User Interface - Defaults

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The Defaults preferences page is accessed by selecting Options, followed by Preferences and finally User Interface from the main menu bar. This preferences page gives you the option to set the default state of some miscellaneous settings.

Startup options

Display splash screen (logo)

Specifies whether or not the splash screen is displayed during startup. Displaying the splash screen does not have any measurable effect on start up speed.

Start automatically with Windows

Check this option to have Magellan Explorer start automatically when Windows starts. In practice this means that Magellan Explorer is started after you log onto your computer.

Minimize to tray/taskbar after startup

You can chose to have Magellan Explorer start minimized in the taskbar or tray. Magellan will be minimized to either the taskbar or tray depending on the minimize setting on the Display tab.

Drag & drop

When using drag & drop you can set the default action to either Copy or Move. If you never use drag & drop you may disable it entirely in Magellan Explorer to prevent it from interfering by accident when selecting files.

You can also choose to deselect files after performing an drag and drop action with them.

Label box look
The active label box can be drawn using a gradient instead of a uniform color. You can choose between the following modes.

·	Exponential - drawn from black (left) to a user defined color (right) with an exponential algorithm

·	Linear - drawn from a user defined color (left) to brighter version of the same color on the right

·	None - drawn as a uniform used defined color

To select the color you wish to use, please see the Colors and fonts tab.