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Edit Tool Preferences

Available Preferences

  • Snap Radius - Declares how big the radius of the snap circle will be (in pixels) when performing snap operations. Default setting is 30.

    Tip

    Snap Radius can also be set by holding ALT and moving the scroll wheel when a edit tool is active.

  • Snap Behaviour - Declares how vertex snapping behaves.

    Tip

    Snap behaviour can also be changed by pressing CTRL + SHIFT + S when a edit tool is active.

    No Snapping Snapping is turned off. DEFAULT
    Selected Features Will snap to vertices that are part of a feature that has been added to the Edit Blackboard (has been selected)
    Current Layer Searches for the closest vertex in the current layer
    All Layers Searches for the closest vertex in all editable layers
    Grid Snaps to the nearest grid intersection
  • Grid Size - The size of the grid map graphic. The units are in degrees.

    Default is 20.0 degrees.

  • Vertex Diameter - Declares how large the vertex handles on the edit feature will be.

    Default setting is 4.

  • Vertex Outlines - Declares what color the outlines of the vertex handles will be.

    Default is black.

  • Feedback - The color that the feedback animations will be.

    Default is red.

Note

The color of the outlines of the selected features are set in the Map Preferences by the selection color preference.

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