# Preferences

Opens via File › Preferences.

Controls QtFRED editor settings. Changes take effect immediately; there is no Apply button.

## General

Setting | Description
--- | ---
Move ships with arrow keys | When enabled, the arrow keys nudge selected objects in the viewport instead of scrolling the view.
Check for errors on save | Runs the built-in mission error checker automatically each time the mission is saved.
Show SEXP help tooltips | Displays documentation tooltips when hovering over SEXP nodes in the condition and action trees.
Dark mode | Switches the editor UI to a dark color theme.

## Grid

Setting | Description
--- | ---
Grid plane | Which plane the editor grid lies on: `XZ` (horizontal), `XY`, or `YZ`.
Grid center | The world-space coordinates of the grid's center point.
Reset grid | Resets the grid plane and center to defaults.

## Keybindings

Lists every editor action alongside its current keyboard shortcut. Click a shortcut field and press a new key combination to rebind it. Conflicts are highlighted. Bindings are saved per-user and persist across sessions.