Options Window: System Settings
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The System Settings node in the Options window contains general IDE
settings.
You can access the System Settings node by choosing Tools > Options,
clicking Advanced Options in the Options window and then expanding IDE Configuration > System and
selecting the System Settings node.
The System Settings node contains the following options:
- Ignored Files. Specifies which files the IDE ignores. Enter a
regular expression for the files you want to ignore. These files are not
displayed in any of the IDE windows and are not processed by IDE commands.
- UI Mode. Sets the interface to use to manage your windows. You
have two choices:
- MDI Mode. This interface confines all of an application's
internal frames inside a primary window.
- SDI Mode. This interfaces uses a single primary window with
a set of supplemental secondary windows.
- Web Browser. Sets the web browser to use when you are browsing
the Internet. Your choices are as follows:
- <Default System Browser>. Your computer's default web
browser.
- Swing HTML Browser. An internal browser that provides a higher
level of integration with the IDE than an external browser, but does
not provide as much functionality.
- Any other web browsers installed on your computer.
- Confirm Delete. If selected, opens a Confirm Deletion dialog
box when you attempt to delete an item.
- Home Page. Sets the web page that the web browser displays on
startup.
- Proxy Host. Sets the host name or numeric IP address of the proxy
server to use to connect to HTTP and FTP sites. The Use Proxy property
checkbox must be selected to use this proxy.
- Proxy Port. Sets the port number of the proxy server.
- Show File Extensions. If selected, displays file extensions
in the Fileystems window.
- Show Tool Tips in IDE. If selected, shows a short text string
that describes the interface element beneath the pointer.
- Use Proxy. If selected, uses a proxy for HTTP and FTP connections
in the web browser and Update Center.
- Some of the system settings described here can also be set in the Basic Options
view of the Options window.
- See Also
- Configuring General Java Settings
- Changing Window Modes
- Specifying Files to Ignore
- Using the Options Window
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