Project Properties

This dialog allows you to set a number of properties related to the Project. A Project is a saved set of layers and their settings, as well as other information required to restore the project from disk.

General Tab
Coordinate Reference System (CRS) Tab
Identifiable layers Tab

General Tab

Project title	A descriptive title for the project. This title will be displayed in the title bar of the QGIS window
Selection color	Selected features are displayed on the map using this color.
Background color	The color of the map canvas.
Save paths	Ability to save the paths as absolute or relative.
Layer units	Choose the units appropriate for the layers in the project.
Precision	Use the manual setting to set the precision of the display in the status bar. As the mouse is moved over the map canvas, the coordinates are updated and displayed in the status bar using the precision you choose. Automatic (the default) results in a default precision based on the map units.
Digitizing	This allows you to set the snapping tolerance in pixels, the line width used when digitising and the color for digitised lines.

Coordinate Reference System (CRS) Tab

The Coordinate Reference System (CRS) tab allows you to set the projection for the current project and enable on the fly transformation. You do not need to have a saved project to setup and enable 'on the fly' CRS transformation.

To use 'on the fly' CRS transformation, click the Enable 'on the fly' CRS transformation checkbox. Then choose the projection for the project (map canvas) from the list of Geographic or Projected coordinate systems.

You can find a coordinate system by entering its name, EPSG code or the QGIS ID and clicking the Find button.

The 4 last used coordinate systems will be available as buttons on the bottom for quick access.

Identifiable layers Tab

On this tab you can choose on which layers the identify tool will work.