Display Toolbar

The Display toolbar appears above the Block viewer. Use the buttons on this toolbar to make adjustments to the way the blocks display and to access Preferences and Help. Any changes you make using the Display toolbar will be remembered when you exit the program.

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Patch lines

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You can choose to view the blocks with or without the thin black lines around each patch of the block. Click the Patch lines button to toggle this feature on and off. This setting will be remembered when you restart BlockBase+.  Note: If you choose to display the blocks as line drawings, patch lines will be automatically turned on.

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Colorway

Use the Colorway buttons in the Display toolbar to show all the blocks as line drawings, grayscale or colored. This setting will be remembered when you restart BlockBase+.

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Display

Click the Display buttons to change the size of the blocks in the viewer. This setting will be remembered when you restart BlockBase+.

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Help

Click the Help button to launch your default browser and open the main online Help page for BlockBase+ found on ElectricQuilt.com website.

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Preferences

Click the Preferences button (gear icon) to display the Preferences dialog.

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All the options available in the Display toolbar for the Block viewer can also be set in the Preferences dialog. Other preferences options include setting the measurement units and printer fonts.