To view your prefrences of Vlc press :kbd:`control +P` or :menuselection:`Tools --> Prefrences`. To choose to use a custom skin for vlc press the :guilabel:`Use custom skin` radio button. To toggle showing the controls for pasuing playback and other things check/uncheck the :guilabel:`Show controls in full screen mode` checkbox. To start vlc in a minimal view mode check/uncheck the :guilabel:`Start in minimal view mode` checkbox. To have vlc pause playback when the vlc window is minimized check/uncheck the :guilabel:`Pause playback when minimized` checkbox. To toggle showing an icon in the system tray check/uncheck the :guilabel:`Show systray icon` checkbox.
To view your prefrences of Vlc press :kbd:`control +P` or :menuselection:`Tools --> Prefrences`. To choose to use a custom skin for vlc press the :guilabel:`Use custom skin` radio button. To toggle showing the controls for pasuing playback and other things check/uncheck the :guilabel:`Show controls in full screen mode` checkbox. To have the video display in its own window uncheck the :guilabel:`Integrate video in interface` checkbox. To start vlc in a minimal view mode check/uncheck the :guilabel:`Start in minimal view mode` checkbox. To have vlc pause playback when the vlc window is minimized check/uncheck the :guilabel:`Pause playback when minimized` checkbox. To toggle showing an icon in the system tray check/uncheck the :guilabel:`Show systray icon` checkbox. To change vlc showing a popup when the media changes like when having multiple files in a playlist change the :guilabel:`Show media change popup` menu. The :guilabel:`Force window style` changes the way vlc windows are drawn if you want a custom layout for just vlc.
