Detailed settings for the Quad cursor

This article contains the detailed setting for Quad cursor.

To see how to start working with the Quad cursor, see the article The Quad cursor menu.

Editing the Quad settings

Right click the QUAD field in the Status bar, then choose Settings in the context menu. The Settings dialog box opens, showing the Quad settings.

  1. Quad display
  2. Quad default command launch
  3. Quad popup corner
  4. Quad width
  5. Quad most recent items
  6. Quad icon size
  7. Quad icon space
  8. Quad show delay
  9. Quad hide delay
  10. Quad hide margin
  11. Quad go transparent
  12. Quad expand delay
  13. Quad expand tab delay
  14. Quad tab flags
  15. Property units
  16. Rollover tips
  17. Rollover opacity
  18. Rollover selection set
  19. Rollover parameters
  20. Selection preview display
  21. Shortcut menus
  22. Shortcut menu duration
  23. Tooltips
  24. Tooltip delay

Quad display

Determines when the Quad displays.

  • Negative: Switches the Quad off.
  • 1: When the cursor is over an entity. The entity under the cursor highlights.
  • 2: When entities are selected.
  • 4: On right click when no entities are selected and there is no entity under the cursor.
  • 8: Suppress the Quad when hovering over entities that are not in the current selection set.

Quad default command launch

Activates launching the default quad command without requiring clicking the button.

  • 0: The user must click the button.
  • 1: The default command is launched by right clicking the entity.

Quad popup corner

Controls the popup position of the Quad relative to the cursor position: Upper right, Middle right or Lower right.

Quad width

Defines the number of columns in a row. By default, this number is 6.

Quad most recent items

Defines the number of the most recent items (entities or operations) that are displayed in the menu.

Quad icon size

Sets the size of the buttons in the menu.

  • [0] = Small buttons (16 x 16 pixels).
  • [1] = Large buttons (32 x 32 pixels).
  • [2] = Extra-large buttons (64 x 64 pixels).

Quad icon space

Defines the space around the Quad buttons: narrow, normal or large.

Quad show delay

Sets the time interval, in milliseconds, between the highlighting of the entity and the Quad display.

Quad hide delay

Sets the time interval, in milliseconds, to keep the Quad visible after the cursor is outside the Quad hide margin limit.

Quad hide margin

Sets the distance, in pixels, where the cursor can move away from the Quad and keep it visible. If the cursor moves outside this limit, the Quad is hidden.

Quad go transparent

Defines whether the Quad becomes transparent when the mouse moves outside the Quad, but within the Quad hide margin.

Quad expand delay

Sets the time interval, in milliseconds, to expand the Quad after mouse-enter.

Quad expand tab delay

Sets the time interval, in milliseconds, to expand a group tab after mouse-enter.

Quad tab flags

Sets some display properties of the Quad tabs.

  • 1 - Fixed with tabs: the tabs will be displayed with the same width as the buttons above them
  • 2 - Center tab labels: the labels of the tabs will be displayed center aligned
  • 4 - Tab borders: the tabs will display a border between them
  • 8 - Double tab height: the tabs will have two rows, allowing for the display of longer labels
  • 16 - Show 3D Solid mass properties: displays the mass properties for 3d Solid entities.

Property units

Displays the units for entity properties.

  • 1: length properties
  • 2: area properties
  • 4: volume properties
  • 16: dynamic dimensions
  • 32: mass properties

The units displayed are those set in the drawing properties. See the UNITS command.

Rollover tips

Specifies whether entity properties display in the Quad while hovering. See the ROLLOVERTIPS system variable.

Rollover opacity

Specifies the degree of opacity when the Quad is in rollover state. Values between 10 (very transparent) and 100 (fully opaque) are accepted.

Rollover selection set

Controls the content of rollover tips when multiple entities are selected.

Rollover parameters

Shows block parameters in the rollover tips.

Selection preview display

Controls in which cases objects are highlighted when the pick box cursor hovers over them.

  • 1: when no commands are active
  • 2: when a command prompts for entity selection
Note: When the SELECTIONPREVIEW system variable is Off:
  • The Display the Quad when the cursor hovers on an entity option of the QUADDISPLAY system variable is ignored and the Quad is not displayed.
  • The ROLLOVERTIPS system variable is ignored and entity properties are not displayed (the Quad is not displayed).
  • The SELECTIONCYCLING system variable is ignored and no badge or selection dialog box is displayed (the Quad is not displayed).

Shortcut menus

Controls the status of the DEFAULT, EDIT and COMMAND shortcut menus. The value is stored as a bit code using the sum of the values of all selected options.

  • 1: Enable Default shortcut menus.
  • 2: Enable Edit mode shortcut menus.
  • 4: Enable Command mode shortcut menus (available whenever a command is active).
  • 8: Enable Command mode shortcut menus only when command options are currently available from the command line.
  • 16: Enable display of a shortcut menu when the right button on the pointing device is held down longer.
  • 32: Repeat command with a short right click when entities are selected, and Quad is not shown.

Shortcut menu duration

Specifies how long the right button on a pointing device must be pressed to display a shortcut menu.

Tooltips

Turns on or off the display of tooltips for buttons, tabs and menus.

Tooltip delay

Sets the delay time, in milliseconds, to display tooltips. If the value is negative, no tooltips display.