Maintaining Window Options

In JADE windows, the various components of your windows are displayed in different colors by default; for example, all superschema objects are displayed in blue and system objects are displayed in red.

To change your default window options

  1. In the Preferences or JADE Installation Preferences dialog, click the Window sheet.

  2. Double-click the component whose default color you want to change. For example, double-click the white panel to the right of Background Color in the Window list to change the default background color for your JADE windows. The common Color dialog is then displayed.

  3. Click on the required color. (This common dialog also enables you to define your own custom color, if required, by double‑clicking on the table and then selecting the color that you require or defining your own custom color on the Color dialog.)

  4. Click the OK button.

    Repeat steps 2 through 4, to make all your required color display changes.

  5. If you want to save the size and position of windows that you resize or reposition, check the Save Size and Position check box.

    If you have more than one open copy of a window (for example, the Class Browser), only the size and position of the last window to be opened is saved.

  6. If you do not want the toolbar displayed in the JADE window, uncheck the Show Tool Bar check box.

  7. If you do not want to display the status line at the bottom of the JADE window, uncheck the Show Status Line check box.

  8. If you do not want to display bubble help, uncheck the Show Bubble Help check box.

  9. If you want to display the backdrop image on the JADE development environment background form, check the Show Backdrop check box.

  10. If you do not want the Tips dialog displayed when you sign on to the JADE development environment, uncheck the Show Tips At Start-up check box. For details about the Tips dialog, see "Signing On to the JADE Development Environment", earlier in this chapter.

  11. If you do not want to display the JADE release note splash screen when you sign on to the JADE development environment, uncheck the Show Release Note At Startup check box.

    When this check box is checked, the release note splash screen, which displays the major features of the current release and hyperlinks to further information, is displayed:

    • The first time an upgraded JADE system is started, regardless of the value of the ShowSplashScreen parameter in the [Jade] section of the JADE initialization file.

    • The first time a new installation of JADE is started.

    • Every time a system with no user-defined schemas is started, unless the value of the ShowSplashScreen parameter in the [Jade] section of the JADE initialization file is set to false.

  12. From version 2018.0.01, if you want to show or hide the display of alternating rows in list boxes and tables in browser‑type forms (for example, the Class Browser) using the value of the backColor property, check or uncheck the Show Alternating Row BackColor check box.

  13. If you do not want the editor clipboard toolbar or the floated Jade Clipboard Text Contents form displayed in the JADE window, uncheck the Show Clip Board Toolbar check box on the Window sheet of the Preferences dialog (or select the Show Clipboard Toolbar command in the View menu or context menu).

    If the editor clipboard toolbar is docked in the toolbar of the main development environment window, hiding the main development environment window toolbar also hides the editor clipboard toolbar.

  14. If you do not want the quick inspect toolbar or the floated Quick Inspect form displayed in the JADE window, uncheck the Show Quick Inspect Toolbar check box on the Window sheet of the Preferences dialog (or select the Show Quick Inspect Toolbar command in the View menu or toolbar context menu).

    If the quick inspect toolbar is docked in the toolbar of the main development environment window, hiding the main development environment window toolbar also hides the quick inspect toolbar.

  15. If you want to change the width of the quick inspect toolbar combo box from the default value of 300 pixels, in the Quick Inspect Width text box, specify the number of pixels you require, with a minimum value of 200 pixels and a maximum of 1,000 pixels.

  16. Click the Font button if you want to change the default window font from Tahoma, regular, 8.25 points. The common Font dialog is then displayed, to enable you to make your font selections.

    When you have made your font selections, focus is then returned to the Preferences or JADE Installation Preferences dialog.

  17. If you want to change between a light theme or a dark theme, select the Light Mode or the Dark Mode option button in the Color Mode group box. (The Preference dialog sheets then reflect the selected theme.)

    For details, see "Displaying a Light or Dark Development Environment Theme", earlier in this chapter.

  18. If you want to change the theme from the default JADE theme, select the theme that you require in the Select JADE Theme combo box.

  19. If you want to remove or change the series of images applied to the caption line, menu line, and border areas of each form in the JADE development environment to provide an enhanced look and feel to each form in the current (committed) version, select <None> or the skin that you require in the Select JADE Skin combo box.

    The skin can also define images for buttons, JadeMask controls, check boxes, and option buttons to further enhance the look and feel of forms. By default, the Lincoln skin is used for the current version; that is, JADE Lincoln is displayed in this combo box.

    As JADE must be able to upgrade existing systems by replacing the JADE system files, you cannot update the skins used by the JADE development environment and you cannot access user-defined skins for deployed applications from the development environment.

    However, you can create your own skin images for definition and maintenance by users of the runtime applications, if required. For details, see "Defining and Maintaining JADE Skins" under "Using JADE Skins in Your Runtime Applications", in Chapter 1 of the JADE Runtime Application Guide. See also Chapter 9, "Using Skins to Enhance JADE Applications", in the JADE Developer's Reference.

  20. Click the Add Theme button if you want to add a theme. The Define JADE Theme dialog is then displayed. For details, see "Adding a Theme", later in this chapter.

  21. Click the Edit Theme button if you want to edit an existing user theme. The Edit JADE Theme dialog is then displayed. For details, see "Editing a Theme", later in this chapter.

    This button is disabled when Default JADE Theme or Default Dark JADE Theme is selected in the Select JADE Theme combo box.

  22. Click the Reset button if you want to reset the current JADE themes Window, Editor, and Relationship colors to those of the default JADE theme for the currently selected color mode.

    This button is disabled when Default JADE Theme or Default Dark JADE Theme is selected in the Select JADE Theme combo box.

  23. Click the Remove Theme button if you want to remove the user theme selected in the Select JADE Theme combo box.

  24. Click the OK button. Alternatively, click the Cancel button to abandon your selections.

The current window then has focus, and displays your selected preferences.