Can you make the cross hairs extend across the page?

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philt
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Can you make the cross hairs extend across the page?

Post by philt » Thu Jul 19, 2018 6:38 pm

I like the cross hair vertical and horizontal lines to extend the entire window.
I don't see where that is possible. The pointer size in pixels does not seem to effect the size of the cross hair?

Previously an Autocad user, love this program! Bravo on a great product.

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Phil

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Re: Can you make the cross hairs extend across the page?

Post by andrew » Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:04 pm

philt wrote:
Thu Jul 19, 2018 6:38 pm
I like the cross hair vertical and horizontal lines to extend the entire window.
I don't see where that is possible. The pointer size in pixels does not seem to effect the size of the cross hair?
That's actually the default setting.

You can switch from a small to a large crosshair under:
Edit > Application Preferences > Graphics View > Appearance:
tick both Show crosshairs and Show large crosshairs
philt wrote:
Thu Jul 19, 2018 6:38 pm
Previously an Autocad user, love this program! Bravo on a great product.
Thank you for your kind feedback!

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Re: Can you make the cross hairs extend across the page?

Post by philt » Fri Jul 20, 2018 1:33 pm

Thanks for the reply I have those set (default as you indicated) yet my crosshairs are black yet extend across the page white. I like a white background.
That's the problem, if you use a black background, the crosshairs show as white but if you use a white background, the cross hairs stay white, even if you select prevent white on white or black on black display. No way I can figure out how to make a black crosshair on a white background.

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Re: Can you make the cross hairs extend across the page?

Post by andrew » Fri Jul 20, 2018 1:59 pm

Sounds like you changes a lot of colours..

The default colour of the crosshairs is a golden yellow, half transparent. This shows up well on all backgrounds. You'll just have to find a colour that works for you.

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Re: Can you make the cross hairs extend across the page?

Post by philt » Fri Jul 20, 2018 2:09 pm

Got it. Thanks, I had the cross hairs set as white.

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