Preferences
Preferences, accessible under the wb_view menu (Mac) or File menu (PC or Linux), allows one to tailor the Workbench viewing environment to one's preference. Changes to Preferences are saved between Workbench sessions. Options include:

> Colors

- Buttons to set the Foreground (chart axes, colorbar labels, etc.) and Background colors for All types of views, or Chart, Surface, or Volume views separately.

Misc

- Logging Level to set the logging default for the terminal window (sometimes useful for examining bugs).
- Save/Manage View Files to set which files are listed upon opening the Save/Manage Files dialog (in the File Menu): All, Loaded, Loaded:Modified, Loaded:Not Modified, Not Loaded.
- New Tabs Yoked to Group A to set On/Off whether newly created tabs are by default Yoked to the Group A yoking group.
- Settings to show/hide the Develop Menu and show/not show the Splash Screen at Startup.

OpenGL

- Setting for the Image Capture Method (OpenGL computer code) used by wb_view to capture an image of the Viewing Window. Changing this setting might resolve problems with image capturing on your system.

Volume

- Volume Axes Crosshairs to set On/Off display of axes lines in all Volume views.
- Volume Axes Labels to set On/Off display of superior (S)/inferior (I) and left (L)/right (R) axes in all Volume views.
- Volume Identification for New Tabs, to set in newly created Tabs, On/Off movement of the volume slice/crosshairs displayed to the same plane as the brainordinate selected in that tab (or a yoked surface/volume tab).
- Volume Montage Slice Coord to set On/Off display of x, y, or z coordinate slice position in all Volume slice plane views.
- Volume Montage Gap to set the gap (in pixels) between panels of Volume montage views.
- Volume Montage Precision to set the decimal point precision of x, y, or z coordinate slice position values in all Volume slice plane views.