The environment section contains a variety of user preferences pertaining to the overall working environment.
Enable Auto Backup/Recovery: Enables the automatic backup/recovery function.
Backup Frequency [s]: Specify the frequency of backing up project and workspace files.
Backup Folder: Specify a folder, to which the backed up files will be saved.
Show Build and Run Windows: Launch build and run executables in separate windows.
Save Dialog Extents: When enabled, component parameter dialogs will retain there last size, from when the OK button was last pressed.
Cut/Copy/Paste key: Select Ctrl+x,c,v to cut/copy/paste with the Ctrl key. Select x,c,v to enable just the corresponding key.
Controls and Curve Creation: This option is directly related to Drag and Drop. By default, all drag and drop functions are invoked using the Ctrl key in combination with the left mouse button. Enable this option if you would prefer to designate the Shift key (in place of Ctrl) to place curves in graphs or control interfaces/meters in control panels.
Control Interfaces Wheel Action: Enable this feature if you would prefer that control interfaces (such as sliders and switches) respond to mouse wheel action. Disabling this setting ensures that control interfaces are not inadvertently modified during navigation using the mouse wheel.
Drill Down: Use this option to revert to the older module navigation style (i.e. Double-Click opens the canvas, bypassing any input parameters). In versions X4 and greater, accessing the circuit canvas of a module is considered editing its definition (i.e. Ctrl + Double-Click); this combined with the fact that modules can possess input parameters, lead to the change.
Tab Colouring: This option controls the colouring of the project tabs in The Definition Editor.
Tab Closure: Provides options for placement of tab close button.
Tab Style: Provides options for tab appearance.
Definition Colour: Choose a colour to help visually differentiate the instance domain from the definition domain. This option becomes helpful especially when working with modules having multiple instances. See Multiple Instance Modules in this manual for more details.