Customizing the Quick Properties pane

The Quick Properties pane opens and closes dynamically, allowing you to access entity-specific properties when you need them without crowding available screen space as with the Properties pane. It displays automatically when double-clicking an entity, if the entity does not have a double-click action assigned to it, and it optionally displays when using any selection method and a command is not active. For details about using the Quick Properties pane and changing its behavior, see Modifying entity properties by using the Quick Properties pane.

The Quick Properties pane generally doesnt display all properties of an entity, and the available properties is easily customizable for each entity type.

To customize the contents of the Quick Properties pane

   1   Do one of the following to choose Customize UI ():

    On the ribbon, choose Tools > Customize UI (in Manage).

    On the menu, choose Tools > Customize UI.

    Type cui and then press Enter.

   2   Click the Customize tab.

   3   In the Current Customization area, select Quick Properties.

   4   To specify the entity types for which the Quick Properties pane displays, do the following in the Quick Properties area:

    Click(). The Edit Entity Type List dialog box displays.

    Mark the entity types for which you want the Quick Properties pane to display. Your selections using the Drawing Settings command affect whether the Quick Properties pane displays for unmarked entity types. For more details, see Modifying entity properties by using the Quick Properties pane.

    Click OK.

   5   To specify the properties that display in the Quick Properties pane, do the following for each entity type:

    Select an entity type.

    Mark the properties you want included in the Quick Properties pane.

You can change the properties available to choose from in the list.
Click General to temporarily display only the general properties for the selected entity type, then optionally click Reset Overrides to restore the display of hidden properties. Right-click the list of properties and choose Show Advanced Properties to show all available properties.

   6   Click OK.