Use the Quick Properties Palette

The Quick Properties palette lists the most commonly used properties for each object type or a set of objects. You can easily customize the quick properties for any object in the Customize User Interface (CUI) editor. See Quick Properties in the Customization Guide.

• When one or more objects of the same type are selected, the Quick Properties palette displays the selected properties of that object type.
• When two or more objects of different types are selected, the Quick Properties palette displays the common properties, if any for all objects in the selection set.

Use the Properties Palette

The Properties palette lists the current settings for properties of the selected object or set of objects. You can modify any property that can be changed by specifying a new value.

• When more than one object is selected, the Properties palette displays only those properties common to all objects in the selection set.
• When no objects are selected, the Properties palette displays only the general properties of the current layer, the name of the plot style table attached to the layer, the view properties, and information about the UCS.

You can double-click most objects to open the Properties palette when the DBLCLKEDIT system variable is set to On (the default). The exceptions include blocks and attributes, text, and xrefs. If you double-click any of these objects, an object-specific dialog box is displayed instead of the Properties palette.

Use the Properties Panel on the Ribbon

On the Home tab, the Properties panel provides a convenient way to verify or change the settings for properties such as color, layer, and linetype. The Properties panel operates similarly to the Properties palette.

• If no objects are selected, the panel displays the default properties for objects created in the future.
• If one or more objects are selected, the controls display the current properties for the selected objects.
• If one or more objects are selected and their properties vary, the controls for those properties will be blank.
• If one or more objects are selected, and a property is changed on the ribbon, the selected objects will change to the specified value.

Change Object Property or ByBlock Settings to ByLayer

Objects that have a ByBlock setting can also be changed to ByLayer. When an object’s properties are not set to ByLayer, those objects do not display the layer property overrides that were set by viewport.