qutebrowser/doc/help/settings.asciidoc

= Settings

.Quick reference for section ``general''
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|Setting|Description
|<<setting-general-ignore-case,ignore-case>>|Whether to find text on a page case-insensitively.
|<<setting-general-wrap-search,wrap-search>>|Whether to wrap finding text to the top when arriving at the end.
|<<setting-general-startpage,startpage>>|The default page(s) to open at the start, separated by commas.
|<<setting-general-auto-search,auto-search>>|Whether to start a search when something else than a URL is entered.
|<<setting-general-auto-save-config,auto-save-config>>|Whether to save the config automatically on quit.
|<<setting-general-editor,editor>>|The editor (and arguments) to use for the `open-editor` command.
|<<setting-general-editor-encoding,editor-encoding>>|Encoding to use for editor.
|<<setting-general-private-browsing,private-browsing>>|Do not record visited pages in the history or store web page icons.
|<<setting-general-developer-extras,developer-extras>>|Enable extra tools for Web developers.
|<<setting-general-print-element-backgrounds,print-element-backgrounds>>|Whether the background color and images are also drawn when the page is printed.
|<<setting-general-xss-auditing,xss-auditing>>|Whether load requests should be monitored for cross-site scripting attempts.
|<<setting-general-site-specific-quirks,site-specific-quirks>>|Enable workarounds for broken sites.
|<<setting-general-default-encoding,default-encoding>>|Default encoding to use for websites.
|==============

.Quick reference for section ``ui''
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|Setting|Description
|<<setting-ui-zoom-levels,zoom-levels>>|The available zoom levels, separated by commas.
|<<setting-ui-default-zoom,default-zoom>>|The default zoom level.
|<<setting-ui-message-timeout,message-timeout>>|Time (in ms) to show messages in the statusbar for.
|<<setting-ui-confirm-quit,confirm-quit>>|Whether to confirm quitting the application.
|<<setting-ui-display-statusbar-messages,display-statusbar-messages>>|Whether to display javascript statusbar messages.
|<<setting-ui-zoom-text-only,zoom-text-only>>|Whether the zoom factor on a frame applies only to the text or to all content.
|<<setting-ui-frame-flattening,frame-flattening>>|Whether to  expand each subframe to its contents.
|<<setting-ui-user-stylesheet,user-stylesheet>>|User stylesheet to use.
|<<setting-ui-css-media-type,css-media-type>>|Set the CSS media type.
|==============

.Quick reference for section ``network''
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|Setting|Description
|<<setting-network-do-not-track,do-not-track>>|Value to send in the `DNT` header.
|<<setting-network-accept-language,accept-language>>|Value to send in the `accept-language` header.
|<<setting-network-user-agent,user-agent>>|User agent to send. Empty to send the default.
|<<setting-network-proxy,proxy>>|The proxy to use.
|<<setting-network-ssl-strict,ssl-strict>>|Whether to validate SSL handshakes.
|<<setting-network-dns-prefetch,dns-prefetch>>|Whether to try to pre-fetch DNS entries to speed up browsing.
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.Quick reference for section ``completion''
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|Setting|Description
|<<setting-completion-show,show>>|Whether to show the autocompletion window.
|<<setting-completion-height,height>>|The height of the completion, in px or as percentage of the window.
|<<setting-completion-history-length,history-length>>|How many commands to save in the history.
|<<setting-completion-quick-complete,quick-complete>>|Whether to move on to the next part when there's only one possible completion left.
|<<setting-completion-shrink,shrink>>|Whether to shrink the completion to be smaller than the configured size if there are no scrollbars.
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.Quick reference for section ``input''
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|Setting|Description
|<<setting-input-timeout,timeout>>|Timeout for ambiguous keybindings.
|<<setting-input-insert-mode-on-plugins,insert-mode-on-plugins>>|Whether to switch to insert mode when clicking flash and other plugins.
|<<setting-input-auto-leave-insert-mode,auto-leave-insert-mode>>|Whether to leave insert mode if a non-editable element is clicked.
|<<setting-input-auto-insert-mode,auto-insert-mode>>|Whether to automatically enter insert mode if an editable element is focused after page load.
|<<setting-input-forward-unbound-keys,forward-unbound-keys>>|Whether to forward unbound keys to the webview in normal mode.
|<<setting-input-spatial-navigation,spatial-navigation>>|Enables or disables the Spatial Navigation feature
|<<setting-input-links-included-in-focus-chain,links-included-in-focus-chain>>|Whether hyperlinks should be included in the keyboard focus chain.
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.Quick reference for section ``tabs''
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|Setting|Description
|<<setting-tabs-background-tabs,background-tabs>>|Whether to open new tabs (middleclick/ctrl+click) in background.
|<<setting-tabs-select-on-remove,select-on-remove>>|Which tab to select when the focused tab is removed.
|<<setting-tabs-new-tab-position,new-tab-position>>|How new tabs are positioned.
|<<setting-tabs-new-tab-position-explicit,new-tab-position-explicit>>|How new tabs opened explicitely are positioned.
|<<setting-tabs-last-close,last-close>>|Behaviour when the last tab is closed.
|<<setting-tabs-wrap,wrap>>|Whether to wrap when changing tabs.
|<<setting-tabs-movable,movable>>|Whether tabs should be movable.
|<<setting-tabs-close-mouse-button,close-mouse-button>>|On which mouse button to close tabs.
|<<setting-tabs-position,position>>|The position of the tab bar.
|<<setting-tabs-show-favicons,show-favicons>>|Whether to show favicons in the tab bar.
|<<setting-tabs-width,width>>|The width of the tab bar if it's vertical, in px or as percentage of the window.
|<<setting-tabs-indicator-width,indicator-width>>|Width of the progress indicator (0 to disable).
|<<setting-tabs-indicator-space,indicator-space>>|Spacing between tab edge and indicator.
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.Quick reference for section ``storage''
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|Setting|Description
|<<setting-storage-download-directory,download-directory>>|The directory to save downloads to. An empty value selects a sensible os-specific default.
|<<setting-storage-maximum-pages-in-cache,maximum-pages-in-cache>>|The maximum number of pages to hold in the memory page cache.
|<<setting-storage-object-cache-capacities,object-cache-capacities>>|The capacities for the memory cache for dead objects such as stylesheets or scripts. Syntax: cacheMinDeadCapacity, cacheMaxDead, totalCapacity.
|<<setting-storage-offline-storage-default-quota,offline-storage-default-quota>>|Default quota for new offline storage databases.
|<<setting-storage-offline-web-application-cache-quota,offline-web-application-cache-quota>>|Quota for the offline web application cache.
