# Diagram Preferences

## General

Grid Size
Sets the grid spacing used in diagram Views.

## View

Palette is open when opening Views
If enabled the palette in a View will be open when the View is opened.

Show tooltips in Views
If enabled tooltips in Views will be shown.

Edit name after creating new object from Palette
If enabled when a new element is added from the Palette you can immediately edit its name.

## Viewpoints

Grey out disallowed concepts in the Model Tree
When this option is set any concepts that are disallowed in a Viewpoint are greyed out. For more information see Viewpoints.

Hide disallowed concepts from the Palette
When this option is set any concepts that are disallowed in a Viewpoint are not shown in the Palette. For more information see Viewpoints.

Hide disallowed concepts from the Magic Connector
When this option is set any concepts that are disallowed in a Viewpoint are not shown in the Magic Connector. For more information see Viewpoints.

Ghost disallowed concepts in a View
When this option is set disallowed concepts in a Viewpoint are "ghosted" out. For more information see Viewpoints.

## Paste Special behaviour

Always paste a reference to copied element
When this option is set copied elements in a diagram always reference the original elements.

Always paste a duplicate of copied element
When this option is set copied elements in a diagram are always duplicates of the original elements.

For more information see Copying, Pasting, Selecting and Deleting Elements.

## Resize behaviour

Child object positions are fixed (default)
When this option is set child objects maintain their absolute position when the parent object's top/left is resized. Resizing at the top or left will create new space in the parent object.

Child object positions are relative to parent
When this option is set child objects maintain their relative position to the parent object when the parent object's top/left is resized. Resizing at the top or left will not create new space in the parent object.

## Appearance

### Figures

Show gradient on figures
If enabled diagram elements are drawn with a gradient. Note - gradients will not show when a diagram image is exported in SVG format.

Default size for new ArchiMate figures
Set the default width and height for new ArchiMate figures.

Word wrap style for ArchiMate figures
Set the default word wrap style for ArchiMate figures.
Hard - wrapping will only occur at valid line breaks.
Soft - wrapping will always occur at the end of the available space, breaking in the middle of a word.
Truncated - wrapping will always occur at the end of available space, truncating a word if it doesn't fit.

### Sketch

Default Background
Set the default background for newly created Sketch Views.

## Default Figures

Alternate default figures are provided for drawing certain figures in diagram Views. Click on a figure to set the default shape to be used when creating a new Figure.