Appendix A Getting Started With TIBCO Designer : Customizing the Display

Customizing the Display
You can customize how TIBCO Designer displays panels and palettes. This section gives an overview of the most frequently used display preferences.
Display preferences and other preferences are saved when you exit TIBCO Designer, even if you do not save your project. Display preferences are maintained for each user, even if that user completely uninstalls the product and installs a different version.
To return to the default settings, choose Edit > Preferences and click Restore Default Settings.
Choosing Panel Layout
If you prefer to view either the project tree or the palette panel, but not both in the left panel, you can set TIBCO Designer to display the three-panel view shown in Figure 8. The view also uses drop downs, rather then tabs to access the project, global variables or palettes.
Figure 8 The three-panel view
To Choose the Three-panel View
1.
Choose Edit > Preferences > View.
2.
Under Layout, select the appropriate icon and click OK.
To navigate to palettes in this view, click the Palettes tab on the left (see Figure 9. The next diagram shows the results of this action.
Figure 9 Three-panel view with palettes selected
Additional layout options are available when you choose Edit > Preferences > View. If you select the Use tabs or Use drop downs option, you must close and reopen your project to make the change visible.
Figure 10 Layout options