Stylism Preferences

Using the flyout menu of the Stylism panel, doubleclicking the Stylism tool in the toolbox, or pressing the Enter key when the tool is selected will bring up the Stylism preferences dialog:

Stylism Preferences

1. Annotation Color

Allows a choice of colors in which to annotate the UI controls, from among red, blue, magenta, green, black, and gray. The color can be changed on the fly while dragging a control by pressing the C key.

2. Slow-Drag Divider

The value by which to reduce control movement when using slow-drag (pressing Command/Ctrl when dragging a control), from 1 to 500, with a default of 10.

3. Live Effect Explorer Dialog

The vertical size of the dialog (see Stylism: Live Effect Explorer), either Compact or Normal. The Normal size lists more effects without having to scroll the list.

4. Reset Warning Dialogs

If one or more of Stylism’s warning dialogs have been suppressed using the Don’t show again checkbox, choosing this menu item will re-enable them.

5. Informational area

Shows a brief description of each preference control when the cursor is being hovered over it.

6. Help Button

Opens the help documentation in the Astute Manager. If this does not automatically appear, please ensure your Astute Manager is running first.