Dialog Box ‘Options’ - ‘Visualization styles’

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Function: This dialog is used for configuring the display of library visualizations and visualizations in the POUs view in the visualization editor. In addition, it is used for configuring the tab Visualization manager - Settings (group Style settings).

Call: Menu bar: Tools ‣ Options (Visualization styles category).

These settings are not applied at visualization runtime. In runtime mode, only the settings of the visualization manager are available in the Settings tab.

See also

• Applying Visualization Styles

Group ‘Style configuration for libraries and global visualizations’

These settings are applied for library visualizations and for visualizations in the POUs view.
Use no visualization style	: Display without using style properties. Elements are displayed as defined by presets.
Use the following visualization style	: Style with style properties used for displaying visualizations.
Derive visualization style automatically	: Display with the style that was selected in the application in the visualization manager (when possible). Therefore, the display is derived from this style. It is actually possible for this to cause an incorrect display. Then the fallback solution is used.
Fallback if no visualization style could be derived	Another style that is applied after the selected style. Then a style property is assigned from the style specified here. This is done for element properties that could not be assigned style properties. Requirement: The selected style causes a device-specific, deficient display on the display variant.

Group ‘Style selection’

The drop-down list of Selected style can be configured in the visualization manager (Settings tab, Style settings group).
Display all versions	: All other styles of the repository, including the selected style, are listed for selection, but only in the latest version. If newer versions are installed for the selected style, then these are also listed. : All installed styles in all installed versions are available for selection.

Group ‘Style for new visualization managers’

Last used: <style, version, vendor>	Style that is selected automatically when you add a new visualization application. Note: It is actually possible that a display variant is displayed another way depending on the device despite this setting.
Preset: <style, version, vendor>
<style, version, vendor>