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5.4. Workbench Preferences

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5.4.1. The General Tab
5.4.2. The Administrator Tab
5.4.3. The SQL Editor Tab
5.4.4. The Model Tab
5.4.5. The MySQL Tab
5.4.6. The Diagram Tab
5.4.7. The Appearance Tab

The Preferences menu sets MySQL Workbench defaults. Choosing the Preferences menu item opens the following dialog box:

Figure 5.2. The Preferences Dialog Box

The Preferences dialog box

The following list describes the dialog box tabs:

  • General – The delete and undo history options

  • Administrator – Configuration for tools used by the Administrator functionality

  • SQL Editor – Configuration of the SQL Editor

  • Model – Default object names

  • MySQL –

  • Diagram – EER diagram settings

  • Appearance – Change colours and fonts used by various Workbench components

A more detailed discussion of these options follows.