Configuration

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Configuration

Description of configuration items

Settings UI
Settings are available from X-Plane's menu: Plugin > LiveTraffic > Settings....  They are organized in seven collapsable sections: Basics, Input Channels, Output Channels, Aircraft Labels, Advanced, CSL, and Debug.
General Notes
All changes are applied immediately.
The configuration file is written when the settings UI is closed and on X-Plane exit.
There are no [OK] or [Cancel] buttons. Whatever you do takes effect at once.
Search Settings
The double arrow buttons 
 expand/collapse all sections.
The search box at the top of the settings allows you to quickly filter options:
Text Edit Fields
Copy & Paste is supported.
[Enter] applies the changed value.
[Esc] cancels the current edit operation and fills the field with the value from before the edit operation. No change is applied to LiveTraffic.
With [Tab] / [Shift+Tab] you can move focus between edit fields.
Icon Buttons / Window Modes
Icon
Meaning
Icon
Meaning
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Context-sensitive help, ie. a link, which opens a page in this documentation in a browser
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Show/hide information or entire planes
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Pop out the window into a separate operating system window
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​Camera view​
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Pop the window back in into the simulator
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Load
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Indicates links to external web pages
Window mode button: Send into VR (if VR is active)
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Save
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Close the window
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Delete
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Expand/Collapse all sections
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Warning, more details when hovering with the mouse over the icon
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Verified, OK
Transparent Mode
In Settings > Advanced > User Interface you can change the settings window to transparent mode.
Version Information
LiveTraffic's version number is shown in the last line of the Settings.
X-Plane Settings
In X-Planes Settings the following is recommended:
Option
Recommendation
Comment
Settings > Graphics > Draw parked aircraft
Off
Some planes drawn by LiveTraffic will taxi on aprons and even parking positions. It might look better if they don't bump into aircraft parked by X-Plane.