Customization
Customization
Dia can be changed in a few ways, allowing the
user to make Dia fit more to their needs.
To change the behavior settings, select
File Preferences...
from the Main Menu Bar. This opens the Preferences dialog, shown in
The configurable properties in the User Interface tab
are:
Reset tools after create — If this button is checked…
Number of undo levels customizes how many steps that the undo tool
remembers. Higher numbers let the user go back more steps to fix an
error, but take up more memory.
Width controls the width, in pixels, of a new diagram.
Height controls the height, in pixels, of a new diagram.
Magnify sets a multiplier that controls what the default zoom level on
a new diagram is.
Snap To allows makes objects attract to a grid created by the program.
This makes it easier for the user to align objects, as separate objects
snap to the same line.
X Size lets the user set a multiplier which sets how far the horizontal
grid lines are from eachother.
Y Size lets the user set a multiplier which sets how far the vertical
grid lines are from eachother.
Colour sets the color that the grid lines display as.
After you have made all the changes you want, click on
OK to apply the changes and close the
Preferences dialog. To cancel the changes and return
to previous values, click the Close button. You may
preview the effect of your changes using the Apply
button.