2.3.1 Nicotine+ Settings: Interface
Interface settings allows you to configure some Interface option if you need to

Close buttons on tabs
If you want to have close buttons on tabs ![]() | ![]() | |
Close-buttons on chat room tabs | Close-buttons on private chat tabs |
- default is checked
Show Buttons in Transfer Tabs
if you want GTK icons on buttons in down/upload tabs- default is checked
Display Tray Icon
Allows you to show Tray Icon when Nicotine+ is running.- default is checked
Chat font
allows you to configure font-family, style and size used in Nicotine+ chat/private tabs- default is GTK default.
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Icon and Sound Themes Directory
Icon Theme Directory
Select a directory with images and Nicotine+ will use it for online/offline/away/hilite indication.- default is empty
Sound notification
Sound notification, when someone mentions your usernamein public chatroom or PM's you. 2 different sounds are used.
If you want use sound notification, you need to meet Nicotine+ Optional Dependencies
Enable Sound Effect
if you don't want to use sound notification, you can uncheck it.- default is checked
Sound Effect command
choose between play -q or ogg123 -q- default is play -q
Sound Effects Directory
allows you to choose your own sound for use of sound notification.Chat colors
which color messages get displayed in Chat room or Private chat
- Remote text is the messages you get to see, when something is wrong with files you're downloading
- default is empty
- It shows up like Remote: [message]
- Remote: User limit of xx megabytes exceeded
- Remote: File error
- It shows up like Remote: [message]
- Local text are your messages, you see them in Chat room and Private chat sessions
- default is BLUE
- /me text is used to state what you're doing instead of talking
- default is FORREST GREEN
- "/me is going to eat something" shows up as "[time][user] is going to eat something"
- 01:07:01 * [user] is testing
- 21:06:55 * [user] checks timestamps and stops expecting an answer
- Highlighted text is a message that includes your username
- default is red
- this occurs when somebody is talking to you only, in a busy chatroom
Search colors
To make searching and downloading files easier, you can choose to color your search results- Immediate download shows black
- default is empty
- With queue downloads grey
- default is GREY
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