Setting Application Properties

Mira provides commands for changing the properties of various aspects of the application, its commands, measurements, and packages. Many properties used for image display, measurement, and plotting have both default and local values you can tailor to a specific Image Window.

Properties Having Default and Local Settings

Properties in the following table apply to Image Windows and use both default settings and local settings.

Default Properties are global in scope and are adopted by each newImage Window when the window is created. Default properties can be saved in Profiles so that particular groups of properties can be easily recalled. The current profile in effect for a particular property is used used when the window is created. These properties are set using commands in theView > Default Properties menus.
Local Properties are values changed after the Image Window is created. They affect all measurements made in the specific window but not other windows that may be open. Their values are taken from the Default Properties and may be changed for each particular window using commands in the View > Local Properties menu for Image Windows. Only the local properties of the top-most window are changed.

Local Properties and Default Properties are opened from submenus of the mainView menu. Local Properties are available only when an Image Window is top-most.

Image Window Properties	Sets Image Window background and whether the Image Bar is displayed, and the default state of the Image Set Flags.
Image Cursor Properties	Set Image Cursor shape, color, and default size.
Image Plot Properties	Sets default line color, thickness, and other properties for plots created from displayed images.
Centroid Properties	Sets parameters for measuring centroid coordinates.
FWHM Properties	Sets parameters for measuring FWHM values.
Radial Profile Properties	Sets parameters for measuring FWHM values when plotting a radial profile fit.
Histogram Properties	Sets parameters for creating histogram plots.
Statistics Properties	Selects the statistic to be computed and sets its parameters.
Transfer Function	To save default properties for the transfer function, see the section "Saving Default Transfer Function Properties" in the Transfer Function Pane topic.
General Properties	Sets general default properties not related to measurements, etc. For example, this is where you enable the warning for closing unsaved plots and measurement results. This dialog is opened using theView > Default Properties > General Properties command.

Procedure Specific and Window Specific Properties

These properties are changed inside command packages or from menu commands for windows other than Image Windows. Many are launched using the button on their command toolbar.

Procedure and Windows Specific Properties

Table Properties	Set Grid Control columns, colors, print settings, etc.
Aperture Photometry Properties	Set properties for making photometric measurements using the Aperture Photometry package.
Astrometric Calibration Properties	Control the way an astrometric coordinate calibration is computed.
Image Registration Properties	Sets the resampling filter, transformation type, background value, etc. for Image Registration .
Source Extraction Properties	Control the many settings involved in extracting features and sources from images using the Source Extraction package.
Plot Series Properties	Changes the colors, lines, etc. of plot series after a plot is drawn in a Plot Window.
Plot Properties	Configures the axes, labels, titles, colors, etc., of Plot Windows.
Printing Properties (Images and Plots) Printing Properties (Grid Controls)	These properties control the print position on paper and additional information printed. Printing Properties are opened from File > Print Properties menu command.
Marker Properties Line Profile Properties	Set parameters that control drawing markers on images, including color, line thickness, and font.

Properties Having Default and Local Settings

Procedure Specific and Window Specific Properties

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