You can set the following preferences in the Interface category of the Preferences window ().
To return to the default factory settings, choose in this window. Note that this resets the preferences in every category in the Preferences window.
Interface
Highlight What's New
- Highlight what's new in this release
- Toggles highlighting in the interface.
- Show
- Sets whether the What's New Display Settings window displays on start up.
- Highlight Color
- Lets you set a color for the highlighted text and brackets. By default, the highlight color is green.
Tip: Click the color swatch to edit it or drag the slider next to the swatch to change the selected color's brightness.
Devices
- Mouse Scroll Wheel
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Lets you set whether or not Maya’s scroll bars can be moved by your mouse’s scroll wheel. When on, you can scroll through various lists and windows in Maya using your mouse’s scroll wheel (for example, you can use your mouse’s scroll wheel to scroll through a long list of attributes).
- Mouse Tracking
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On Mac OS X, Maya gives you the option of using either a three button mouse, a two button mouse, or a single button mouse. (All documentation assumes the use of a three button mouse).
The following table shows the functional equivalents of two- or one-button mouse clicks to three-button mouse clicks.
Three Button Two Button One Button Left mouse button
Left mouse button
Mouse button
Middle mouse button
Command + Left mouse button
Command + Mouse button
Right mouse button
Right mouse button
Ctrl + Mouse button
Option + Right mouse button, or Command + Right mouse button
Option + Right mouse button
Ctrl + Option + Mouse button
When you use tumble, track, dolly, or select zoom with a one or two button mouse, the command controls are different from the controls described in the documentation for the three button mouse. Below is a table that specifies the control changes.
Function Three button Two button One button Tumble
Option + Left mouse button
Option + Left mouse button
Option + Mouse button
Track
Option + Middle mouse button
Option + Command + Left mouse button
Option + Command + Mouse button
Dolly
Option + Right mouse button
Option + Right mouse button
Option + Ctrl + Mouse button Select zoom Option + Ctrl + Left mouse button
Option + Ctrl + Left mouse button
not available Note: For select zoom, hold the corresponding buttons for select zoom and draw a box around the part of the view where you want to dolly in and out.If you drag the box out from left to right, you dolly in.
If you drag the box out from right to left, you dolly out.
- Multi-Touch Gestures
- Enables and disables multi-touch gestural input. When on, you can operate Maya using intuitive gestures on your multi-touch device or Trackpad. See also Multi-Touch devices and Multi-Touch input gestures.
- Use Trackpad
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(Mac OS X only)
Enables and disables multi-touch gestural input using a Trackpad. See also Enable multi-touch input from the trackpad.
When set to use multi-touch gestures, you can operate Maya using your trackpad. Select from the following options.
- Cursor Control Only
- (Default.) Disables multi-touch interaction with the trackpad. The trackpad behaves as it normally does, controlling only the cursor.
- Cursor and Multi-touch
- Enables the trackpad to control your cursor (with one finger) and enables multi-touch gestures (with 2 or more fingers).
- Multi-touch Gestures Only
- Enables the trackpad exclusively for multi-touch interaction. You can use this setting if you have a separate tablet without multi-touch capability, or a separate pointing device such as a mouse. In this mode, you can still use one finger swipe to control the cursor.
Interface Scaling
- Scale interface using system setting
- Maya automatically uses your operating system resolution settings to scale the user interface accordingly. The current setting is indicated in pixels per inch (PPI), next to this option. This is the default for Interface Scaling.
- Use custom scaling
- Use this option to set a specific display resolution from the drop-down list.
- Do not scale
- Use this option if you want Maya to appear at the lowest display resolution regardless of your system display resolution settings.
- On Retina-enabled devices, Maya automatically uses the optimal display settings, therefore, the Use custom scaling setting is unavailable.
- If you are using a MacBook Pro (Retina) with a 4K monitor, your operating system version must be 10.9.3 or higher.
For Mac OS X operating systems: