Appearance settings

This page lists the settings in Settings > Appearance, in the order the app shows them.

Language

Language

Follow system settings uses your system language. Keyguard supports 32 languages.

Supported languages

• Afrikaans
• Arabic
• Bengali
• Catalan
• Chinese (Simplified)
• Chinese (Traditional)
• Czech
• Danish
• Dutch
• English (United Kingdom)
• English (United States)
• Finnish
• French
• German
• Greek
• Hebrew
• Hungarian
• Italian
• Japanese
• Korean
• Norwegian
• Polish
• Portuguese (Brazil)
• Portuguese (Portugal)
• Romanian
• Russian
• Serbian
• Spanish
• Swedish
• Turkish
• Ukrainian
• Vietnamese

The community translates the app on Crowdin. Coverage varies by language.

Theme and color

Theme

Follow system settings switches with your system’s light and dark mode. The other options are Light and Dark.

Use contrast black theme

Uses pure black backgrounds while a dark theme is active.

Use expressive theme

Uses the expressive layout, with wider padding around content.

Tint color

Sets the accent color across the app. Follow system settings uses the system’s accent or wallpaper color, where the system has one. The other options are built-in colors, such as Red, Blue, Teal and Amber.

Text and motion

Font

Follow system settings, Roboto, Noto or Atkinson Hyperlegible. Atkinson Hyperlegible is a typeface designed for readers with low vision.

Rich text formatting

Renders Markdown in notes instead of the raw text.

Transition animation

Sets the animation between screens: Disabled, Crossfade or Dynamic.

Navigation

Navigation items

Sets the order and visibility of navigation items. You can add custom filters as items.

Show labels on navigation buttons

Shows a text label on each navigation button.

Icons

Load App icons

Shows app icons for items with an Android app URI. For an app that isn’t installed, the icon downloads from Google Play if Load Website icons is on.

Load Website icons

Downloads the icon of each item’s website.

Load Gravatar icons

Shows a Gravatar avatar for items with an email address.

Behavior

Open links in external browser

Opens links in your default browser app instead of an in-app browser. Android only.

Keep the screen on while viewing items

Keeps the screen on while an item is open. Android only.

Minimize on copy

Minimizes the window after you copy a value. Linux, macOS and Windows only.

Close to system tray

Closing the window keeps Keyguard running in the system tray, if the desktop has one. Linux, macOS and Windows only.

Layout

Keyguard can show the list and the open item side by side. Each setting applies only when the window is wide enough for two panels, so it mostly affects tablets and desktop windows.

Allow two panel layout in portrait mode

Allows two panels in portrait orientation.

Allow two panel layout in landscape mode

Allows two panels in landscape orientation.