Browsers Options

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The Browsers tab of the Options Editor lets you set a number of options for your browser windows, including browser appearance, mail file type options, and default object owner.

Note: For information on opening the Options Editor, see Specifying Application Preferences and Feature Options.

Note: For information on Browser features, see Browsers.

The table below describes Browser options:

Interface Element	Option	Description	Default
Window	Show Toolbar	Toggles the Browser window toolbar. Commands can also be activated from the shortcut menu that displays when you right-click in an open Browser window.	Selected
	Show Status Bar	Toggles the status bar at the bottom of the Browser window. The status bar displays the cell location of the current focus and the number of rows in the Browser window itself.	Selected
	Detailed Listing	Toggles detail columns for a given object type. Each object contains object specific details, such as creation date, segment, and so on. When Detailed Listing is turned off, only the names of objects and the numbers of rows of data for a table are displayed.	Not selected
Appearance	Text Color	Sets the text color for all Browsers of that object type. Select the row appropriate to a particular object type, then click a color in the Text column. Remember that text colors appear best against contrasting background colors, such as black on white.	Available
	Background Color	Sets the background color for all Browsers of that object type. Select the row appropriate to a particular object type, then click a color in the Background column. Remember that text colors appear best against contrasting background colors, such as black on white.	Available
Browser File	Mail File Type	Specifies what file type you want the browser file saved as when sent as e-mail to another user on a MAPI compliant mail system. The valid types are the proprietary Results type, Tab delimited, Comma separated, and HTML, which formats the results in a simple HTML table.	Results
Default Owner	All Owners	Indicates that the Browser Window should default to displaying database objects in the browsers for all owners in the database.	Not Selected
	Current User	Indicates that the Browser Window should default to displaying database objects owned exclusively by the current user.	Selected
	Specific Owner	Indicates that the Browser Window should default to displaying only the database objects owned by a specific owner. If you select this option, you must provide an owner name in the box.	Not Selected