This view contains the ‘system settings’ or ‘application properties’ which are system wide parameters used by the application. Each user has their own ‘user options’ which are managed elsewhere in the User Options dialogue.
The view consists of a ‘property grid’ with system setting names on the left and system setting values on the right:

When a setting is selected by clicking onto it, the footer section of the grid shows the name and description of the system setting for convenience.
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