|<<setting-storage-offline-storage-database,offline-storage-database>>|Whether support for the HTML 5 offline storage feature is enabled.
|<<setting-storage-offline-web-application-storage,offline-web-application-storage>>|Whether support for the HTML 5 web application cache feature is enabled.
|<<setting-storage-local-storage,local-storage>>|Whether support for the HTML 5 local storage feature is enabled.
|<<setting-storage-cache-size,cache-size>>|Size of the HTTP network cache.
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.Quick reference for section ``permissions''
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|Setting|Description
|<<setting-permissions-allow-images,allow-images>>|Whether images are automatically loaded in web pages.
|<<setting-permissions-allow-javascript,allow-javascript>>|Enables or disables the running of JavaScript programs.
|<<setting-permissions-allow-plugins,allow-plugins>>|Enables or disables plugins in Web pages.
|<<setting-permissions-javascript-can-open-windows,javascript-can-open-windows>>|Whether JavaScript programs can open new windows.
|<<setting-permissions-javascript-can-close-windows,javascript-can-close-windows>>|Whether JavaScript programs can close windows.
|<<setting-permissions-javascript-can-access-clipboard,javascript-can-access-clipboard>>|Whether JavaScript programs can read or write to the clipboard.
|<<setting-permissions-local-content-can-access-remote-urls,local-content-can-access-remote-urls>>|Whether locally loaded documents are allowed to access remote urls.
|<<setting-permissions-local-content-can-access-file-urls,local-content-can-access-file-urls>>|Whether locally loaded documents are allowed to access other local urls.
|<<setting-permissions-cookies-accept,cookies-accept>>|Whether to accept cookies.
|<<setting-permissions-cookies-store,cookies-store>>|Whether to store cookies.
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.Quick reference for section ``hints''
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|Setting|Description
|<<setting-hints-border,border>>|CSS border value for hints.
|<<setting-hints-opacity,opacity>>|Opacity for hints.
|<<setting-hints-mode,mode>>|Mode to use for hints.
|<<setting-hints-chars,chars>>|Chars used for hint strings.
|<<setting-hints-auto-follow,auto-follow>>|Whether to auto-follow a hint if there's only one left.
|<<setting-hints-next-regexes,next-regexes>>|A comma-separated list of regexes to use for 'next' links.
|<<setting-hints-prev-regexes,prev-regexes>>|A comma-separated list of regexes to use for 'prev' links.
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.Quick reference for section ``colors''
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|Setting|Description
|<<setting-colors-completion.fg,completion.fg>>|Text color of the completion widget.
|<<setting-colors-completion.bg,completion.bg>>|Background color of the completion widget.
|<<setting-colors-completion.item.bg,completion.item.bg>>|Background color of completion widget items.
|<<setting-colors-completion.category.fg,completion.category.fg>>|Foreground color of completion widget category headers.
|<<setting-colors-completion.category.bg,completion.category.bg>>|Background color of the completion widget category headers.
|<<setting-colors-completion.category.border.top,completion.category.border.top>>|Top border color of the completion widget category headers.
|<<setting-colors-completion.category.border.bottom,completion.category.border.bottom>>|Bottom border color of the completion widget category headers.
|<<setting-colors-completion.item.selected.fg,completion.item.selected.fg>>|Foreground color of the selected completion item.
|<<setting-colors-completion.item.selected.bg,completion.item.selected.bg>>|Background color of the selected completion item.
|<<setting-colors-completion.item.selected.border.top,completion.item.selected.border.top>>|Top border color of the completion widget category headers.
|<<setting-colors-completion.item.selected.border.bottom,completion.item.selected.border.bottom>>|Bottom border color of the selected completion item.
|<<setting-colors-completion.match.fg,completion.match.fg>>|Foreground color of the matched text in the completion.
|<<setting-colors-statusbar.bg,statusbar.bg>>|Foreground color of the statusbar.
|<<setting-colors-statusbar.fg,statusbar.fg>>|Foreground color of the statusbar.
|<<setting-colors-statusbar.bg.error,statusbar.bg.error>>|Background color of the statusbar if there was an error.
|<<setting-colors-statusbar.bg.prompt,statusbar.bg.prompt>>|Background color of the statusbar if there is a prompt.
