Select Tools > Options and click the Transformers icon.
Show transformer version in tooltip
With new releases of FME, transformers are sometimes upgraded to include new functionality. If you have a large workspace whose history spans multiple FME versions, it may also span multiple transformer versions.
Previous versions of transformers will work the same way they always did, but you might also find it useful to enable transformer tooltips to show the transformer version (especially if you have different versions of the same transformer). In this example, the transformer version is 2:
Truncate transformer names on: This option allows you to specify text abbreviations from the left, right or center. For example, if your text consists of frequently occurring prefixes, you may want to truncate names from either the center or the left so you can see more text at a glance.
Use Drag-and-Insert Transformers
Enables a feature that allows you to drop a transformer onto an existing connection. The selections for multiple input ports and multiple output ports will be the default port connections.
These settings apply to Transformer Parameter menus: