

Select which antialiasing mode you want to apply to the editor:

Subpixel: this option is recommended for LCD displays and takes advantage of the fact that each pixel on a color LCD is composed of red, green and blue sub-pixels. This allows smoothing text and rendering it with greater detail.
Greyscale: this option is recommended for non-LCD displays or displays positioned vertically. It deals with text at the pixel level.
No antialiasing: this option can be used for displays with high resolution, where non-antialiased fonts are rendered faster and may look better.

Window Options

Item	Description
Animate windows	Select this checkbox to have undocked tool windows slide with the animation effect. This option applies only when a tool window is undocked.
Disable mnemonics in menu	Hide underlining of hot keys in the MPS menus.
Disable mnemonics in controls	Hide underlining of hot keys in the MPS controls.
Display icons in menu items	If this checkbox is selected (by default), the icons are displayed to the left of the menu options. If this checkbox is not selected, the menu options are displayed without icons.
Side by side layout on the left/right	When these checkboxes are selected, the way the tool windows are positioned is optimized for a wide-screen display. Toggle layout by `Ctrl+Click` the splitter between the tool windows. This only applies to the tool windows located on the left and right sides, but not at the top and bottom of the MPS window.
Smooth scrolling	Enable by-pixel scrolling instead of by-line scrolling when you turn your mouse wheel. When this option is enabled, MPS also enables the animated smooth srolling for Windows and Linux by default. If you need to change the animated smooth scrolling to the precise scrolling for the touchpad on Windows or Linux, press `Ctrl+Shift+A` and in the window that opens, type Smooth Scroll Options, select it the search results and press `Enter` to open the Smooth Scroll Options dialog. In the dialog, disable the Animated smooth scrolling option and click OK. While in the dialog, you can also set the duration of the scroll animation and change the apperance of the animation based on https://cubic-bezier.com/#.17,.67,.83,.67
Show tool window bars	Select this checkbox to display tool window bars.
Show tool window numbers	Select this checkbox to show tool window quick access numbers on the tool window buttons. You can use the `Alt+number` shortcuts regardless of this setting and change the shortcuts on the Keymap page. Note that the tool window mnemonics show up only when the corresponding key bindings have the format `Alt+number`, where `number` is an integer number in the range from 1 to 9. In the case of a different keyboard shortcut, the mnemonics are not displayed.
Allow merging buttons on dialogs	If this checkbox is selected, the multiple options in a dialog are grouped under a single button with a down arrow. You can view all merged commands by clicking the list or pressing `Shift+Alt+Enter`. If this checkbox is not selected, the buttons will be shown in a row.
Widescreen tool window layout	If this checkbox is selected, the way the tool windows are positioned is optimized for a wide-screen display.

Presentation Mode

Item	Description
Font size	Select the font size for the presentation mode. If you changed the settings while in the Presentation mode, reenter the Presentation mode.

Last modified: 18 June 2020