Every setting and its default
What each setting does, and what it's set to before you change anything.
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Typewriter scrolling | Keeps the line you're writing vertically centred instead of drifting to the bottom. | On |
| Paragraph dimming | Fades the paragraphs you aren't currently in, so the one you're writing stands out. | On |
| settleWhileWriting | On | |
| Font size | The size of your writing, in pixels. | 24 px |
| Line height | How much air sits between lines. | 1.7 |
| Column width | How wide the writing column runs, in rem. Narrower reads more like a book. | 42 rem |
| Appearance | Light, dark, or auto — auto follows whatever your device is doing. | auto |
| Light palette | Which palette is used in light mode. | Dawn |
| Dark palette | Which palette is used in dark mode. | Ink |
| Writing font | The face your entries are set in. | serif |
| voice | dawn | |
| editorFontAuto | On | |
| faceNamed | On | |
| entriesGroupBy | flat | |
| showEntryPreview | Off | |
| Pages zoom | How close you're standing to the wall of pages. Driven by the zoom slider, not a switch. | 0.6 |
| Navigation labels | Show text labels beside the sidebar icons. Press [ to toggle it. | Off |
| First line as title | Treats the first line of an entry as its title, in the app and in exports. | On |
| dateline | On | |
| voiceCaret | On | |
| Show markdown syntax | Leaves the raw characters (*, **, #, ==) visible instead of hiding them until your cursor is inside. | Off |
| Developer mode | Desktop only, and only for beta testers — enables the developer tools shortcut. | Off |
| Skip practice previews | Go straight into writing when you pick a practice, without the introduction screen. | Off |
| readerLeaves | On | |
| noticing | Off | |
| Share anonymous usage | Counts which features get used. Never your entries, never their content. | On |
| rememberWhereYouWrite | On |
Font size runs from 14 to 36 pixels. Settings follow your account, so changing one on your Mac changes it on your phone too.