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2.160 Preferences Dialog - Oracle BPEL 1.1 or 2.0 Designer Page - Diagram Tab

Use to customize the layout of Oracle BPEL Designer for dragging activities and editing dialogs.

Note: The preferences you set in this page apply to all new projects going forward. You can set preferences for a single project by placing the cursor in the designer, right-clicking, and selecting Display > BPEL Designer Settings or clicking the BPEL Designer Settings icon in the tool bar immediately above the BPEL process design.

Element	Description
Layout tab	Customize the size of activity icons, the width of swimlanes, and the shape of partner links. For example, assume you have a large process with many activities. The size requires you to scroll up and down to view the entire process. This makes the process difficult to manage. You can select to optimize (reduce) the size of all or specific activities in the process. Despite the reduction in icon size, you can still drag activities into the process and edit dialogs at full size. To determine the type of an optimized icon, hold the cursor over it to display the icon at regular size.
Auto Optimize	Select this checkbox if you want to optimize all activity types.
Manually Optimize	Select this checkbox if you want to optimize the size of specific activity types. Then, select the activities to optimize in the list. This checkbox is selected by default.
Types	Select to optimize activities in the BPEL process.
Fixed Width Swimlanes	Select this checkbox if you want both the left and right swimlanes to remain at a fixed size, no matter how large an activity extends horizontally. For example, assume you have a switch activity with multiple assign activities inside a human task service. This checkbox is selected by default. Selecting this checkbox ensures that both swimlanes remain at a fixed length and the activity does not extend into both swimlanes.
Curved Connections	Select this checkbox if you want partner link icons to be rounded. This checkbox is selected by default.
Colors tab	Select a checkbox for the element whose color you want to change (for example, a partner link or a swimlane). A palette for changing the color appears. The change displays the next time you start Oracle JDeveloper.
Tab Placement tab	Select the location in which to display tabs in dialogs. By default, tabs display at the top of dialogs.
Options tab	Enables you to customize the layout of Oracle BPEL Designer.
Zoom Centered	If selected, the image is centered in the designer if the zoom is set to less than 100%. Otherwise, the location of the image is based on the scroll bar position. The setting only applies to a new project. This checkbox is selected by default. Note: If you zoom the image to above or below 100% and click an activity to edit, the dialog appears. If you are using the inline editor, and try to perform any task in this dialog (including closing it), you receive an error indicating that you cannot use the inline editor when zoom is not 100% Click the icon next to the zoom slider. The slider sometimes does not enable you to position the zoom level at 100%.
Confirm before delete	If selected, this prompts you to confirm that you want to delete the selected element. This checkbox is selected by default.
Reset to Defaults	Click to reset all fields in this dialog to their default values.