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View Properties   Form tabs Display Lists Icons Background Use this form to change the look of a window pane. Default button Reverts all settings on this form to the FirstClass defaults. Caution All your settings will revert, not just the ones showing on the active tab. Apply button Saves your changes without closing the form. Clicking Cancel won't undo these changes. Top Display tab Use this tab to specify the view and general display properties for this pane. Display format The view you want. Font Font The font family to use for text (for example, Verdana). Size The size to use for text. The value Default uses the default font size for your operating system. Use color The color to use for text. To use anything other than black, you must select both the checkbox and the color you want. Gridlines Show vertical gridlines Displays vertical lines between columns (list view) or the vertical portion of the grid that FirstClass is using to align icons. Show horizontal gridlines Displays horizontal lines between rows (list view) or the horizontal portion of the grid that FirstClass is using to align icons. Top Lists tab Use this tab to specify how lists will display in this pane. Sorting Sort on The column you want to sort on. The value None lists items in the order they were created, or in the order to which you drag them. Reverse sort Reverses the sort order of the column you are sorting on. Grouping Group on The column on which you want to group. Collapse all groups Shows just the first item in all groups. Appearance Show column titles Displays titles at the tops of columns. Show row numbers Displays row numbers to the left of rows. Variable height rows Displays list text in multiple lines, if the column width can't accommodate it in one line. Top Icons tab Use this tab to specify icon behavior in this pane. Lock positions Locks icons in position so that they can't be moved. Open with single click Makes an object open when you click its icon. Hide titles Hides the titles of icons. Width to wrap titles The number of pixels before an icon title will wrap to the next line. Arrange automatically Lays out icons on a grid. As you add or remove icons, they are moved automatically. The order in which icons are placed follows the sort order you see in list view. Left to Right Flows icons horizontally, from row to row. Top to Bottom Flows icons vertically, from column to column. Size Resizes icons that are in scaled icon view. Drag the slider to change icon size. Place on grid Snaps icons to the grid as you drag them. Use custom grid Reveals fields where you define your own custom grid.         Note If you select this field, FirstClass will use your custom grid whenever it aligns icons to the grid. Top Background tab Use this tab to specify a background picture for this pane. Use picture Applies the picture you select at "Image" to the pane's background. Image The picture you want to use as a background. The picture is previewed on this tab. Tile picture Tiles the picture. Transparent text Makes the area around icon titles transparent. Top For more information Changing view properties