# Selection and Management of Settings for Editable Settings Files

In dialogs with access to editable settings files, there is an element consisting of *Settings selection* and *Change settings*:

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### *Settings selection* for editable settings files

The settings file can contain multiple settings. By clicking the element *Settings selection* a tree element opens with the available settings and the option *No setting*. Here, switching between settings can be done quickly.

### *Change settings* for editable settings files

When *Change settings* a dialog for editing the editable settings files is opened. This allows convenient yet flexible editing of the files:

The header of the dialog shows the path and file name of the file being edited. This makes it possible to find the file even if it is to be opened with a general text editor.

At the upper left, there are notes on the purpose and contents of the settings file.

Below that are the usual elements for settings: selection, saving, and management. The selection therefore contains the setting that is currently being edited. Reducing the dialog is not possible.

Within each setting, depending on the file, there are different data areas, so-called "sections". The drop-down list is used to select the data area that is to be edited.

For the current data area, information about the purpose and contents of the data area is displayed below. To the right of this, there is optionally an image for further explanation.

The lower area of the dialog is occupied by the actual editor. There, the contents of the data area, i.e. the data lines, are edited using standard functions. Invalid entries are also possible and cannot be intercepted by the program. Therefore, only experienced users should edit these files. .

The usual editing functions are available here, such as selection (with the mouse), copy (Ctrl+C), cut (Ctrl+X), and paste (Ctrl+V). Ctrl+Z undoes one step.

#### Data lines

Within the data area (section), each line consists of keyword - equals sign - value. A comment may follow after a double slash as a separator.

*Keyword* = *Value*

*Keyword* = *Value*//*Comment*

The possibilities and meanings of the keywords and values depend on the function that processes this data. The corresponding notes can be found in the descriptions displayed further up in the dialog.

For predefined keywords, the comment is often used to define the keyword. For user-defined keywords or user variables, the comment should also be used for a description, as this makes later editing considerably easier.


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