To view the prefrences for featherpad press :kbd:`control +Shift +P` or :menuselection:`Options --> Prefrences`. To have settings on the featherpad prefences is on the :guilabel:`Window` tabs. To remember the size of your window check the :guilabel:`Remember size on Closing` 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 change prefrences 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`. 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.
To change prefrences 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`. 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.
