Display preferences

You can configure the following P4V display and localization options:

Application:

  • Show item count on tab bar of details pane: For the Submitted tab, toggles display of the number of files and job fixes in the tab bar of the details pane (below the Submitted list).
  • Show the What’s New in P4V page after upgrading: Display the What’s New page as a tab in the P4V window.

  • Dates: Sets the date format used throughout P4V:

    • OS format: Use the format that your operating system uses.
    • Perforce standard (yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss)
  • Show date and time as: Specify whether to show the date and time for the shared Helix Server (Server time) or for your local client.
  • Scale application icons based on (requires restart): Select Calculated primary monitor resolution if you mainly view P4V on your primary monitor. If you view P4V on a secondary monitor with a different resolution than the primary monitor, select Custom size and move the slider to the scaling that is right for your secondary monitor.
  • Application color scheme (requires restart): Select Light (default) for the classic P4V colors. Select Dark if you prefer light font on a dark background. On the Mac, a third option is System, which matches the current appearance of macOS.

Localization:

  • Language used for application menus, labels, and dialogs (requires restart): Select English or one of the installed languages.

  • Set encoding for all connections to: Sets the character encoding for connections to unicode-mode Helix Server.

    If you do not set the encoding here, you are prompted to enter the character encoding every time you set up a connection to a unicode-mode Helix Server. The encoding that you set here does not affect connections whose character encoding has already been set at connection. If you are unsure which setting to choose, consult your Helix Server administrator.

  • Use the system character encoding in P4Merge when connected to non-unicode servers: When enabled, overrides P4Merge’s logic for determining character encoding (to preserve pre-2010.1 behavior).