====== General Options Dialog ======

The {{:sift_general_options.png}} General Options Dialog allows you to customize your global experience with Sift. The dialog can be found in the [[Sift:Application:Toolbar|Toolbar]] and under the File menu.

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===== General Options Overview =====

There are two sections in the general options dialog.

  - Selection Options: These options will customize your experience interacting with the data.
  - Plotting Options: These options will customize your experience interacting with the plots.

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===== Selection Options =====

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**Highlight all data when Refresh is selected**: All data gets highlighted after the refresh button is selected. Useful when a trace is selected and the user wants to return to all data shown.

**Highlight all data in group**: When checked, if a trace is highlighted, the entire group gets highlighted.

**Highlight all data in workspace**: When checked, if a trace is highlighted, the entire workspace (within the same group) gets highlighted. If Highlight all data in group is checked, this option is disabled.

**Highlight data across groups**: When checked, the same trace across all groups is highlighted as well.

**Show excluded data**: When checked, data is still shown when excluded.

**Excluded selected data for all groups**: When checked, if a trace is excluded the corresponding trace across all groups is excluded.

**Use short C3D file names on selection**: Only short names will be shown when a trace is selected.

**Transparency for unselected data (0-100%)**: This slider allows you to choose the transparency of the unhighlighted data with 100% being completely clear.

===== Plotting Options =====

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**Refresh plot on selection changes**: When checked, whenever a new selection is made the active plot refreshes automatically.

**Show instances where //data not found//** : When checked, data that is not found will still appear on the plots.

**Use selected workspaces when calculate group means**: When checked, only the selected workspaces will be used to calculate the group means when being plotted.

**Show vertical line for video and animations**: When checked, vertical line will show during animations and video. Vertical line styles can be changed in Data Options.

**Transparency for dispersion measures (0-100%)**: This slider allows you to choose the transparency of the dispersion measures with 100% being completely clear.

**Graph Rows**: Number of graph rows.

**Graph Columns**: Number of graph columns.

**Plot view type**: Gives you the option to view a single plot, a row of plots, or a column of plots.

**Graph View Count**: Number of Graphs you wish to view.