Customize Quick Properties (Concept)

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Customize Quick Properties

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With the Quick Properties panel, for a selected object, you can access a sub-set of the properties that are accessible from the Properties palette.

You can customize the properties that are displayed on the Quick Properties panel. The properties (displayed when an object is selected) are common to all object types and are specific to the object that was selected. The available properties are the same as those on the Properties palette and for rollover tooltips.

The Quick Properties panel is displayed when objects are selected, if the object type of the selected objects is supported for Quick Properties, and if the QPMODE system variable is set to 1 or 2. See Display and Change the Properties of Objects in the User’s Guide for more information about controlling the display of the Quick Properties.

When customizing the Quick Properties panel, you control which object types display properties on the Quick Properties panel and which properties are displayed. You use the Objects pane to add and remove the object types that are set to display properties on the Quick Properties panel. Once an object type is selected from the Objects pane, you can then decide which properties from the Properties pane you would want displayed when that object type is selected in the drawing window.

You can change the general properties for a selected object type or for all object types. Selecting an object type from the Objects pane allows you to control the display of the general properties for that selected object type, or you can click the General button at the bottom of the Objects pane to override the general properties of all object types. When the General button at the bottom of the Objects pane is clicked, a list of the general properties that can be used to override the properties of all individual object type is displayed along with the Reset Overrides button. Select the general properties that you want displayed for all object types and click Reset Overrides.

When an object is added to the list on the Objects pane, the state of the general properties used for all object types is assigned to the general properties of the newly added object. For example, if the properties Color and Layer are checked under the General properties, the same checked properties are assigned to the object that is being added to the Object list.