General Properties

Flip FITS Images

If not checked, FITS images are displayed in the conventional way with row number increasing upward.

If checked, FITS images are displayed in the unconventional way with row number increasing downward.

List non-existent images

With this item checked, Mira announces every image in a File List that could not be found. Typically, this unnecessarily wastes time, so leave it unchecked.

Hold 1-D plot draw on resize

Enables redrawing of the Plot Window while being resized. For most plots this is desirable. However, you may make a plot that has so many points in so many series that Windows cannot keep up with re-drawing it during a plot Window resize. In that case you can get back your user interface by checking this item. With the Delay flag enabled, Mira holds the redrawing operation until after you have finished adjusting the size of the window.

Prompt to close Reports

Check this box to force Mira to prompt you to confirm that you want to close a Report window. The prompt also gives you a chance to save the report contents.

Prompt to close Plots

Check this box to force Mira to prompt you to confirm that you want to close a Plot window.

Use panes for non cursor measurememts

Check this box to have non cursor measurements (those that do not use theimage cursor including photometry, distance and angle, etc.) directed to measurement panes for the host image window. Otherwise, measurements are directed to a common top-level Report Window.

Open Animation Pane Pinned

Check this box to open the Animation Pane pinned to the window border as a tab icon. If unchecked, the Animation Pane opens fully with the image set. The state of the pane can be changed after it is open.

Image Information

This list box lets you set the default format for image information that is displayed by clicking on an Image Toolbar. Usually you would set this to FITS Format so that luminance images show information in the FITS Header Pane. RGB images have no FITS format support, so information about RGB image is always shown in the Image Info dialog anyway.

Expanding Tooltip Offset

Sets the vertical offset, in screen pixels, of the expanding Tooltip. The expanding Tooltip has a small triangle that permits you to view more information by clicking on the tip text. If you have trouble moving from the control onto the text without crossing another control in between (which closes the text), reduce the offset to move the pop-up tip text upward toward the control. After clicking Apply or Save, you will need to re-open a particular window to see the change take effect.

Max New Windows

The Windows Operating system opens new windows in a cascade from the upper left to lower right. This property specifies the number of windows in the cascade before starting over at the top left corner.