View Options

To open the View Options, choose Options from the Utilities menu and click on the View tab. They control a large array of options concerned with the way you use Xara LX.

Show Progress Bar

When Xara LX is performing long operations, it can display a progress bar on the Status Line. Selecting this option will enable the display of this bar. The bar shows how far the operation has progressed.

Interactive Fill Dragging

This option turns on interactive fill and transparency dragging so you can see how fills and transparency look as you drag the fill handles. For more information, see Enabling interactive fill and transparency dragging.

Dithering

These options set the dithering
method used to display your document on the screen. See Changing the screen dithering.

Bitmaps

These options apply only to the current document. They have no affect on any other documents currently loaded.

Never smooth

When Xara LX scales a bitmap it usually smooths (interpolates) between the individual pixels to give a smooth look to the bitmap. Usually this gives the best results. However you might not want this effect; in this case check this option. Note that this overrides any Smooth when scaled up settings for individual bitmaps.

Dpi of auto-generated types

Some features such as shadows and bevels are created using bitmaps. Xara LX calculates the resolution of these bitmaps when they are displayed. However when you perform these operations on shadows and bevels:

convert to editable shapes

combine shapes

export as EPS

export as a Flash file,

Xara LX creates a new bitmap using the resolution you specify here. For on-screen use (such as web page graphics) 96 dpi is the best value. For work that will be printed, you may need a higher resolution so you cannot see the individual pixels in the bitmap. Changes to this value apply to new auto-generated bitmaps; it has no effect on existing bitmaps.

Color Line Size

This option allows the display of colors on the Color Line to be altered. When the full set of named colors no longer fits on the screen, scrollbars appear on the Color Line. See also, Color Line Overview.

Edit Local Colors In

This option sets the color model used when editing local colors
using the Color Editor. It can be set to any of the available color models
or to Automatic Color Model which will use the appropriate model. See also Color Editor.

Automatic Scroll to Selected Color

When this option is set, the Color Line and Color Gallery will automatically scroll as necessary to ensure the fill colors of the currently selected object(s) are in view where possible.

If this option is not set, the Color Line and Color Gallery will not scroll. The colors of the selection may not always be visible on the Color Line or in the Color Gallery.

The following options apply only to the current document. They will not affect any other documents currently loaded.

Background Redraw

When this option is set, redraw is slowed down, but the drawing can be edited while redraw takes place. For maximum redraw speed, disable this option. Turning background redraw on and off.