Preferences
Preferences, accessible under the wb_view menu
(Mac) or File menu
(PC or Linux), allows one to tailor the Workbench viewing
environment to one's preference. Changes to Preferences are saved
between Workbench sessions. Options include:
Colors
- Buttons to set the Foreground
(chart axes, colorbar labels, etc.) and Background
colors for All types of views, or Chart, Surface, or Volume
views separately.

ID
- Show Surface ID Symbols to enable display of
identification symbols on surfaces.
- Show Volume ID Symbols to enable display of
identification symbols on volume slices.

Misc
- Logging Level to set the logging
default for
the terminal window (sometimes useful for examining
bugs).
- Save/Manage View Files to set
which files are listed upon opening the Save/Manage
Files dialog (in the File Menu): All,
Loaded, Loaded:Modified, Loaded:Not Modified, Not Loaded.
- New Tabs Yoked to Group A to set
On/Off whether newly created tabs are by default Yoked
to the Group A yoking group.
- Settings to show/hide the Develop
Menu and show/not show the Splash
Screen at Startup.

OpenGL
- Setting for the Image Capture
Method (OpenGL computer code) used by wb_view to
capture an image of the Viewing Window. Changing this setting
might resolve problems with image capturing on your system.

Volume
- Volume Axes Crosshairs to set
On/Off display of axes lines in all Volume views.
- Volume Axes Labels to set On/Off
display of superior (S)/inferior (I) and left (L)/right (R)
axes in all Volume views.
- Volume Identification for New Tabs,
to set in newly created Tabs, On/Off movement of the volume slice/crosshairs
displayed to the same plane as the brainordinate selected in
that tab (or a yoked surface/volume tab).
- Volume Montage Slice Coord to
set On/Off display of x, y, or z coordinate slice position in
all Volume slice plane views.
- Volume Montage Precision to set
the decimal point precision of x, y, or z coordinate slice
position values in all Volume slice plane views.
