Behavior preferences

You can configure the following general P4V user interface behaviors.

Prompts:

  • Warn before reverting files: Specifies whether P4V displays a prompt before reverting files.

  • Warn when ignored files are not marked for add: Select to view a warning when you attempt to mark a file in your workspace for add and it is included in an ignore list.

    If you have created ignore lists and set the ignore list file name as the local P4IGNORE environment variable, P4V will not mark the files and file types listed in those ignore lists for add. The warning appears when you attempt to mark such a file for add or use the Reconcile process to add the file to the Helix server depot.

    For more information about ignore lists and P4IGNORE, see Ignoring groups of files when adding in the P4 User Guide.

  • Prompt for changelist when checking out, adding, or deleting files: Specifies whether P4V displays the Choose changelist dialog when you open files.
  • Prompt to get latest revision when checking out files that are out of date: Specifies whether P4V displays a prompt to get the latest revision when you attempt to check out files from an earlier revision.

  • Update files when modifying workspace mappings: Select one of the following options:

    • Prompt to update workspace files to have P4V ask for confirmation when modified workspace mappings affect the files in your workspace.
    • Automatically update workspace to have P4V overwrite workspace files without asking for confirmation.
    • Never update workspace files to keep workspace files unchanged when you modify workspace mappings.

  • Prompt for name when creating new workspace: Specifies whether P4V displays the Workspace Name dialog when you create a new workspace. By default, this prompt is turned off.

    Note

    If this feature is set on the server side, selecting or clearing this check box has no effect. You cannot override server-side configurations.

  • Warn before checking out files, if the number of files exceeds <xxx>: Select to receive a warning when checking out a large number of files. The default is 1000 files.

    Note

    Selecting this option may cause performance issues.

  • Warn before removing files from workspace, if the number of files exceeds <xxx>: Select to receive a warning when removing a large number of files. The default is 1000 files. To always require a confirmation, set to 0.
    Note

    Selecting this option may cause performance issues.

Drag and drop:

  • Enable integration on directory-to-directory drag and drop: Launches the Merge/Integrate dialog when you drop a folder on another folder.

  • When dropping file(s):

    • on a file, do a diff comparison: Launches the Diff dialog when you drop a file on another file.
    • anywhere within a changelist, move open files to new changelist:
    • on a file, do nothing: