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Font

Font name: [1]
Font size: [2]

HTML Box [3]

Adjustment type: [4]
Adjustment rect: [5]

Status Box

Show short urls: [6]

Startup

Startup Rect Mode: [7]
Rect: [8]
Safe mode: [9]

Notes

  1. ^ Enter a font name (default is Arial)
    • The font name must be installed on your machine, such as "Arial", "Courier New", "Liberation Sans"
    • The font name applies to the Address Bar, Tab Buttons, Search Bar, Find Box, and Progress Text messages
    • To change the fonts for the menu, you will need to do it through your Operating System. SWT does not support customizable fonts for menus: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=29899
  2. ^ Enter a font size in points (default is 8)
    • The font size must be a numeric value (typically between 6 and 30)
    • The font size applies to the Address Bar, Tab Buttons, Search Bar, Find Box, and Progress Text messages
    • To change the fonts for the menu, you will need to do it through your Operating System. SWT does not support customizable fonts for menus: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=29899
  3. ^ Handles Windows displays with "Large fonts" or "Extra large fonts":
    • For large fonts, use "relative" and a rect of "0,0,-2,-12"
    • For extra large fonts, use "relative" and a rect of "0,0,-6,-28"
    • For other unanticipated GUI layouts, experiment as necessary.
  4. ^ Choose one of the following (default is none)
    • none: no action
    • absolute: absolute coordinates of html box rectangle
    • relative: relative adjustment to html box rectangle
  5. ^ Enter 'x,y,w,h' numbers separated by commas (default is )
    • none: blank; EX: ''
    • absolute: absolute rect of HTML box; EX: '0,40,1280,900' will place the html box at x=0,y=40,w=1280,h=900
    • relative: relative adjustment to xowa calc; EX: '1,2,-3,-4' will add x=1,y=2,w=-3,h=-4
  6. ^ Choose one of the following (default is unchecked)
    • checked: Link shown at the bottom is wiki_name/name. EX: simple.wikipedia.org/Main_Page
    • unchecked: Link shown at the bottom is wiki_name/wiki/name. EX: simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
  7. ^ Choose one of the following (default is previous)
    • previous: window starts at same rect as previous session (default)
    • maximized: window always starts maximized
    • absolute: window bounds are set to rect below
    • relative: window starts at full screen, and then adjusted by rect below
    • default: window starts at default rect (determined by operating system)
  8. ^ Enter 'x,y,w,h' numbers separated by commas (default is 0,0,1280,1024)
    • absolute: absolute rect of window; EX: 0,0,1280,1024 means x=0 y=0 w=1280 h=1024
    • relative: relative adjustment to full screen size; EX: 20,20,-20,-20 on an 1280,1024 screen will yield a rect of x=20 y=20 w=1260 h=1004
    • previous, maximized, default: does nothing
  9. ^ Choose one of the following (default is checked)
    • checked: prevents window that would be located off screen; EX: x=-9999 or w=9999
    • unchecked: allows off-screen rect.
    NOTE: if you create an unviewable rect you will need to edit the options file

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