To view the preferences for featherpad press :kbd:`control +Shift +P` or :menuselection:`Options --> Preferences`. To change settings on the featherpad window itself are on the :guilabel:`Window` tab. To remember the size of your window check the :guilabel:`Remember window size on Closing` checkbox. To start with the side-pane on featherpad check the :guilabel:`Start with side-pane mode`. To toggle featherpad using its own icons rather than your icon theme check/uncheck the :guilabel:`Use own icons` checkbox. To hide the toolbar you can press the :guilabel:`do not show toolbar` checkbox. To not show the menubar by default check the :guilabel:`Do not show menubar` checkbox. The :guilabel:`Tab position` moves where the tab around on the screen. To hide the tabbar with only one tab check the :guilabel:`Do not show a single tab` checkbox. To have the window close after closing the last tab check the :guilabel:`Close window on closing its last tab`. To have featherpad open a new window when you are on a different virtual desktop check the :guilabel:`Always open in seperate windows` checkbox. The checkbox :guilabel:`Native file dialog` uses the systems file dialog to integrate with the system.
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To change preferences on how text is displayed choose the :guilabel:`Text` Tab. To have featherpad remember what font you want press the :guilabel:`Remember Font` checkbox. If you do not want featherpad to highlight syntax by default uncheck the :guilabel:`Highlight syntax by default` checkbox. If you want to change the be able to change the syntax highlight check the checkbox for :guilabel:`Support Syntax override`. The checkbox for :guilabel:`Always show line numbers` always shows line numbers. To have a dark color scheme for featherpad check the :guilabel:`Dark Color Scheme` checkbox. To change exactly how dark the value of this color is change the :guilabel:`Background color value` field. After changing the dark theme settings you will need to restart featherpad. The field for :guilabel:`Text tab size` is how wide to make the tab character. The checkbox for :guilabel:`Ensure an empty last line on saving` leaves a blank line whenever you save your document. The checkbox for :guilabel:`Remove trailiing spaces on Saving` removes whitespace at the end of lines that is not needed. The checkbox for :guilabel:`Thick text Cursor` makes the text cursor wider so it much easier to see.
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To modify changes to your files from the preferences dialog on :guilabel:`Files` tab. The :guilabel:`Number of recent files` field lets you change how many files show in recent files. The set of radio buttons for either :guilabel:`Show recently modified files` or :guilabel:`Show recently opened files` for recent files in the menu. If you want to autosave files check the :guilabel:`Save changes to files every` checkbox and then enter how often you want your files to be automatically saved. If you do not want to be able to open non text files in featherpad check the :guilabel:`Do not permit opening of non-text files` checkbox. If you want to repopen the files you had last time the next time you open featherpad check the :guilabel:`Start with files of last window`. If you want featherpad to run executable scripts check the :guilabel:`Run executable scripts` checkbox. If you want your executable commands to start with something such as an interpreter type the command in the :guilabel:`Start with this command` field.
