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Use the Properties Palette
The Properties palette lists the current settings for properties of the selected
object or set of objects. You can modify any property that can be changed by
specifying a new value.
■ When more than one object is selected, the Properties palette displays
only those properties common to all objects in the selection set.
■ When no objects are selected, the Properties palette displays only the gen-
eral properties of the current layer, the name of the plot style table
attached to the layer, the view properties, and information about the UCS.
You can double-click most objects to open the Properties palette when the
DBLCLKEDIT command is on (the default). The exceptions are blocks and
attributes, hatches, gradient fills, text, multilines, and xrefs.
See Also
“Control the Color and Linetype Properties in Blocks” on page 323
“Filter Selection Sets” on page 360
To turn Auto-hide on or off for a palette
■ On the palette title bar, click the Auto-hide button.
If this option is selected, only the palette title bar is displayed when the
cursor moves outside the palette. If this option is clear, the full palette is
displayed when the cursor moves.
To remove the description pane at the bottom of the Properties palette
1 On the title bar, click the Properties button.
2 On the shortcut menu, click Description to clear the check mark.
To display the properties of a single object
1 Select the object.
2 Right-click in the drawing and click Properties on the shortcut menu.
The Properties palette displays the properties of the selected object.
Alternatively, you can double-click almost any object to display the Prop-
erties palette.
Standard toolbar
Command line
PROPERTIES