# ParaView-UserSettings.json - Point Size

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-usersettings-json-point-size/10928
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [December 6, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-usersettings-json-point-size/10928 "2022-12-06T18:15:16Z")
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### Author: ![wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/8e8cbc/32.png) [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-usersettings-json-point-size/10928/1 "2022-12-06T18:15:16Z")

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My user is trying to set up a custom point size that persists between sessions. I believe the way to do this is with an entry in ParaView-UserSettings.json, in the users .config/ParaView directory. I cannot find how to do this. So,

- How do you change persistently the point size in the Properties tab? I don’t want to then save all of the other settings. Just point size.
- The documentation in the ParaView Reference 12.2.3 points to directories that do not exist. Please update this document. I will add a git issue for this bullet.

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2022, 7:18am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-usersettings-json-point-size/10928/2 "2022-12-07T07:18:32Z")

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```auto
{
  "representations" : 
  {
    "GeometryRepresentation" : 
    {   
      "PointSize" : 7.0 
    },  
    "UniformGridRepresentation" : 
    {   
      "PointSize" : 7.0 
    },  
    "UnstructuredGridRepresentation" : 
    {   
      "PointSize" : 7.0 
    }   
  }
}

```

That should do it for most cases, please note that this is a “per-representation” setting, so any other representation need to be added to the list.

Adding a global setting to control de default point size/line width could make sense I think.

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### Author: ![wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/8e8cbc/32.png) [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-usersettings-json-point-size/10928/3 "2022-12-07T20:57:23Z")

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Thanks Mathieu!

[https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/21694](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/21694)