Digital Design Studio Settings

Configure the unified workspace, language, shortcuts, and migrated local preferences.

Overview

Digital Design Studio uses one application Settings dialog for its shared workspace, including integrated ISA views. Changes to ordinary preferences apply immediately; there is no separate ISA app to configure.

Open Settings

Open Settings from the product header or the workspace settings control. The dialog has navigation on the left and the selected settings page on the right. Close it with its close button or Esc.

Project settings is a different control: it configures the selected design, including ISA-specific configuration. It does not change global appearance.

Settings Pages

Page	Purpose
Appearance	Theme, accent, density, and shared visual preferences
Editor	Source editing and display preferences
Layout	Workspace and panel arrangement
Engines	Engine-related configuration exposed by the host
Keyboard	Workspace command shortcuts
Language & Region	Interface language and regional formatting
Roofline	Performance-view display preferences
AI Model	Provider and model configuration for supported AI assistance

The integrated workspace uses the Digital Design Studio settings set. Old standalone ISA settings are compatibility data, not a second settings product. A configuration page does not itself prove that its engine, provider, or native operation is installed, authorized, or ready.

Language and Region

Change Language & Region to update the shared interface, including ISA navigation, function tabs, and bottom-panel labels. Source identifiers, file names, and output produced by external tools are not translated.

Locale preferences are shared by Altifigence surfaces in the same browser profile. A different browser profile or desktop WebView has a separate storage boundary. Changing the web app does not necessarily change an installed app.

Stored Preferences and Migration

Data	Current key or boundary
Shared appearance	altifigence_ui_digital_design_studio_v1
Workspace preferences	altifigence_digital_design_studio_v1
Workspace layout	altifigence_digital_design_studio_workspace_state_v1, optionally namespaced by workspace
Module settings	altifigence_module_settings_v1, with existing module identifiers retained
Locale	altifigence_locale_v1 and the console preference projection
Roofline display	Existing altifigence_roofline_display_v1:IDE compatibility scope

Migration reads earlier IDE and ISA appearance records when the new record is absent. Workspace settings and layout likewise preserve legacy IDE data where supported. Do not clear old storage merely to force a rename: use the application migration and retain backups before resetting a profile.

These browser-local records are preferences, not project source, credentials, device trust, or entitlement authority. Copying them to another machine does not transfer a licence.

Keyboard and Focus

Review or change shortcuts in Keyboard. Commands can depend on the active surface and host. With focus in the left panel, Ctrl+F searches its current items; with focus in a source editor, it searches that file. Project-wide search is a separate action.

If a shortcut does nothing, check focus and capability availability before changing it. A disabled native operation is not repaired by rebinding its key.

AI and Engine Settings

Select only a provider or runtime you intend to use. Review the destination, credentials, selected project context, and cost before invoking an online action. An API key or provider endpoint is not ordinary theme data and must not be committed with a project.

AI assistance does not restore the retired main-editor AI tab. MCP, Task Center, and additional native integrations remain separately tracked work; listing them in a plan or settings design does not make them released features.

Reset and Troubleshooting

Save files before changing layout or resetting preferences. Keep a project backup separate from application data. Report the app version, host, language, affected setting, and exact error; do not send passwords, API keys, or licence files.

Windows packaging and native security qualification are still in progress. See Downloads for release status and First Launch and Licence for account and entitlement boundaries.