Configuration

You can access the configuration by right clicking the ruler and selecting Options. This will then display the Options window where you can change the configuration.

The options window.

Figure 4: The options window.

Options

Theme

Allows you to change the theme of the ruler.

Mouse button clicks

Allows you to assign mouse button clicking the ruler to specific functionality. Supports the Primary, Middle, Button 4, and Button 5 mouse buttons. The following functions are assignable:

  • None Do nothing for the mouse button.
  • Rotate Rotates the ruler.
  • Flip Flips the ruler.
  • Add Guide Adds a guideline to the ruler.
  • Toggle Guide Toggles the guideline at the current cursor position.
  • Remove Nearest Guide Removes the nearest guideline to the cursor.
  • Remove All Guides Removes all guidelines.
  • Lock to Nearest Guide Locks the mouse to the nearest guideline to the cursor.

Pressing and holding the primary mouse button will always allow you to move the ruler.

The primary mouse button is determined by the Select your primary button option in the Mouse Settings in Microsoft Windows.

Location

Configuration is stored in two locations depending on if you installed from the installer or from the chocolatey package.

Installer: %appdata%\screenpixelruler\app.cfg
Chocolatey: %chocolateyinstall%\lib\screenpixelruler\tools\app.cfg