Resetting Default Settings Without Locks

This task explains how to reset default settings without locks.

When you start a session for the first time and use the Tools > Options... command, default settings for each tab are displayed. These settings are provided by the software.

After changing settings, you may decide to restore the default settings. The Tools > Options... command provides a Reset... button for this purpose.

In this simple scenario, settings are not locked by the administrator.

  1. Select the Tools > Options... command.

  2. Select the Display category, then the Visualization tab.

  3. Set a new color for the background:



  4. Click the OK button to confirm.

  5. If you decide that you do not like the background color after all, select the Tools > Options... command, select the Visualization tab, then select the reset button located bottom left of the window.

    The Reset dialog box appears:



    The options are as follows:


    • of this tabpage: restores the default settings for all options on the current tab
    • for the selected workbench only: restores the default settings for all options on all categories in a selected workbench (included in a solution)
    • for the selected solution only: restores the default settings for all options for the selected solution
    • for the selected solution and its associated workbenches: restores the default settings for all options on all categories of a selected solution and associated workbenches (included in a solution)
    • for all the tabpages: restores the default settings for all options, on all tabs, and for all solutions.

  6. Use the default option which restores the default settings for the current tab, which in our example is the Visualization tab, then click the Yes button.

    The default background color is restored:



    No matter how many times you change settings, you can always restore the default settings using the reset button.