> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.glassine.ink/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Settings

> Every setting, pane by pane, with its default.

⌘, or Glassine → Settings…, or the gear at the bottom of the sidebar. Settings open as a card over the window rather than in a window of their own, so everything you change is visible behind it as you change it. ⇥ and ⇧⇥ move between the four panes; Esc closes the card.

## General

**Library**

| Setting  |                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Location | Where the library is, with *Reveal in Finder*, *Change…* to pick another folder, and *Use iCloud Drive* to return to the default. A line beneath says whether the folder syncs. |

**Files**

| Setting                         | Default     |                                                                                                                |
| ------------------------------- | ----------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Name files after the first line | On          | New documents take their file name from their first line as you write. Renaming a file yourself pins its name. |
| Sort documents by               | Last edited | Or *Name*, or *Date created*. Applies to the sidebar and All Documents.                                        |

**Saving** — a note that nothing needs saving: changes are written about half a second after you stop typing and at least every few seconds while you type.

**Updates** — in the direct version, *Check for new versions once a day* (on) and the version you are running. The App Store version shows its version and says updates arrive through the App Store.

## Editor

**Type**

| Setting           | Default        | Range                                                                                               |
| ----------------- | -------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Font              | Helvetica Neue | Any installed family; the system faces (New York, San Francisco, SF Rounded, SF Mono) head the list |
| Size              | 16 pt          | 11–32                                                                                               |
| Line height       | 1.55×          | 1.0–2.2                                                                                             |
| Paragraph spacing | 0.65 em        | 0–1.5                                                                                               |
| Letter spacing    | 0 pt           | −1 to 2                                                                                             |
| Larger headings   | On             |                                                                                                     |
| Center headings   | On             |                                                                                                     |

**Layout**

| Setting      | Default | Range    |
| ------------ | ------- | -------- |
| Column width | 660 pt  | 420–1100 |
| Top margin   | 96 pt   | 24–240   |

**Modes**

| Setting                       | Default    |                                                                        |
| ----------------------------- | ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Typewriter scrolling          | On         | The line you are writing stays at the middle of the window             |
| Also re-center after clicking | Off        | Otherwise only typing and the arrow keys re-center                     |
| Focus mode                    | On         | Everything but the current paragraph steps back                        |
| Focus on                      | Paragraph  | Or *Sentence*                                                          |
| Unfocused text                | 40%        | How bright the rest of the page stays: 100% is no dimming, 0% hides it |
| Show counter                  | On         | The footer's word count, character count and reading time              |
| Counter shows                 | Everything | Or *Words*, *Characters*, or *Reading time* alone                      |

**While typing**

| Setting                                          | Default |
| ------------------------------------------------ | ------- |
| Smart quotes                                     | On      |
| Smart dashes                                     | On      |
| Check spelling                                   | Off     |
| Correct spelling automatically                   | Off     |
| Inline predictions                               | Off     |
| Continue lists on Return                         | On      |
| Move finished tasks to the bottom after a moment | On      |

## Caret

**Movement**

| Setting             | Default | Range                                                                 |
| ------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Smooth movement     | On      |                                                                       |
| Glide time          | 270 ms  | 40–300                                                                |
| Smooth while typing | On      | Off: the caret glides for arrow keys and clicks but snaps as you type |

**Look**

| Setting | Default |                          |
| ------- | ------- | ------------------------ |
| Blink   | Soft    | Or *Classic*, or *Never* |
| Width   | 4 pt    | 1–4 in half-point steps  |

The caret uses the theme's caret colour, usually the accent. Reduce Motion in System Settings disables gliding.

## Themes

| Setting    | Default                 |                                                                        |
| ---------- | ----------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Appearance | Always the chosen theme | Or *Follow the system*, which reveals a *Light* and a *Dark* picker    |
| Light      | Paper                   | Used when macOS is in light mode and the appearance follows the system |
| Dark       | Dusk                    | The same, for dark mode                                                |

Below that, the list of themes — *Built in* and *Mine* — with **+** to duplicate the selected theme into one you can edit, **−** to delete one of yours, and a ••• menu with *Import Theme…* and *Export "…"*. Selecting a theme of your own opens its editor beneath: name, dark appearance, glass material, tint, tint strength, paper grain, sidebar tint, and the nine colours. The [themes page](/appearance/themes) walks through it.

## Not in Settings

A few things are remembered without a switch here: whether the window floats on top (⌘.), the sidebar's width and whether it is showing, which folders are expanded, the six most recent documents, starred documents, the window's size and position, the Review style and its text scale, and the last document open, which reopens at launch.