Application Settings

The Application Settings Dialogue allows you to edit the properties of the MapManager application.

The properties are divided into the following groups:

General

The general tab contains the common settings of the application.

Automatically load the recent map - By setting this option MapManager will load the recently used map configuration automatically on startup.
Preferred text editor to edit map files - Specifies the text editor to use when the 'Open Mapfile in External Editor' menu item is selected.

Layer Panel

The layer panel tab contains the settings of the tree view in the Layer Panel.

Background Colour - The background colour of the layer tree. The colour can be selected with the Colour Selector control.
Show Root Node - Show/hide the root node (ie. the map node) in the tree view.
Show Check-boxes - Show/hide the check-boxes (to allow to set the visibility of the items) in the tree view.
Show Classes - Show/hide the class nodes in the tree view.
Show Styles - Show/hide the style nodes in the tree view.
Show Labels - Show/hide the label nodes in the tree view.

Note: When the layer contains only a single class, style and label, the class and style node is not shown in the tree view (default class, style and label).

Colour Ramps

The colour ramps tab allows to specify colour ramps used by the Theme Wizards.

The specified colour ramps are shown in the list view with images to represent the defined colour scales. By clicking on the 'New' button we can define a new colour ramp in the New Colour Ramp Dialogue. Selecting a colour ramp in the list and clicking on the 'Edit' button allows to modify the settings of the colour ramp in the Edit Colour Ramp Dialogue. The selected colour ramp can be deleted using the 'Delete' button.