Preferences

Hex Workshop Preferences Dialog is launched by either selecting "Preferences..." from the "Options" menu or by pressing the Preferences icon on the File Operations Toolbar.  

Preferences are organized under 4 major categories: Display Options, Configuration, Tool Options, and Import/Export followed by sub-categories.

The "Reset All" button resets all preferences to default settings.  The "Help" button displays help for selected preference sub-category.

Settings

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Description

Offset Area

Controls the foreground and background colors of the offset address area (left side of editor window) and the editor header (top of edit window).

Odd Hex Column Area

Controls the hex foreground and background colors of odd numbered hex columns.  Odd and Even columns color settings are separated to allow for easier viewing of data.

Even Hex Column Area

Controls the hex foreground and background colors of even numbered hex columns.  Odd and Even columns color settings are separated to allow for easier viewing of data.

Text Area

Controls the foreground and background colors of the text area (right side of editor).

Separator Line

Controls the color of separator lines display between the offset, hex, and text area within the editor and between columns in the editor header.

Offset Caret

Controls the foreground and background colors of the caret position (editing caret -- not mouse cursor) within the offset and header areas.

Offset Cursor

Controls the foreground and background color of the mouse cursor position within the offset and header areas.

Modified Bytes

Controls the foreground, background, and border rectangle colors for data modified within the editor, but not yet saved.

Find All

Controls the foreground, background, and border rectangle colors for data found as part of a "Find All Instances" search.

Selected Find All

Controls the foreground, background, and border rectangle colors for a "Find All Instances" item selected in the Find tab of the Results Window.

Selected Structure

Controls the foreground, background, and border rectangle colors for a structure element selected in the Structure Viewer window.

Selected Structure Odd

Controls the foreground, background, and border rectangle colors for odd indexed structure element members.

The structure selected odd and even settings allow users to view data boundaries of data elements with the editor.

Selected Structure Even

Controls the foreground, background, and border rectangle colors for even indexed structure element members.

The structure selected odd and even settings allow users to view data boundaries of data elements with the editor.

Unselected Structure

Controls the foreground, background, and border rectangle colors of unselected structures.  

By default, Hex Workshop defines a border rectangle to allow users to view structure boundaries.

Selected Bookmark

Controls the foreground, background, and border rectangle colors of selected bookmarks.

Unselected Bookmark

Controls the foreground, background, and border rectangle colors of selected bookmarks.

By default, Hex Workshop defines a border rectangle to allow users to view structure boundaries.

Compare Matched Data

Controls the foreground, background, and border rectangle colors of data marked as a match during a comparison operation.

Compare Inserted Data

Controls the foreground, background, and border rectangle colors of data marked as a inserted during a comparison operation.

Compare Deleted Data

Controls the foreground, background, and border rectangle colors of data marked as a deleted during a comparison operation.

Compare Replaced Data

Controls the foreground, background, and border rectangle colors of data marked as a replaced during a comparison operation.

Selected Compare Item

Controls the foreground, background, and border rectangle colors of an item selected in the Compare tab of the Results Window.

Selected Data Inspector Item

Controls the foreground, background, and border rectangle colors of data that will be modified from the Data Inspector.

These attributes are applied when the user selects an item in the Data Inspector.

 

Use Default

The "Use Default" button reverts the selected color setting back to the original Hex Workshop default.

Use Same colors for Hex and Ascii Areas

If checked, users can specify different color settings for the hex and text areas within the editor.  If unchecked, color settings will be used for both the hex and text areas within the editor.

Disable color Highlight in editor

Disabled color rendering for the selected color setting.  This options allows users to temporarily disable color settings without clearing selected colors.