# Appearance Preferences

Change the desktop appearance by opening the Appearance folder and setting the following options:

- Layout Styles
- Tool Tip Options
- Shutdown Options

## Layout Styles

The following table describes the layout styles that the GUI can use to display its tool windows and menus.

Style | Description
--- | ---
Tabbed | A single, re-sizeable, top-level window that displays individual tool windows as tabbed panes. This is the default style.
MDI | A single, re-sizeable, top-level desktop window that contains individual tool windows.
SDI | A console window and individual tool windows displayed as top-level windows.

See Layout Styles for a detailed description of the tabbed, MDI, and SDI styles.

## Tool Tip Options

You can set the tool tip options from the Appearance category of the Preferences dialog box.

The Tool Tips area contains combo boxes and a check box that you can use to specify how tool tips function in the desktop. The following table describes the available tool tip options.

Option | Description
--- | ---
Enabled | Use the check-box to enable or disable tool tips for the GUI.
Delay | Use the combo box to select the delay interval before displaying tool tips.
Persistence | Use the combo box to select the duration that the GUI displays a tool tip.

## Shutdown Options

This option is used each time you exit the harness.

Check the Save Desktop State on Exit option to use your current desktop in your next test session. Current view filter information is saved when you check Save Desktop State on Exit.

If you uncheck Save Desktop State on Exit and close the harness, the current view filter information is not saved. The next time you open a test session the harness opens the Quick Start Wizard (if the test suite author has enabled it) or an empty harness tool.

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