Bodhi Guide - General Settings

Change the wallpaper for all desktops or current desktop.

Options for themes and GTK-icons for applications.

Switch Enlightenment themes. Advanced options allow assigning Themes to individual elements.

Assign custom colors to individual Enlightenment elements. Colors depend on Theme capabilities.

Assign custom font preferences for Enlightenment. Advanced options allow assigning customizations to individual elements.

Set default window border style.

Set the type of transition to use for certain events, such as changing the background.

Scale the overall font settings throughout Enlightenment.

Set the splash screen animation to use at boot-up.

Settings for the drop shadow effects of objects, such as windows and menus (Dropshadow module must be loaded).

Add/Remove entries to the Favorites menu. Also allows changing the order of appearance.

Add/Remove applications to the IBar Gadget. Also allows changing the order of appearance.

Select applications to automatically run after restarting E17.

Select applications to automatically run at startup.

Select the default application for certain categories of apps, such as browser.

Set options for X, and enable options from other desktop environments.

Adjust the number and layout of Virtual Desktops as well as the animation when flipping between them.

Set screen lock time as well as login box location, wallpaper, etc.

Enable/Disable X Screensaver, set timer settings, etc.

Set backlight options where available.

Set actions to occur when using the mouse to interact with the edges of the screen.

Set actions to bind to mouse buttons. Mouse buttons can be combined with keyboard for additional bindings.

Set actions to specialized hardware bindings such as pressing the power button or closing the lid to your laptop.

Settings for touchpads.

Choose between X or Enlightenment style mouse pointer as well as set the size, and select mouse button orientation and mouse acceleration speed.

Set window display behavior including moving, resizing, new windows, shading, and screen limits.

Adjust how mouse interaction changes window focus. Advanced options available, including window stacking and hinting.

Adjust window resistance to elements on the screen and parameters when moving/resizing windows via the keyboard. Set behavior when maximizing a window. Options include Fullscreen, Smart Expansion, Fill available space. Can also set direction of window expansion.

The Window List allows cycling between windows, and is typically accessed by pressing Alt+Tab. The menu lets you set window grouping behavior, sort order, and association of iconified windows with virtual desktops. Also can limit length of captions for iconified windows.

Automatically use most recent window settings for internal dialog or file manager windows next time they are opened. Can remember all or a subset of window settings including size, position, locks, and more. This dialog is primarily to delete window remembers. Window remembers are set using the window menu.

Set how open windows are listed in the Window List Menu, which can be accessed either through middle-click of a three-button mouse or via Main Menu -> Windows.

Enlightenment Main Menu settings. Adjust what application info is displayed as well as menu scrolling behavior.

Set the locale settings for the environment.

Adjust settings for various Input Methods which allow users to input symbols not found on their input device. For example, entering Chinese characters with a Latin keyboard.

Set actions to be taken for mouse clicks.

Adjust icon sizes in System Menu (opened by clicking on System in Main Menu).

Fine tune E17 performance. Adjust framerate, font cache, image cache, edje cache, etc.

Enable use of ARGB windows instead of shaped windows.

View/Set directory search paths E17 uses to locate various files, such as Images, Fonts, Icons, etc.

Control how battery is monitored. Set polling time, low battery alert criteria, etc.

Enable/Disable E17 configuration dialogs to be accessed from Main Menu -> Settings -> All.

Configure the Run Everything program including how choices are sorted, view type, size, alignment, and active plugins.

Set whether to search and/or show recent files or cache. Also provides option to clear cache.

Set options for dialog windows including if they should behave like normal windows and, if available, whether they should automatically open in Basic or Advanced mode.

Create, delete, and switch between different Profiles.

Load/Unload Enlightenment modules.

Add/Delete Shelves and configure settings for individual Shelves.

Set which mixer to use for sound and open Mixer channel settings.

Select what notifications appear, and how they are displayed.

Configure settings for Pager Gadgets.

Add available Gadgets to the desktop.

Adjust settings for the Enlightenment File Manager (EFM).

Set icons used by EFM for different file types.

Adjust settings for Places module (appears only if the Places modules is loaded). Allows access to file manager via Main Menu as well as using a custom file manager (e.g. PCManFM).

Set options for widgets that use the Elementary widget set.