Options Menu

Options Menu (Main Window)

Preferences		Ctrl+P
Font		Ctrl+Y
File Loading		Ctrl+L
Customize Toolbar		Ctrl+B
Save for Startup È
	Directory Path	Ctrl+Shift+D
	Tree size and options	Ctrl+Shift+T
	Initial Database	Ctrl+Shift+E
	Window size & pos	Ctrl+Shift+P
Database È
	Edit Keywords
	Statistics	Ctrl+T
Thumbnail Size
Sort By
Show for Files


	Options \| Font	Ctrl+Y

This selection allows you to select a font for display of the directory list, file list and status line. Note that the same font is used for all of these user interface elements.


	Options \| Customize Toolbar	Ctrl+B

Customize Toolbar Use this dialog box to configure the ThumbsPlus toolbar to your liking. Most menu commands are available as toolbar buttons; simply drag the ones you want to the place you want on the toolbar.

You can also move buttons on the toolbar, or drag them completely off to remove them. Buttons may only be on the toolbar once - if you add a button a second time, it will move to the new position.

You may make two rows of buttons, but the second row will not display properly until you select OK to save your changes.

You may also double-click the toolbar to open this dialog box.

There is no keyboard interface for customizing the toolbar (toolbars are for mouses, aren't they?).

Available buttons. Shows the buttons available for the toolbar. Drag a button to the toolbar to add it.

Large buttons. Selects the larger size of toolbar button (32x32 pixels), versus the small version (20x20 pixels).

Text on buttons. Adds descriptive text (as in Tool Tips) to each button. This makes the buttons quite a bit larger.

Enable Tool Tips. Enables tool tips, which will describe each button if you leave the cursor over it for about a second.


	Options \| Save for Startup \| Directory Path	Ctrl+Shift+D

This option saves the current directory as the startup directory for the current database; whenever you open this database, ThumbsPlus will position to the current directory. This helps, for example, if you have a "Fonts" database, and a directory containing fonts. You can set the startup directory for the Fonts database to the Fonts directory, so that you don't have to click around in the directory list to find the fonts.


	Options \| Save for Startup \| Tree size and options	Ctrl+Shift+T

This option saves the current size (width) of the folder tree and the checked options from the Tree menu.


	Options \| Save for Startup \| Initial Database	Ctrl+Shift+E

This option sets the current database as the default database for ThumbsPlus. Unless another database is specified on the ThumbsPlus command line, ThumbsPlus will open this database. See File New Database and File Open Database for information on creating and managing ThumbsPlus databases.


	Options \| Save for Startup \| Window size & pos	Ctrl+Shift+P

This option saves ThumbsPlus's current window position and size. Subsequent runs of ThumbsPlus will place the main window at its current position. Note that this is set for the current database only, so that you can configure different databases to start at different window positions.


	Options \| Database \| Edit Keywords

Keyword Edit Use this option to edit the keywords in the database. You may select one or more keywords in the list at the left, then click on buttons to "do something" to them.

Delete. Removes the keywords from the database. This also disassociates any thumbnails from the keyword.

Change. You can type a new value for the keyword. It will remain associated with all thumbnails that were associated with the original. This button is only available if a single keyword is selected.

Combine. You may combine multiple keywords to a single database entry. Extra associations (i.e., references to more than one of the selected entries) will be dropped. This button is only available if multiple keywords are selected.


	Options \| Database \| Statistics	Ctrl+T

Shows various thumbnail database statistics for the current database.


	Options \| Thumbnail Size

You may quickly change the thumbnail size in the file list using any of these selections (50%, 100%, 150%, 200%). The sizes are relative to the size of the thumbnails as created by File | New Database.

These selections are also available from Options | Preferences | File List.


	Options \| Sort By

Select the field to sort the file list (Name, Type, Size, Date). You may also sort in descending order (Descending).

These selections are also available from Options | Preferences | File List.


	Options \| Show for Files

Select the items shown for each file in the file list (Thumbnail, Name, Size, Date, Dimensions, Resolution). You may also select whether to include hidden and system files.

These selections are also available from Options | Preferences | File List.