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title: Manage User Settings
slug: manufacturing-connect-edge-v1/manage-user-settings
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createdAt: 2022-06-22T19:49:36.000Z
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You can select from multiple options when modifying user settings. This enables you to customize the flow views.

You can customize settings for:

- **View**: Options for the Grid, Nodes, and showing tips in the sidebar palette. You can select a language from here.
- **Keyboard**: Options to assign or modify keyboard shortcuts for actions performed in the Actions list. The scope for Actions can be assigned to "global" or "workspace".
- **Palette**: Options to enable or disable nodes and install additional node modules.

# Manage Flow Canvas User Settings

You can manage the Flows user settings from the Flow Definition window. 

**To manage Flows user settings:**

1. Navigate to **Flows Manager**.
   The *Overview *pane appears.
2. Click the **Go To Flow Definition** icon next to a selected flow.
   The flow canvas opens in a new browser tab.
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3. Open the flow canvas menu and select **Settings**.

   ![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/SSUUxKZUk9bFTEPNn_6Zo/BOIqzPp3QoEJfGUF1d2K0_settingsmenuitem.png "Settings menu item")

The *User Settings* dialog box appears and the *View *settings appear by default.

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You can manage the following settings. 

## View Settings

You can manage the following View settings:

- **Language**: Update the language in the Flows view. 
- **View**: Select if the zoom level and scroll position should restore on load. 
- **Grid**: Select options to show grid and snap to grid. Also select the grid size. 
- **Nodes**: Select to show node status and label of new added nodes. 
- **Other**: Select to show tips and guided tours for new versions. 

## Palette Settings

You can customize settings for the Flows palette from a Flows View.

This allows you to enable or disable nodes and install additional node modules.

**To customize palette settings:**

1. From the *User Settings* dialog box, click the **Palette** tab.
2. In the *filter nodes* search bar, enter `node-` or `loop` in the **Search** bar.
   A list of uninstalled modules appears.
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3. Click **Install** next to a selected module from the list.
   The *Confirmation *dialog box appears.
4. Click** Open node information** to make sure there are no dependencies that cannot be automatically resolved.
5. Click **Install**.
   The module installs in Flows.

## Keyboard Settings

You can customize the keyboard settings from a Flows View.

This includes options to assign or modify keyboard shortcuts for actions performed in the Actions list. The scope for Actions can be assigned to global or workspace.

**To update a keyboard shortcut:**

1. Click an unassigned action from the list.
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2.  Enter the command you want to use for the action in the **shortcut** field. For example, `ctrl-alt-f`.
3. Select **global** or **workspace** from the **scope** drop-down list.
4. Click the **Check** icon to accept the changes.