Reset, revert and undo
Reset against revert, undo, and the restart banner
Reset, revert and undo
The settings window has three ways to take a change back, and they do different things. This guide explains Reset, Revert and Undo, and what the restart banner asks of you.
Open the settings window with Ctrl+, first.
Reset and revert are not the same
Reset writes the default value of a setting. Revert removes the value at the level you chose in Write to, so the value of the level below shows through. In an app with one level the two end in the same value. In an app with levels, such as Construct, they do not.
Two examples, both in Construct with Write to: Camera: Main:
- Reset on Exposure (EV): the camera now holds the default, 0. It holds 0 even when the scene uses 1.5. The camera still overrides the scene.
- Revert on Exposure (EV): the camera holds no exposure any more. It shows the scene's 1.5, and when the scene changes, the camera follows.
Typing the scene's value into the camera row is not a revert. The camera then holds its own copy, and it stays behind when the scene changes.
Reset one setting
- Find the setting. See Find and change a setting.
- Click the reset button ↺ at the right of the row.
The reset button shows only when the value differs from the default. Some settings have no reset, and show no button.
Revert one setting
- In Write to, choose the level that holds the value.
- Click the revert button at the right of the row.
The revert button shows only when the chosen level sets the value. After the revert, the value is dimmed and the Source column names the level it now comes from.
Reset a section or everything
- Reset section resets every setting in the section of the selected row. With no row selected, it resets the category the table shows.
- Reset all resets every setting of the app.
Both write the defaults at the level chosen in Write to. Both ask first, and say how many settings change. Undo takes either one back in one step.
Undo a change
Click Undo in the footer, or press the Undo key of your platform while the window has focus: Ctrl+Z on Linux and Windows. Redo takes the undo back: Ctrl+Shift+Z on Linux, Ctrl+Y on Windows.
Undo takes back one step: one edit, one drag, one reset, one Reset all or one import. It also takes back a change that an OPAL task made, so you can undo what a language model changed.
Undo works on the history of the level chosen in Write to. In Construct that has one consequence to know:
- With Scene or Camera chosen, a settings change is a step in the document's own undo history. So Ctrl+Z in the main window takes it back too, and Undo in the settings window can take back the last edit of the scene, not only the last setting.
- With New scenes chosen, Undo takes back only changes to New scenes.
Restart to apply
A few settings take effect only when the app starts. When you change one, the window stores the new value at once and shows a banner at the bottom. The banner reads Restart ‹app› to apply:, followed by the names of the settings that wait for the restart. The banner stays until you restart the app. The name of each such setting shows in the warning color.