Save group

Load

Lets you load a quad options (.qop) file.

Save

Saves your settings to a .qop file.

Save as Startup

Saves your current settings as the startup settings.

Reset to Startup

Resets options to default settings (defaultui.qop).

Colors group

The colors group allows you to customize the colors of your quad menus.

Starting Quadrant

Lets you select which quadrant your cursor starts in when you open the quad menu.

Color list

Lists customizable elements of the quad menu and separates them by quadrant. Click the color swatch to open a color selection dialog.

If the colors for a quad menu element are locked (indicated by a pressed “L” button), each of the separate quadrants share the same color; when you change the color in one quadrant, it changes all of the quadrants’ colors.

You can customize each quadrant separately by turning off the lock button for the selected quad menu element.

Display group

Uniform Quad Width

When on, all displayed quadrants are the same width. The widest quadrant determines the width.

Mirror Quads

When on, text in the quad menus is justified to the inside edge of the menu: The text in the right quadrants is left-justified, and text in the left quadrants is right-justified.

When off, all text in the quad menus is left-justified.

Vertical Margins

Sets the vertical spacing between commands in the quad menu.

Opacity Amount

Sets the opacity of the quad menu.

Opacity is not available in systems running on Windows NT.

Positioning group

Reposition Quad When Off Screen

Automatically repositions the quad menu when you open it with part of the menu off the edge of the screen. The menu is moved so that the entire menu is displayed on the screen.

Move Cursor When Repositioned

Moves your cursor to the new location of the quad menu when it is repositioned.

When off, hold down the mouse button when you right-click to display the quad menu. After you move the cursor over the menu, release the mouse button.

Return Cursor After Repositioned

After you have selected an action from the quad menu, the cursor is returned to the location on the screen where the original right-click was made.

Fonts group

Title Font

Sets the font of the quadrant titles.

Size

Sets the font size of the quadrant titles.

Menu Font

Sets the font of the text inside the quadrants.

Size

Sets the font size of the text inside the quadrants.

Animation group

Type

Sets the animation type for the quad menu from the following options:

• NoneQuad menus display immediately upon right-clicking.
• StretchQuad menus open by expanding one quadrant at a time, in a clockwise manner. They close similarly; contracting one quadrant at a time, in a counterclockwise manner.
• FadeQuad menus open by fading in from transparent to opaque, and close by fading out from opaque to transparent.

Steps

The number of frames used to complete the animated display of the quad menu.

As this value becomes larger, the transition (small to large, transparent to opaque, and so on) becomes more gradual.

Pause

The time between frames during the animated display of the quad menu.

As this value becomes larger, the animated display of the quad menu slows down.