Floating Palettes Improvement

GstarCAD 2026

GstarCAD 2023 has reconstructed and upgraded the floating palettes. The new functions include: Anchor, Auto-hide and transparency adjustment options, and position memory function. Users can customize the palette, expand the drawing area, and at the same time, it can memorize the user's working methods and habits, and improve the drawing efficiency. In addition, it also supplements the relevant APIs of the floating palettes, which can greatly reduce the workload of migration.

Transparency adjustment options

You can set the transparency of the palette in the default state and the mouse-over state, so that the user can clearly identify the objects below the palette during the drawing process. It should be noted that this function does not apply to all palettes, which can be determined according to the branch option in the right-click shortcut menu of the palette title bar.

Palette that supports adjusting transparency: Properties, Tool Palettes, QuickCalc, External References, Lights, Materials, Visual Styles, Layer Properties Manager, POINT CLOUD MANAGER, BLOCK AUTHORING PALETTES, Command Line (in floating state)

Palettes that do not support transparency: Sheet Set Manager, Design Center, Drawing Recovery Manager, Quick Properties, Toolbar
- Transparency adjustment for general palettes
  - Transparency adjustment of the Command Line
  - System variables for transparency adjustment
- PALETTEOPAQUE: Controls whether palettes can be made transparent.
- ROLLOVEROPACITY: Controls the transparency of a palette while the cursor moves over the palette.
- APPLYGLOBALOPACITIES: Applies transparency settings to all palettes.
- GLOBALOPACITY: Controls transparency level for all palettes.
Anchor

This feature attaches floating palettes to both sides of the drawing area. An anchored palette rolls open and closed as the cursor moves across it. When an anchored palette is open, its content overlaps the drawing area. Note: The Allow Docking option must be selected to anchor the palette.
Auto-hide

Undocked palettes with auto-hide are displayed as a bar inside the drawing area, expands the drawing area. A floating palette rolls open and closes as the cursor moves across it.
Position memory

After all documents are closed, all palettes are closed, and when a new document is opened or the software is restarted, these palettes can be restored to their original positions. Even if the user needs to reinstall this version of the software, the custom settings of the palette will still be preserved.