2.10.3 Display Dialog

The Display dialog is invoked from the Options (Section 2.10) menu

The Display dialog contains items which control the display of objects on the Main window.

Balloon Help - disables the display of Balloon Help (Section B.1) which usually is shown when the cursor is placed over a control.

Car Labels - controls the grouping and display of Cars on the Hot Bar (Section 2.7) during the Train (Section 2.9.7) command. This can be a combination of Prototype, Manufacturer, Part Number and Item.

Color Layers - when set, tracks and/or non-tracks (lines, table edges and structures) are drawn with color of the layer (Section 2.9.4) they belong to.

Draw EndPts - when to draw endpoints between connected track: never, only for turnouts or for all tracks.

Draw Ties - how to draw ties under the rails when the drawing Scale is smaller than half of the Two Rail Scale.

Draw Tunnel - how to draw hidden tracks (Section 2.4.4), either not at all, as dashed lines or as normal solid lines (which might be faster).

Hot Bar Labels - controls the format of titles for objects on the Hot Bar (Section 2.7).

Label Enable - individual control over whether to display various types of labels. You may want to turn some of these off if your layout is too cluttered.

Label Font Size - controls font size for Labels on layout.

Layout Labels - controls the format of titles for turnouts and structures displayed on the Layout.

Label Scale - draw labels only when the drawing Scale is smaller or equal to this value.

Live Map - if checked then the Main Window (Section 3.1) will be updated as you drag on the Map Window (Section 3.2.2). Note that this can be slow.

Map Scale - scale of the Map (Section 3.2.2) window. Increase this value to make the Map window smaller when working with large layouts. Note: you cannot make the Map window larger than the screen.

Min Grid Spacing - minimum distance between Grid (Section 2.12.1) lines (in pixels). If the grid lines are closer then drawing them is suppressed.

Trains On Hidden Track - controls whether trains (Section 2.9.7) on invisible layers (Section 2.9.4) or hidden tracks (Section 2.4.4) (if hidden tracks are not drawn) are displayed.

Two Rail Scale - draw tracks using two lines when the drawing Scale is smaller than this value.