Visual Effect Settings Dialog Box

Controls the appearance of selection previewing.

Access Methods

Options dialog box, Selection tab

List of Options

The following options are displayed.

Selection Area Effect
Controls the appearance of selection areas during selection preview.
Preview Area
Displays the effect of the current settings.
Indicate Selection Area
Controls the display of effects for selection areas. (SELECTIONAREA system variable)
Window Selection Color
Controls the color of the transparent selection area during window selection. (WINDOWAREACOLOR system variable)
Crossing Selection Color
Controls the color of the selection area during crossing selection. (CROSSINGAREACOLOR system variable)
Selection Area Opacity
Controls the transparency of the selection area during window and crossing selection. (SELECTIONAREAOPACITY system variable)
Selection Preview Filter
Specifies the object types which are excluded from selection previewing.
Objects on Locked Layers
Excludes objects on locked layers from selection previewing. This option is on by default. (PREVIEWFILTER system variable)
Xrefs

Excludes objects in xrefs from selection previewing. This option is on by default. (PREVIEWFILTER system variable)

Tables

Excludes tables from selection previewing. (PREVIEWFILTER system variable)

Groups

Excludes objects in groups from selection previewing. (PREVIEWFILTER system variable)

Multiline Text

Excludes multiline text objects from selection previewing. (PREVIEWFILTER system variable)

Hatches

Excludes hatch objects from selection previewing. (PREVIEWFILTER system variable)