Feature-related P4V properties

You can use the following properties to enable or disable features. These properties are read once, upon P4V startup, from the first service to which the user connects. Features that are deactivated by setting a property to Off are unavailable in P4V. Such features might still display in the P4V Preferences dialog, but you cannot override the configuration on the server side.

The following server properties can change the value of a feature that is On by default to Off. However, if a P4V user has set a feature to Off in the local preference, the local setting overrides the server property. For example, consider P4V.Features.Streams, which is On by default:

If the user has P4V.Features.Streams set to On in the local preference, the Admin can force it Off by setting the server property to Off
If the user has P4V.Features.Streams set to Off in the local preference, the Admin cannot force it On by setting the server property to On

Property	P4V > Edit > Preferences	Default Value	Description	P4V Version Introduced
`P4V.Features.Administration`	Administration Tool	`On`	If `Off`, the Administration menu option is not displayed.	2013.1
`P4V.Features.AllowDirectStreamEdit`	N/A	`On`	If `Off`, the user can edit solely the current stream opened for edit in the active workspace.	2022.1
`P4V.Features.CheckForUpdates`	Automatically check for Helix P4V updates.	`On`	If `Off`, disables the Check for Updates menu option on the Help menu. See also `P4V.Features.MaxAllowedVersion`.	2013.2
`P4V.Features.ConnectionWizard`	Set Up Connection Wizard	`On`	If `Off`, P4V does not attempt to use the New Connection Wizard.	2013.1
`P4V.Features.CustomTools`	Custom Tools	`On`	If `Off`, the Manage Custom Tools dialog is disabled.	2013.1
`P4V.Features.DashBoard`	N/A	`On`	If `Off`, the Dashboard is not displayed.	2013.1
`P4V.Features.DashBoard.Limit`	N/A	not set	If set, specifies the file limit for the Dashboard's Workspace Folder view. This setting overrides the the user-specified data preference on the server side.	2017.2
`P4V.Features.Dvcs`	DVCS - Distributed Version Control	`On`	On by default, but governed by the `server.allowpush` and `server.allowfetch` configurables on the shared server. Admins can disable the DVCS fature with this property. See also Enabling distributed versioning.	2017.1
`P4V.Features.FullUserNames`	N/A	Off	If On, P4V displays full user names in the Pending, Submitted, and History tabs.	2018.4
P4V.Features.HTMLTools	HTML Tools	`On`	If `Off`, the HTML Tool editors are not enabled and HTML windows and tabs are not shown for this connection.	2019.2
`P4V.Features.Integration`	Merge, Copy and Branch Dialogs	`On`	If `Off`, users cannot integrate.	2013.1
`P4V.Features.Jobs`	Jobs	`On`	If `Off`, jobs support is disabled. Jobs do not appear in changelists, etc.	2013.1
`P4V.Features.Labeling`	Labels	`On`	If `Off`, the labels tab does not appear.	2013.1
`P4V.Features.Markdown`	Description fields	`On`	If `Off`, the Markdown feature does not appear.	2021.3
`P4V.Features.MaxAllowedVersion`	N/A		<int value> that determines the maximum version hint when checking for updates. Setting the version does not restrict the user from using a newer version of P4V against the server, but the checking for an update will not report a newer version than the one set in the hint. The value should be a changelist number equal to the maximum allowed version. If that value is set to 60000 and the latest current version is 65000, the user will get the message that there is no available update if the user is already at version 60000. If the user is at 60000 and the current live version is 70000, but the admin has set the max value to 65000, then the user will get a message that there is a newer version available, but an administrator has set a different maximum, and they should contact their administrator for the proper version.	2013.2
P4V.Features.PromptWorkspaceName	Prompt for name when creating new workspace	`Off`	If On, P4V prompts the user for the workspace name when creating a new workspace. P4V runs the p4 client -o command, allowing a form-out trigger to modify the default form. P4V supports overwrite of the following attributes: Client:, Root:, View:, Owner:, Description:, Host:, AltRoots:, ChangeView:, Options:, SubmitOptions:, LineEnd:, and Type:.	2018.3
P4V.Features.Repos	Repos	`On`	If Off, repo-related icons and menus do not appear.	2020.2
`P4V.Features.RevisionGraph`	Revision Graph	`On`	If `Off`, the Revision Graph is disabled.	2013.1
`P4V.Features.Streams`	Streams	`On`	If `Off`, streams-related icons, menus, and the Stream Graph do not appear.	2013.1
`P4V.Features.Timelapse`	Time-lapse	`On`	If `Off`, Time-Lapse View is disabled.	2013.1
`P4V.Features.UnloadReload`	Unload/Reload	`On`	If `Off`, users cannot unload/reload a workspace, label, or task stream.	2013.2
P4V.Features.UnshelveSideways	N/A	`On`	If `On`, allows users to unshelve files into a different branch or stream than they were shelved from. Shelved files can be unshelved directly from their parent stream, a non-parent stream, or a different depot using branch mapping.	2013.1
`P4V.Features.Workspaces`	N/A	`On`	If `Off`, users cannot edit or display their own (or other users') workspaces.	2013.1

For example, the administrator of a site that does not use Perforce’s built-in defect tracking can disable access to jobs from within P4V by running:

$ p4 property -a -n P4V.Features.Jobs -v Off

A new property is added/updated (-a), it is named (-n) P4V.Features.Jobs, and it is assigned the value (-v) of Off.