Preferences

The Preferences dialog lets you customize how IconVectors behaves and how it exports SVG code.

To open it:

• Press F2, or

• Choose Edit ‣ Preferences…

The window is organized in multiple tabs:

• General — Startup options, language and UI theme, auto-recovery.

• Icon Editor — Editing behavior (grids, transparency display, selection mode, helper tooltips).

• SVG Code — Formatting options for exported SVG code (precision, indentation, responsive output, minification).

• Auto-Update — Automatic update checks at startup.

• Internet — Proxy settings for network environments that require authentication.

Click OK to save your changes, or Cancel to close the dialog without applying them.

General Tab

The General tab controls application-wide options:

• Automatically Create a New Document at Startup When enabled, IconVectors opens with a new blank icon document already created. Disable this if you prefer to start with an empty workspace and open/create a document manually.

• Use Axialis Color Picker Dialog Uses the Axialis color picker when you click a color swatch (fills, strokes, gradients, etc.). If disabled, IconVectors uses the standard system color picker.

• Automatically Save Recovery Every Sets how often IconVectors writes recovery information (in seconds). This helps restore your work if the application closes unexpectedly.

  Note

  Auto-recovery is designed for crash recovery. It does not replace saving your document regularly.

• Application Language Selects the language used in menus, dialogs and tooltips.

• Color Theme Selects the UI theme:

  • Use System Setting — Follows the Windows light/dark setting.

  • Light Theme — Forces a light interface.

  • Dark Theme — Forces a dark interface.

  Hint

  If you change language or theme, you may need to restart IconVectors to see the new setting everywhere.

Icon Editor Tab

These options affect how the editor behaves while you draw and edit elements:

• Draw New Elements As Paths When enabled, newly created geometric elements (rectangles, ellipses, lines, etc.) are inserted directly as paths, ready for node editing and boolean operations. When disabled, elements are created as “shape” objects (with their original parameters) until you convert them to paths.

• Show Grid In Back Draws the grid behind the artwork. Disable it if you prefer the grid to appear above the artwork.

• Draw Transparency As Checkerboard Displays transparent areas using a checkerboard pattern (similar to other graphic editors). Disable it if you prefer a solid background for transparency.

• Show Mouse Tooltip Displays contextual tooltips near the mouse pointer while drawing and editing (for example, helpful live feedback such as positions and sizes).

• Show Drawing Help Tooltip Displays additional drawing hints and tool guidance while you work.

Element selection by

This setting changes how IconVectors decides what you clicked when selecting objects:

• Wireframe (outline proximity) Selects an element when you click close to its outline. This can be helpful for very thin strokes or when working in wireframe-like situations.

• Visible pixels (fill and/or stroke) Selects an element when you click on its visible painted area (fill and/or stroke). This is often the most natural selection mode for icon design.

Colors

The color swatches let you customize the helper/overlay colors used by the editor:

• Element Selection — Color used to highlight the selected element.

• Path Edition — Color used for editable paths, nodes and handles in path editing mode.

• Help Tooltips — Color used by the on-canvas help overlays.

SVG Code Tab

The SVG Code tab controls how SVG is generated when you export or copy code:

• Decimals Number of decimal places used for numeric values (coordinates, sizes, transforms, etc.) in standard SVG output. Higher precision preserves geometry more accurately; lower precision can reduce file size.

• Indent Code Enables formatted (human-readable) SVG code and sets the indentation size (in characters).

• Responsive (for use with CSS) Generates SVG output that is easier to size with CSS on the web (responsive behavior).

Minified Code

• Decimals Decimal precision used when generating minified SVG code. This is typically lower to keep the output as compact as possible.

Auto-Update Tab

Use this tab to control update behavior:

• Automatically Update Axialis IconVectors When enabled, IconVectors can check for updates at startup and update automatically if a newer version is available.

Internet Tab

If your network requires a proxy with authentication, configure it here:

• Use Proxy with Authentication Enables proxy authentication.

• Username / Password Credentials used to access the proxy server.

Tip

Only enable proxy authentication if your company network specifically requires it (for example, to access update servers).