Preferences

Preferences holds Tuning Editor’s settings, grouped into tabs. Open it from Settings › Preferences…. This page covers the General and Online Features tabs and the Defaults tab in full.

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General

• Language — English or Italian; a change takes effect on the next launch.
• Theme — System default, Light or Dark.
• Icon set — Light or Dark icons.
• Value precision — how many decimal places map values are shown with: None (full precision), Automatic (6 decimals), or a fixed number.
• Software Updates — check for updates automatically on startup, play a sound when one is available, and a Check now button (see Updates).

Online Features

The sign-in used by the online tools (such as AutoTune and the online file search): your Username or email, your Password (with a Show toggle), and Remember me on this device.

The Defaults tab

The Defaults tab sets the starting behaviour for the editors and other features. It is laid out as a category list on the left that switches a page of options on the right; the categories are below.

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Map Editor

• Open new map editors in raw mode.
• Remember layout for a number of maps (or Disabled), with a button to clear remembered map layouts.
• Window size on open — Auto-fit to content or a Fixed width × height in pixels.
• Window position on open — Cascade, Centered, Top-left or Remember last.
• Move toolbar to the side for tall windows.

Map List

• Default view mode — Smart (decide from folders), Flat or Tree.
• Alternating row colors (in flat mode).

A2L Import

• Default segment mode — one section per segment, or a single flat section.
• Selection cache size (number of entries), with a button to clear the A2L selection cache. See Importing an A2L.

2D Plot

• Show toolbar by default.
• Show status bar by default.
• Show a vertical crosshair through the active point.

General

• Recent collections cap — how many recent collections to remember.
• Confirm before deleting a map.
• Tab shown on open — Maps, Collection, or Remember last.

Sealed Files

• Recovery strength — the redundancy percentage, which recovers roughly that share of damage to a sealed file.
• Recovery file — Embedded only, or Embedded plus a separate .rec file.
• Store a password fingerprint for automatic opening, and Manage Password Ring…. See File security.

See also

• File security
• Importing an A2L
• Updates