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### Display Dialog

The Display dialog, displayed by the Options menu, contains items controlling the display of objects on the Main window.

- Draw Tunnel - how to draw hidden tracks, either not all, as dashed lines or as normal solid lines (which might be faster).
- Draw EndPts - when to draw End-Points between connected track: never, only for turnouts or for all tracks.
- Label Enable - individual control over whether to display various types of labels. You may want to turn some of these off if you layout is too cluttered.
  - Turnouts - the title of each Turnout and Sectional Track.
  - Lengths - the length of Flex-Track attached to ends of Turnouts.
  - EndPt Elevations - Elevation markers attached to End Points.
  - Track Elevations - Computed Elevations of the center of each track.
- Label Font Size - controls the size of Labels on the layout.
- Label Scale - draw Labels when the drawing scale is smaller or equal to this value.
- Layout Labels - controls the format of titles for Turnouts and Structures displayed on the Layout.
- Color Layers - when set, tracks and/or non-tracks (Lines, Table Edges and Structures) are drawn with color of the Layer they belong to.
- Two Rail Scale - draw tracks using two lines when the drawing scale is smaller than this value.
- Min Grid Spacing - minimum distance between grid lines (in pixels). If the grid lines are closer then drawing them is suppressed.
- Balloon Help - disables the display of Balloon (or Popup) help when the cursor is placed over a control.
- Hot Bar Labels - controls the format of titles for objects on the Hot Bar.
- Map Scale - scale of the Map window. Increase this value to make the Map window smaller when working with large layouts. Note: you cannot make the Map window larger than the screen.
- Live Map - if checked then the Main Window will be updated as you drag on the Map Window. Note that this can be slow.

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