Preferences
Use the
Preferences
dialog box to set your preferred global values for certain properties.
Go to the
or click
on the toolbar. You should see the
on the toolbar. You should see the
Preferences
window:
To set a preference, click a property value and change it. The Flow Graph Analyzer applies your preferences to the entire session and restores the preferences after shutdown and restart.
To get more information about a preference property, hover your mouse over the property to enable a tooltip that contains more information on the property:
Some of the configurable preferences are:
Property
| Description
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Node Shape | This is a global preference in the
Style group of the
GUI tab. Possible values are
box ,
circle ,
basic ,
uml , and
custom . The default is the custom node shape.
|
GUI Theme | This is a global preference in the
Theme group of the
GUI tab. Possible themes are dark and light. The default is dark.
The Flow Graph Analyzer applies a theme change only after restart.
|
Disable inter-graph edges | This is a global preference in the
GraphML group of the
File tab. The Flow Graph Analyzer 2019 Update 4 or higher supports viewing GraphML* files with inter-graph edges. This is disabled by default (set to
true ).
 Even though cross-graph edges are strongly discouraged in Threading Building Blocks documentation, some use-cases may require them.
|
Fast Hierarchical (preferences group) | This is a global preferences group in the
File tab. The new fast hierarchical layout algorithm has been introduced in Flow Graph Analyzer 2019 Update 5. It allows you to set the following preferences:
 |
Topological Sort Algorithm | This is a global preference in the
General group of the
Layout tab. Choose between two different DFS algorithms for a topological sort of a graph:
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