Viewport Display Tab

Display mode – Determines how to display scattered instances in the viewport. Affects viewport performance.

None – Instances are not displayed at all.
Dot – Each instance is displayed as a single dot.
Box – Each instance is displayed as a solid box.
Wire box – Each instance is displayed as a wire box.
Full – Each instance is displayed as the full mesh.

Max instances – Maximum number of scattered instances displayed in the viewport. When this limit gets exceeded, some instances are randomly hidden. If increasing this number would display more instances, the label is colored.

Immediate updates – Forces re-computation of the scattering.