Preferences
Edit ▸ Preferences (Ctrl+,) holds the editor's settings. They apply to every project and are saved as you change them. Reset page puts the settings of the page you are on back to their defaults.
#General
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Language | The language of menus and dialogs: English, 日本語, 简体中文, 한국어, Español or Português (Brasil). System follows your computer. Some panels are still in English. |
| Welcome screen | Shows the welcome screen at startup: new projects, recent work, starter projects and lessons. Help ▸ Welcome screen opens it any time. |
| Check for updates | Looks for a new version when the editor starts and every few hours, and shows Update available in the menu bar (desktop app). See Installation. |
#Interface
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Interface scale | Size of all text and controls, from 75% to 200% (desktop app). In the browser, use the browser's zoom. |
| Keyboard shortcuts | The Reference keys, or keys that follow Blender. See Shortcuts. |
| Viewport drawing | WebGL, or Canvas 2D for graphics drivers that have trouble with WebGL. |
| New projects | The workspace (Game or Film) that File ▸ New starts in. |
#Editing
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Undo steps | How many steps Edit ▸ Undo can go back (20 to 1000, 200 by default). More steps use more memory on large projects. |
#Files and recovery
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Backup versions | How many previous versions Save keeps next to the file (0 to 9, 1 by default): walk.rigby1, walk.rigby2 … |
| Auto-save | Keeps a copy of unsaved work, offered back after a crash. |
| Auto-save every | How often, in minutes (2 by default). |
| Reopen the last project | Opens the most recent project when the editor starts (desktop app). |
See Saving and recovery for how backups and auto-saves work.
#Add-ons
Installs, enables, disables and removes add-ons:
- Install from file… takes an add-on
.zipor.pyfile and enables it. - The checkbox turns an add-on on or off. Its tools appear in, or leave, the Scripts menu.
- Remove deletes the add-on.
An add-on that fails to load is shown in red, with the reason (the details are in View ▸ Log).
#Where preferences are kept
Preferences are stored with the editor's own data: on the desktop in the app's data, in the browser in the site's storage for this browser. Clearing the browser's site data resets them.