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Defining Scripting System Form Designer Preferences for Altium Designer
This document is no longer available beyond version 21. Information can now be found here: Scripting System - Form Designer Preferences for version 25
The Scripting System - Form Designer page of the Preferences dialog
Summary
The Scripting System - Form Designer page of the Preferences dialog provides the grid and component designator options for a scripting form document.
Access
This page of the Preferences dialog page is accessed by clicking Form Designer under the Scripting System folder in the main Preferences dialog (accessed by clicking 
in the upper right of the design space.
Options/Controls
Grid Options
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Display Grid - enable to show the grid in scripting form documents.
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Snap To Grid - enable to snap to the grid as defined in the Grid Size fields.
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Grid Size - use the arrows or enter the desired grid for X and Y.
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Options
- Show Component Captions - enable to display the component captions.
- Show Designer Hints - enable to display hints for script documents.