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You can customize how FontLab glyph editing looks and works by going to ==Preferences > Editing==:

![image](https://github.com/Fontlab/FontLabVI-help/blob/master/img/flvi-editpref.png)

### Show scroll bars in the Glyph window

You can turn this option off if you don’t need scroll bars in the [[Glyph Window]] and scroll with the mouse wheel or pan by pressing ++Space++ instead.

### Pinch gesture zooms in the Glyph window

Enable this option if you would like to zoom in the [[Glyph Window]] using pinching gestures.

!!! Note

> On Windows, if this option is enabled, you need to use ++Ctrl+Alt++-mouse wheel to change the current glyph in the Glyph window. If it is turned off, ++Ctrl++-mouse wheel needs to be used instead.

### Highlight nodes on alignment zones

When alignment zones are not visible and the option is enabled, if you move a point into an alignment zone, the zone will become visible again and the node is highlighted. The highlighting is in a different style when the node is on the zone line rather than within the zone.

### Pen and Pencil tools can change contour

When turned on drawing with [Pen](Pen-tool) and [Pencil](Pencil-tool) adds to existing contours

### Force snap to guides

When turned off, a node snaps to a guide only at idle, when you stop your mouse move, so you can move nodes smoothly. But when it is on, the node will snap when the mouse moves, so it feels “harder”.

### Marquee selection selects nodes but not handles

You can turn this option on if you would like handles inside the marquee selection rectangle to be selected. Note that even when this option is turned off, handles between selected nodes are selected.

### Free Transform scaling: non-proportional with Shift, otherwise proportional

Previously, scaling was proportional without ++Shift++ and non-proportional with ++Shift++. If you prefer that old behavior, turn on this option.

### Clicking outline selects segment

Turn this option on if you would like to be able to select a segment by clicking the outline. When this option is off, you can still select a segment by ++Shift++-clicking it.

### Pasting contour to another element preserves appearance

When turned on, copying and pasting contours from/to transformed elements is WYSIWYG: original contours are copied transformed to keep their look in the source element and so are pasted to the destination element.

### Curve handles have fixed direction when curve point is dragged

When you drag any point on a curve segment (not the node) and this option is off, the direction of the handles changes, so you can freely change the shape of the curve segment but you will also change the shape of neighboring curve segments if they connect via a smooth node. If this option is on, the direction of the handles stays fixed, so the change of the current curve segment will be limited, and neighboring segments stay intact.

### Show missing glyph placeholders

If enabled, placeholders of missing glyphs are shown in the Text mode.

### Hide character placeholders if layer is not empty

If enabled, placeholders are not shown in the Edit mode if the current layer is not empty.

### Show cross

If enabled, a crosshair cursor is shown whenever the user moves any nodes.

### Holding ++Cmd++ activates Contour tool

When turned on and some other tool is selected holding down the ++Cmd++ key activates the [[Contour tool]] temporarily. This option is not available on Windows.

### Always show anchor names

When turned on, anchor/pin names are always visible. Otherwise names become visible when the cursor approaches the anchor/pin.

### Rapid tool remembers last state

When turned on, the Rapid tool remembers the type of added node (straight or smooth) and continues add nodes of this type until ++Ctrl++-click

### Live preview (may be slow)

When turned on and you edit the contour, you can see the “live” preview of the glyph in other windows or in the Preview panel while you drag the mouse. If turned off, the preview is updated at idle or when you release the mouse.
