# C/C++ Project Properties, Build, Settings, Tool settings tab

Use the Tool Settings properties tab to customize the tools and tool options used in your build configuration.

Tool settings options
Group | Description
Configuration | Click here for a description.
Manage Configurations... | Click here for a description.
(Left pane) | Displays a list of tools and their option categories. Select a desired tool from the list to modify its options.
(Right pane) | Displays the options that you can modify for the selected tool. This list of options changes depending on which options category you select for a specific tool in the left pane.

Available for: CDT projects and source files

- Project Properties, Resource page
- Project Properties, Builders page
- Project Properties, common C/C++ Configurations handling
  - Manage Configurations dialog
  - Create Configuration dialog
  - Rename Configuration dialog
- Project Properties, C/C++ Build category
  - Discovery options page
  - Environment page
  - Settings page
    - Tool Settings tab
    - Build Steps tab
    - Build Artifact tab
    - Binary Parsers tab
    - Error Parsers tab
  - Tool chain editor page
  - Variables page
- Project Properties, C/C++ General category
  - Documentation page
  - Export Settings page
  - File Types page
  - Indexer page
  - Language Mapping page
  - Paths and Symbols page
    - Includes tab
    - Symbols tab
    - Libraries tab
    - Libraries path tab
    - Source Location tab
    - Output Location tab
    - References tab
    - Data Hierarchy tab
- C/C++ Project Properties, Project References page
- C/C++ Project Properties, Run/Debug Settings page