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Last Modified 2022-05-10 10:09 EDTThere are a few adjustable interface preferences and a built-in theme editor for creating your own TrueNAS color schemes.
To access user preferences, click settings > Preferences. This page has options to adjust global settings in the web interface, manage custom themes, and create new themes.
| Option | Style | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Choose Theme | drop down | Choose a preferred theme. Prebuilt and custom created themes are visible here. |
| Prefer buttons with icons only | checkbox | Preserve screen space with icons and tooltips instead of text labels. |
| Enable Password Toggle | checkbox | When set, an eye icon appears next to password fields. Clicking the icon reveals the password. |
| Reset Table Columns to Default | checkbox | Reset all tables to display the system default columns. |
| Retro Logo | checkbox | Revert branding back to FreeNAS. |
| Reset All Preferences to Default | checkbox | Reset all user preferences to their default values. (Custom themes are preserved) |
| UPDATE PREFERENCES | button | Apply the current checkbox settings to the web interface. |
| Option | Style | Description |
|---|---|---|
| theme name (variable) | checkbox | Each custom theme is listed. |
| DELETE SELECTED | button | Removes each selected custom theme from the system. |
| CREATE NEW THEME | button | Opens the theme creation screen. |
| Option | Style | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Load colors from existing theme | drop down | Imports the settings from the chosen theme into the Create Theme and Preview tabs. |
| GENERAL | tab | Contains the primary options for the new theme. |
| COLORS | tab | Contains options for setting custom color values. |
| PREVIEW | tab | Controls the Preview widget. |
| Option | Style | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Custom Theme Name | text input | Enter a name to identify the new theme. |
| Menu Label | text input | Enter a short name to use in the TrueNAS web interface menus |
| Description | text input | Enter a short description of the new theme. |
| Choose Primary | drop down | Choose from either a generic color or import a specific color setting to use as the primary theme color. |
| Choose Accent | drop down | Choose from either a generic color or import a specific color setting to use as the accent color for the theme. |
| Choose Topbar | drop down | Changes the color of the top menu bar in the web interface. |
| SUBMIT | button | Save the current selections and create the new theme. |
| CANCEL | button | Return to the Preferences screen without creating a new theme. |
| Option | Style | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Background 1 | text input | Click the swatch to pick a color or enter a color hex. This value is used in for the bg1 option in the GENERAL tab. |
| Background 2 | text input | Click the swatch to pick a color or enter a color hex. This value is used in for the bg2 option in the GENERAL tab. |
| Foreground 1 | text input | Click the swatch to pick a color or enter a color hex. This value is used in for the fg1 option in the GENERAL tab. |
| Foreground 2 | text input | Click the swatch to pick a color or enter a color hex. This value is used in for the fg2 option in the GENERAL tab. |
| Alt Background 1 | text input | Click the swatch to pick a color or enter a color hex. This value is used in for the alt-bg1 option in the GENERAL tab. |
| Alt Background 2 | text input | Click the swatch to pick a color or enter a color hex. This value is used in for the alt-bg2 option in the GENERAL tab. |
| Alt Foreground 1 | text input | Click the swatch to pick a color or enter a color hex. This value is used in for the alt-fg1 option in the GENERAL tab. |
| Alt Foreground 2 | text input | Click the swatch to pick a color or enter a color hex. This value is used in for the alt-fg2 option in the GENERAL tab. |
| Yellow | text input | Click the swatch to pick a color or enter a color hex. This value is used in for the yellow option in the GENERAL tab. |
| Orange | text input | Click the swatch to pick a color or enter a color hex. This value is used in for the orange option in the GENERAL tab. |
| Red | text input | Click the swatch to pick a color or enter a color hex. This value is used in for the red option in the GENERAL tab. |
| Magenta | text input | Click the swatch to pick a color or enter a color hex. This value is used in for the magenta option in the GENERAL tab. |
| Violet | text input | Click the swatch to pick a color or enter a color hex. This value is used in for the violet option in the GENERAL tab. |
| Blue | text input | Click the swatch to pick a color or enter a color hex. This value is used in for the blue option in the GENERAL tab. |
| Cyan | text input | Click the swatch to pick a color or enter a color hex. This value is used in for the cyan option in the GENERAL tab. |
| Green | text input | Click the swatch to pick a color or enter a color hex. This value is used in for the green option in the GENERAL tab. |
| SUBMIT | button | Save the current selections and create the new theme. |
| CANCEL | button | Return to the Preferences screen without creating a new theme. |
| Option | Style | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Global Preview | toggle | Controls the visibility of the Preview widget. |
| Option | Style | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Buttons | tab | Shows examples of web interface buttons with the current theme settings applied. |
| Forms | tab | Shows examples of web interface form options with the current theme settings applied. |