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title: "Setting properties in Tracker"
canonical: "https://help.vicon.com/space/Tracker39/14058344/Setting%20properties%20in%20Tracker"
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You can configure the way certain areas of Tracker look and behave by configuring settings in the **Properties** pane. The properties you can configure depend on what is selected in the **Resources** pane or the **Options** dialog box.

Some properties settings are automatically saved, so Tracker remembers them in subsequent sessions. You must explicitly save other settings using the configuration management controls for the relevant area of the Tracker window.


    **To configure Properties settings:**


1. In the Tracker window, click on the relevant tab or open the dialog box containing the properties you want to configure:
  - For system components, in the **Resources** pane, click the **System** tab.
  - For motion capture objects, in the **Resources** pane, click the** Objects** tab.
  - For view options, press F7 to open the **Options** dialog box.
2. In the **Properties** pane, click the **Show Advanced** link to view all of the available properties.
3. Click the **Hide Advanced** link to show just the basic properties.
4. In the **Properties** pane, view or change the setting for the required property using its entry field or control:
  - Select or clear a check box to switch the property on or off.
  - Click the current color in the entry field to display the **Select color** dialog box. In the **Basic colors** area, click the square for the required color, or in the **Custom colors** area, define a new color.
  - Click the drop-down arrow and select an entry from the list.
  - Move the slider to the left to decrease the value or to the right to increase the value displayed in the entry field.
  - Overtype the existing value.
5. If you are working in the following areas of the Tracker window, save your settings to the appropriate configuration file using the configuration management controls:
  - System tab
  - View pane
  - Options dialog box