You can set the following
preferences in the Interface category of the Preferences window.
Interface
- Menu set
-
This determines which
menu set displays in the main Maya menu bar on start-up. The default
is Animation.
- Show menubar
-
Hides or displays the
main menu bar (Windows and Linux). Hides or displays the Panels
menu bar (all platforms).
TipTo hide or display
the main menu bar of Maya on Mac OS X, press the asterisk button
(*) three times.
- Show title bar
-
Hides or displays the title bars in the main window
and the Script Editor (Windows and Linux).
The title bar includes window control buttons for expanding and
collapsing the application.
- Windows
-
Turn on Remember
Size and Position so that Maya restores the size and
position of all windows when closed and re-opened. If turned off,
the Maya windows always display in the center of the screen upon
opening.
- Command Line
-
Turn
on Hold focus if you want the cursor to stay in the Command
Line after you press (Windows
and Linux) or (Mac
OS X). Otherwise, the cursor returns to the current window.
- Open Attribute Editor
-
Use this option to specify
how the Attribute Editor displays when
you open it (such as pressing +a (Windows
and Linux) or +a (Mac
OS X)). To open the Attribute Editor in a separate
window, select In Separate Window. To open the Attribute
Editor in the main Maya window, select In Main Maya Window.
By default, the Attribute Editor opens in Maya’s
main window.
- Open tool settings
-
Use this option to specify
how the Tool Settings display when you open them. To open the Tool Settings
in a separate window, select In Separate Window. To open the Tool
Settings in the main Maya window, select In Main Maya
Window. By default, the Tool Settings window opens in Maya’s main
window.
- Open Layer Editor
-
Use this option to specify
how the Layer editors display when
you open them. (Window > General Editors > Display Layer Editor
or Window > Rendering Editors > Render Layer Editor). To open
the Layer editors in a separate window,
select In Separate Window. To open the Layer editors in
the main Maya window, select In Main Maya Window. By default, the
Layer editors window opens in Maya’s main window.
- Expression Editor
-
Select an Expression
Editor for editing text.
Devices
- Mouse Scroll Wheel
-
Lets you set whether
or not Maya’s scroll bars can be moved by your mouse’s scroll wheel. When
on, you can scroll through various lists and windows in Maya using
your mouse’s scroll wheel (for example, you can use your mouse’s scroll
wheel to scroll through a long list of attributes).
- Mouse Tracking
-
On Mac OS X, Maya gives
you the option of using either a three button mouse, a two button mouse,
or a single button mouse. (All documentation assumes the use of
a three button mouse).
The following table shows
the functional equivalents of two or one button mouse clicks to three-button
mouse clicks.
When you use tumble,
track, dolly, or select zoom with a one or two button mouse, the command
controls are different from the controls described in the documentation
for the three button mouse. Below is a table that specifies the
control changes.
Function |
Three button |
Two button |
One button |
Tumble
|
+
|
+
|
+
|
Track
|
+
|
+ +
|
+ +
|
Dolly
|
+
|
+
|
+ +
|
Select zoom |
+ +
|
+ +
|
not available |
NoteFor select zoom,
hold the corresponding buttons for select zoom and draw a box around
the part of the view where you want to dolly in and out.
If you drag the box out
from left to right, you dolly in.
If you drag the box out
from right to left, you dolly out.