Appearance, Colours, and Fonts Preferences


Appearance

Enable Theming
If selected, themes are enabled or disabled. A restart will be required for this change to take effect.

Theme
Choose the theme to use for Archi. A restart will be required for this change to fully take effect.

Use round tabs
Whether to use round or square tabs.

Show Status Bar
Show or hide the status bar. A restart will be required for this change to take effect.


Colours

Choose the default colours to use for elements, connections, folders and some theme colours.

Element and connection colours will be displayed when a fill or line colour is set to "Default" in the Properties window for a diagram element or connection. The default colours can be set differently for each installation of Archi so, for example, one user can have a completely different set of default fill colours than another user. The colours will not be saved in the .archimate model file unless the option to "Save the default fill colour for a new concept in the .archimate file" is ticked.

Folder colours are global for the application and are not saved in the model.

Theme colours for backgrounds can be set for each theme as set in the Appearance preference. These are for the application and are not saved in the model.

Derive element line colours from fill colours
If this is checked a newly created diagram object's line colour is derived from its fill colour. The setting for each object can be changed in the object's properties tab.

Save the default fill colour for elements in the model file
If this is checked an element's default colour is saved in the model file and will then be "fixed" in the file. This ensures that if the file is shared with another user they will see these colours.

Edit
Edit the selected colour(s).

Reset
Reset the selected colour(s) to default value.

Import Scheme
Import a colour scheme that has previously been exported.

Export Scheme
Export a colour scheme to share with other users.


Fonts

Sets the default font to use for elements and connections in diagrams (Views) and fonts to use for various user interface controls. Clicking the "Default" button sets the default font for the selected items. The "Edit" button will allow you to set the font for the selected items.