Editor Options

Editor Options window allows to view and modify the settings used by the editor. Editor options are saved in local user cache folder and are shared globally between all installed Flax Editor instanced. By adjusting the settings you can customize Flax Editor for your need.

Open options window

To open editor options window use main menu button Tools -> Options.

Usage

You can modify the properties and press Save icon on a toolstrip to apply the changes. If you want to restore the settings for a given category press Reset button.

General options

Property	Description
Startup Scene Mode	The scene to load on editor startup. Possible options: Option Description None Don't open scene on startup. Project Default The project default scene. Last Opened The last opened scene in the editor.
Undo Actions Capacity	Limit for the editor undo actions. Higher values may increase memory usage but also improve changes rollback history length.
Auto Reload Scripts On Main Window Focus	Determines whether reload scripts after a change on main window focus.
Force Script Compilation On Startup	Determines whether automatically compile game scripts before starting the editor.
Auto Save Visual Script On Play Start	Determines whether automatically save the Visual Script asset editors when starting the play mode in editor.
Auto Rebuild CSG	Determines whether perform automatic CSG rebuild on brush change.
Auto Rebuild CSG Timeout	Auto CSG rebuilding timeout (in milliseconds). Use lower value for more frequent and responsive updates but higher complexity.
Auto Rebuild Nav Mesh	Determines whether perform automatic NavMesh rebuild on scene change.
Auto Rebuild Nav Mesh Timeout	Auto NavMesh rebuilding timeout (in milliseconds). Use lower value for more frequent and responsive updates but higher complexity.
Enable Auto Save	Enables or disables auto saving changes in edited scenes and content.
Auto Save Frequency	The interval between auto saves (in minutes).
Auto Save Scenes	Enables or disables auto saving opened scenes.
Auto Save Content	Enables or disables auto saving content.
Enable Editor Analytics	Enables or disables anonymous editor analytics service used to improve editor experience and the quality.

Interface options

Property	Description
Interface
Interface Scale	Editor User Interface scale. Applied to all UI elements, windows and text. Can be used to scale the interface up on a bigger display. Editor restart required.
Use Native Window System	Determines whether use native window title bar. Editor restart required.
Show Selected Camera Preview	Determines whether show selected camera preview in the edit window.
Center Mouse On Game Window Focus	Determines whether center mouse position on window focus in play mode. Helps when working with games that lock mouse cursor.
Debug Log Timestamps Format	The timestamps prefix mode for debug log messages. Possible options: Option Description None No prefix. Utc The UTC time format. Local Time The local time format. Time Since Startup The time since startup (in seconds).
Output Log
Timestamps Format	The timestamps prefix mode for output log log messages. Possible options: Option Description None No prefix. Utc The UTC time format. Local Time The local time format. Time Since Startup The time since startup (in seconds).
Show Log Type	Determines whether show log type prefix in output log messages.
Text Font	The output log text font.
Text Color	The output log text color.
Text Shadow Color	The output log text shadow color.
Text Shadow Offset	The output log text shadow offset. Set to 0 to disable this feature.
Play In-Editor
Focus Game Window On Play	Determines whether auto-focus game window on play mode start.
Fonts
Title Font	The title font for editor UI.
Large Font	The large font for editor UI.
Medium Font	The medium font for editor UI.
Small Font	The small font for editor UI.
Fallback Fonts	The list of fallback fonts to use when main text font is missing certain characters. Empty to use fonts from GraphicsSettings.

Input options

Use this section to modify the input shortcuts binding used by the editor. By pressing X button you can remove the binding.

Viewport options

Property	Description
Mouse Sensitivity	The mouse movement sensitivity scale applied when using the viewport camera.
Default Movement Speed	The default movement speed for the viewport camera (must match the dropdown menu values in the viewport).
Default Near Plane	The default near clipping plane distance for the viewport camera.
Default Far Plane	The default far clipping plane distance for the viewport camera.
Default Field Of View	The default field of view angle (in degrees) for the viewport camera.

Visual options

Property	Description
Show Selection Outline	If checked, the selection outline will be visible.
Selection Outline Color 0	The first color of the selection outline gradient.
Selection Outline Color 1	The second color of the selection outline gradient.
Gizmo Size	The transform gizmo size.
Highlight Color	The color used to highlight selected meshes and CSG surfaces.
Enable MSAA For DebugDraw	Determines whether enable MSAA for DebugDraw primitives rendering. Helps with pixel aliasing but reduces performance.

Source Code options

Property	Description
Source Code Editor	The source code editing IDE to use for project and source files accessing.
Auto Generate Scripts Project Files	Determines whether automatically generate scripts project files when adding/removing/moving scripts in Editor.

Custom options

Editor supports extending the options by adding custom settings. This can be used by the editor plugins. To learn how to do it see the related tutorial here.