User Preferences
User preferences let you tailor YouDesign Models to how you personally work — language, editor defaults, accessibility, and maintenance actions. Your settings are saved to your user profile, so they follow you across sessions.
Opening the Settings Drawer
All user preferences live in a single settings drawer that slides in from the left:
On the homepage — click the logo/settings icon in the top-left corner (tooltip: "Settings").
In the editor — click the hamburger menu (☰) icon in the top-left bar.
The drawer is organized into collapsible sections. Click a section header to expand it.
Editor Preferences
Defaults for how the canvas behaves while you work:
Snap to grid
On
Aligns shapes to the invisible grid when you drag or resize them
Show grid
Off
Displays the grid as a visible dotted/line pattern on the canvas
Guided dragging
On
Shows alignment guides when you drag a shape near another shape's edge or center
These settings apply as soon as you toggle them — no reload needed.
Language
A dropdown with ten languages:
English (US)
English (GB)
Deutsch (German)
Français (French)
Español (Spanish)
Português (Portuguese)
हिन्दी (Hindi)
বাংলা (Bengali)
Türkçe (Turkish)
日本語 (Japanese)
Your choice is saved both in your user preferences and in local storage (yd-user-language) so it sticks even before you log in.
Accessibility
The Accessibility section has three toggles. See Accessibility for what each one does in detail:
Precise selection (default on)
Reduce motion (default off)
High contrast (default off)
Maintenance
Two buttons for resetting state when something's gone wrong:
Reset preferences
Restores all of your user preferences to their defaults (panel widths, grid settings, palettes, language). Does not affect other users.
Clear cache
Clears locally-cached data and reloads the page. Useful if the app is behaving inconsistently after a release.
Note: Neither action modifies data in ServiceNow. Your boards and teamspaces are untouched.
Global Settings (Admin Only)
At the bottom of the drawer, users with the YouDesign Models Admin role see a Global Settings link. Clicking it opens the admin configuration area — see Global Settings for admin-only settings.
Non-admins don't see this link.
What's Saved Where
Language
User profile + browser local storage
Only you
Editor defaults
User profile
Only you
Accessibility toggles
User profile
Only you
Global settings
ServiceNow application settings
All users (applies org-wide)
Tips & Gotchas
Settings apply immediately for most toggles; a handful (like Clear cache) trigger a reload.
Reset preferences is broad — it will also reset panel widths, shape color palettes, and the grid setting, not just the single setting you're looking at. Use it when you want a clean slate.
Your preferences are yours alone — admins configure defaults via Global Settings, but each user can override them here.
Related
Accessibility — dedicated page for the three accessibility toggles
User Interface — overview of where the hamburger drawer fits in
Global Settings (admin) — the admin-side counterpart
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