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5.4. Workbench Preferences

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5.4.1. The General Tab
5.4.2. The Administrator Tab
5.4.3. The SQL Editor Tab
5.4.4. The Model Tab
5.4.5. The MySQL Tab
5.4.6. The Diagram Tab
5.4.7. The Appearance Tab

The Preferences menu sets MySQL Workbench defaults. Choosing this menu item opens the following dialog box.

Figure 5.2. The Preferences Dialog Box

The Preferences dialog box

The preferences dialog box contains the following tabs:

  • General: Configuration of general-purpose options

  • Administrator: Configuration of tools used by the Administrator functionality

  • SQL Editor: Configuration of the SQL Editor

  • Model: Default object names

  • MySQL: Configuration of the default storage engine

  • Diagram: EER diagram settings

  • Appearance: Change colors and fonts used by various Workbench components

A more detailed discussion of these options follows.

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