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Level Editor: Settings window page

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The '''Settings''' button in the top bar opens the ''Editor Settings'' window. These are your preferences, kept on your computer for every map; nothing here is saved in a map. The window has two tabs, '''General''' and '''Controls'''. '''Reset to Defaults''' puts the key bindings back, and '''Close''' closes the window. Every change is kept at once.

== General ==
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{{Property row|name=TeamSpec Executable Path|type=File|default=empty|desc=Where <code>TeamSpec.exe</code> is. Click '''...''' to browse. Needed by '''Run''' and '''Quick Playtest / Apply'''; without it the editor opens this window when you try to run.}}
{{Property row|name=TF2 install|type=Folder|default=empty (found through Steam)|desc=The <code>Team Fortress 2</code> folder, used to show the materials, models and skies of [[Level Editor/Workflows/Importing Source maps|imported Source maps]]. The line under it says what was found, or ''No TF2 install found.''}}
{{Property row|name=Camera FOV|type=Degrees, 30 to 120|default=70|desc=The editor camera's field of view in every 3D view.}}
{{Property row|name=Enable auto-save|type=Check box|default=On|desc=Save the map by itself after you edit it. Only for a map that has been saved once.}}
{{Property row|name=Delay after edit|type=Seconds, 1 to 10|default=3.0|desc=How long after your last edit auto-save waits.}}
{{Property row|name=Click-through collision brushes|type=Check box|default=Off|desc=Clicks in the viewport pass through collision-only brushes. Same as '''Edit > Click Through Collision Brushes'''.}}
{{Property row|name=Click-through zone brushes|type=Check box|default=Off|desc=Clicks pass through zones.}}
{{Property row|name=Click-through sound volumes|type=Check box|default=Off|desc=Clicks pass through sound volumes.}}
{{Property row|name=Opacity (Collision Brushes)|type=0 to 100%|default=50%|desc=How strongly collision-only brushes are drawn in the editor.}}
{{Property row|name=Area Trigger Opacity|type=0 to 100%|default=30%|desc=How strongly zone brushes are drawn.}}
{{Property row|name=Light Gizmo Opacity|type=0 to 100%|default=50%|desc=How strongly the light range spheres and cones are drawn.}}
{{Property row|name=Load previews in background (skip loading screen)|type=Check box|default=On|desc=Prop and material previews load while you work instead of behind a loading screen.}}
{{Property row|name=Parent placements to the surface they start on|type=Check box|default=Off|desc=New brushes, props, lights and points go into the group holding what the placement started on (the brush a drag began on, the surface a point or prop landed on), instead of the row picked in the scene tree. Placing onto nothing still uses the picked row.}}
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The grid, snapping and viewport rendering choices are also remembered between sessions, but you set them elsewhere: in the [[Level Editor/Panels/Snapping|Snapping]] tab, the [[Level Editor/Menus/Edit|Edit]] and [[Level Editor/Menus/View|View]] menus and the [[Level Editor/Menus/View#Viewport Rendering window|Viewport Rendering]] window.

== Controls ==
Every rebindable key, in sections: Editor, Camera, 2D Views, Tools Menu, Clip Tool, Transform Tool, Sculpt Brush, Face Tool, Paint Brush, UV Editor and Snapping. Each action has two slots.
* Click a slot, then press the key you want. The hint at the top reads ''Click a slot to rebind. Esc = cancel, Del = unbind.''
* Right-click a slot to unbind it.
* '''Reset to Defaults''' puts every binding back.

The full list with defaults is on [[Level Editor/Keyboard shortcuts|Keyboard shortcuts]].

== Related pages ==
* [[Level Editor/Getting started|Getting started]]
* [[Level Editor/Keyboard shortcuts|Keyboard shortcuts]]

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