Preferences

Preferences consist of groups and settings used to modify appearance and specify behavior of LyciaStudio (at the development stage) and/or Lycia graphical clients (at runtime):

General

4GL

Ant

C/C++

CSS

Data Management

Install/Update

Java

JavaScript

Mylyn

Plug-in Development

Report Design

Run/Debug

Team

Validation

WindowBuilder

XML

Preferences includes two types of settings - those that influence Lycia performance and those that are inherited form the Eclipse IDE:

General	includes the preferences concerning the look and feel of LyciaStudio, e.g., user perspectives, views, editors, keys, and toolbars
4GL	includes the preferences concerning the procedures of building, running, and debugging applications and configuring the application server as well as setting the database connection and changing the code editor settings
Ant	includes the preferences concerning the Apache Ant
C/C++	includes the preferences concerning the C/C++ development
CSS	includes the preferences concerning the use of .css styles in Lycia projects
Data Management	includes the preferences concerning the data management, database connectivity, and SQL development
Install/Update	includes the preferences concerning the updates installation for LyciaStudio
Java	includes the preferences concerning the Java development
JavaScript	includes the preferences concerning the JavaScript development
Mylyn	includes the preferences concerning Mylyn, the task and application life cycle management framework from Eclipse
Plug-in Development	includes the preferences concerning the aspects of plug-in development including target platform, editors, and compiler settings
Report Design	includes the preferences concerning the deign of the BIRT reports
Run/Debug	includes the preferences relevant for running and debugging 4gl applications
Team	includes the preferences concerning the team work on Lycia projects including GIT and CVS repositories settings
Validation	includes the preferences concerning the project validation and the use of validators
WindowBuilder	includes the preferences concerning Lycia Form Designer as a tool based on Eclipse Window Builder
XML	includes the preferences concerning XML files and catalogs

You open the Preferences window from the Window menu group of the LyciaStudio menu bar:

Window → Preferences

Preferences window consists of two panes - the preference tree (on the left) and the preference page (on the right):

The preference tree lists all the groups (expanded by clicking ) of preferences as well as separate preference pages:

The preference page includes the properties and settings that can be changed from LyciaStudio.

The contents of the page is different for different preferences groups.

All the changes introduced in a preference page have to be applied to come into force (by pressing Apply) and can be reverted to the default state (by pressing Restore defaults):

In some cases, you have to restart LyciaStudio for the changes to be applied.

Preferences can be filtered by name (by typing it directly to the text box):

Every preference page includes a navigation toolbar which buttons allow moving through the recently viewed preference pages:

You can move to the latest viewed preference page by pressing Back and Forward to buttons.

You can move trough the list of the latest viewed preference from the corresponding drop-down menu:

The page drop-down menu allows resizing the preference tree and enabling key scrolling:

With disabled key scrolling, you will move through the preference tree by pressing the arrow buttons on the keyboard:

With enabled key scrolling, you will move through the preference page by pressing the arrow buttons on the keyboard (makes sense only for small windows):