Misc Tab
The Misc tab is used to zoom (magnify) your desktop to get details about the item under the mouse (Figure 1), and to conveniently browse your PC's fonts (Figure 2).
Desktop Info Tab
This is a list of data about the item under the mouse, such as its X/Y screen position, the pixel color, info about the window, etc. The data is updated in real-time as you move the mouse around. Disabling the updates (with the checkbox or switching off the [Scroll Lock] key) will lock in the data so you can double-click any item value to copy it.
Pressing the [Ctrl] key will reset the mouse original position to where it currently is, so that the first three items in the list (item A) reflect information about the mouse when it's moved away from this position. Handy for measuring distances on the desktop.
These two boxes let you specify a pixel offset for the mouse, meaning the item under the red crosshairs is those amount of pixels offset from where the mouse is. This can be handy for items that disappear when the mouse isn't over them, like tooltips. You can specify negative values up to -99 in each box, or positive values up to 999. Use 0 in both boxes if you want the crosshairs to show exactly what's under the mouse.
This checkbox enables or disables updating. The [Scroll Lock] key does the same thing, but with the advantage that you don't need a mouse click (which can sometimes ruin what you're trying to observe). By design these two methods work independently of each other, so if you untick the box but the [Scroll Lock] key is still on, then updates will still occur.
This box is the (zoomed) desktop image of the area under the mouse (where the crosshairs meet). You can change the zoom magnification level (from 1x to 64x) by scrolling the mouse wheel over the box.
Font Browser Tab
This is the list of all fonts installed on your PC. If you need to refresh the list, click it and press the [F5] key.
This is selected text of the current font. Its actual keyboard characters are shown in the status bar (item F) for easy identification of graphical fonts.
This preview box shows the font selected in the font list (item A). By default, it shows the keys in lower-case QWERTY layout on top, and upper-case on the bottom. You can edit the text in the box to see how different words and sentences will look in the selected font. You can change the font size by holding down the [Ctrl] key over the box and scrolling the mouse wheel. To reset the text and font size back to default, right-click the box and select that option from the pop-up menu that appears. If you select some text in the box, the keys needed to type them will appear in the status bar (item F).
This color picker lets you select a color for the text, and also for using with automated action steps that ask you for a color. For example, the action step called Alert: Show a splash message can use a different color for the message instead of yellow, so you can use this picker to select a color and then hold down the [Ctrl] key when clicking [OK] to copy the color code.
These four toggle buttons change the style of the text in the box (item C).
The status bar shows the keys needed to type the selected text in the box (item B). In the example shown in Figure 2, we can see that the keys q w e r t y (in lower case) are the ones needed to type the selected text in the box.
Desktop Info Tab
This tab is used to zoom (magnify) your desktop to get details about the item under the mouse. To enable zooming, you can either tick the checkbox (item D) or switch on the [Scroll Lock] key. Enabling with [Scroll Lock] is extremely useful for getting info on windows that disappear when the mouse is clicked.
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This is a list of data about the item under the mouse, such as its X/Y screen position, the pixel color, info about the window, etc. The data is updated in real-time as you move the mouse around. Disabling the updates (with the checkbox or switching off the [Scroll Lock] key) will lock in the data so you can double-click any item value to copy it. Pressing the [Ctrl] key will reset the mouse original position to where it currently is, so that the first three items in the list (item A) reflect information about the mouse when it's moved away from this position. Handy for measuring distances on the desktop. These two boxes let you specify a pixel offset for the mouse, meaning the item under the red crosshairs is those amount of pixels offset from where the mouse is. This can be handy for items that disappear when the mouse isn't over them, like tooltips. You can specify negative values up to -99 in each box, or positive values up to 999. Use 0 in both boxes if you want the crosshairs to show exactly what's under the mouse. This checkbox enables or disables updating. The [Scroll Lock] key does the same thing, but with the advantage that you don't need a mouse click (which can sometimes ruin what you're trying to observe). By design these two methods work independently of each other, so if you untick the box but the [Scroll Lock] key is still on, then updates will still occur. This box is the (zoomed) desktop image of the area under the mouse (where the crosshairs meet). You can change the zoom magnification level (from 1x to 64x) by scrolling the mouse wheel over the box.Font Browser Tab
This tab is used to conveniently browse your PC's fonts, and to see which keyboard keys relate to graphical fonts (such as the Wingdings font).
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This is the list of all fonts installed on your PC. If you need to refresh the list, click it and press the [F5] key. This is selected text of the current font. Its actual keyboard characters are shown in the status bar (item F) for easy identification of graphical fonts. This preview box shows the font selected in the font list (item A). By default, it shows the keys in lower-case QWERTY layout on top, and upper-case on the bottom. You can edit the text in the box to see how different words and sentences will look in the selected font. You can change the font size by holding down the [Ctrl] key over the box and scrolling the mouse wheel. To reset the text and font size back to default, right-click the box and select that option from the pop-up menu that appears. If you select some text in the box, the keys needed to type them will appear in the status bar (item F). This color picker lets you select a color for the text, and also for using with automated action steps that ask you for a color. For example, the action step called Alert: Show a splash message can use a different color for the message instead of yellow, so you can use this picker to select a color and then hold down the [Ctrl] key when clicking [OK] to copy the color code. These four toggle buttons change the style of the text in the box (item C). The status bar shows the keys needed to type the selected text in the box (item B). In the example shown in Figure 2, we can see that the keys q w e r t y (in lower case) are the ones needed to type the selected text in the box.