|<<setting-colors-statusbar.bg.insert,statusbar.bg.insert>>|Background color of the statusbar in insert mode.
|<<setting-colors-statusbar.progress.bg,statusbar.progress.bg>>|Background color of the progress bar.
|<<setting-colors-statusbar.url.fg,statusbar.url.fg>>|Default foreground color of the URL in the statusbar.
|<<setting-colors-statusbar.url.fg.success,statusbar.url.fg.success>>|Foreground color of the URL in the statusbar on successful load.
|<<setting-colors-statusbar.url.fg.error,statusbar.url.fg.error>>|Foreground color of the URL in the statusbar on error.
|<<setting-colors-statusbar.url.fg.warn,statusbar.url.fg.warn>>|Foreground color of the URL in the statusbar when there's a warning.
|<<setting-colors-statusbar.url.fg.hover,statusbar.url.fg.hover>>|Foreground color of the URL in the statusbar for hovered links.
|<<setting-colors-tab.fg,tab.fg>>|Foreground color of tabs.
|<<setting-colors-tab.bg.odd,tab.bg.odd>>|Background color of unselected odd tabs.
|<<setting-colors-tab.bg.even,tab.bg.even>>|Background color of unselected even tabs.
|<<setting-colors-tab.bg.selected,tab.bg.selected>>|Background color of selected tabs.
|<<setting-colors-tab.bg.bar,tab.bg.bar>>|Background color of the tabbar.
|<<setting-colors-tab.indicator.start,tab.indicator.start>>|Color gradient start for the tab indicator.
|<<setting-colors-tab.indicator.stop,tab.indicator.stop>>|Color gradient end for the tab indicator.
|<<setting-colors-tab.indicator.error,tab.indicator.error>>|Color for the tab indicator on errors..
|<<setting-colors-tab.indicator.system,tab.indicator.system>>|Color gradient interpolation system for the tab indicator.
|<<setting-colors-tab.seperator,tab.seperator>>|Color for the tab seperator.
|<<setting-colors-hints.fg,hints.fg>>|Font color for hints.
|<<setting-colors-hints.fg.match,hints.fg.match>>|Font color for the matched part of hints.
|<<setting-colors-hints.bg,hints.bg>>|Background color for hints.
|<<setting-colors-downloads.fg,downloads.fg>>|Foreground color for downloads.
|<<setting-colors-downloads.bg.bar,downloads.bg.bar>>|Background color for the download bar.
|<<setting-colors-downloads.bg.start,downloads.bg.start>>|Color gradient start for downloads.
|<<setting-colors-downloads.bg.stop,downloads.bg.stop>>|Color gradient end for downloads.
|<<setting-colors-downloads.bg.system,downloads.bg.system>>|Color gradient interpolation system for downloads.
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.Quick reference for section ``fonts''
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|Setting|Description
|<<setting-fonts-_monospace,_monospace>>|Default monospace fonts.
|<<setting-fonts-completion,completion>>|Font used in the completion widget.
|<<setting-fonts-tabbar,tabbar>>|Font used in the tabbar.
|<<setting-fonts-statusbar,statusbar>>|Font used in the statusbar.
|<<setting-fonts-downloads,downloads>>|Font used for the downloadbar.
|<<setting-fonts-hints,hints>>|Font used for the hints.
|<<setting-fonts-debug-console,debug-console>>|Font used for the debugging console.
|<<setting-fonts-web-family-standard,web-family-standard>>|Font family for standard fonts.
|<<setting-fonts-web-family-fixed,web-family-fixed>>|Font family for fixed fonts.
|<<setting-fonts-web-family-serif,web-family-serif>>|Font family for serif fonts.
|<<setting-fonts-web-family-sans-serif,web-family-sans-serif>>|Font family for sans-serif fonts.
|<<setting-fonts-web-family-cursive,web-family-cursive>>|Font family for cursive fonts.
|<<setting-fonts-web-family-fantasy,web-family-fantasy>>|Font family for fantasy fonts.
|<<setting-fonts-web-size-minimum,web-size-minimum>>|The hard minimum font size.
|<<setting-fonts-web-size-minimum-logical,web-size-minimum-logical>>|The minimum logical font size that is applied when zooming out.
|<<setting-fonts-web-size-default,web-size-default>>|The default font size for regular text.
|<<setting-fonts-web-size-default-fixed,web-size-default-fixed>>|The default font size for fixed-pitch text.
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== general
General/miscellaneous options.

[[general-ignore-case]]
=== ignore-case
Whether to find text on a page case-insensitively.

Default: +pass:[smart]+

[[general-wrap-search]]
=== wrap-search
Whether to wrap finding text to the top when arriving at the end.

Default: +pass:[true]+

[[general-startpage]]
=== startpage
The default page(s) to open at the start, separated by commas.

Default: +pass:[http://www.duckduckgo.com]+

[[general-auto-search]]
=== auto-search
Whether to start a search when something else than a URL is entered.

Valid values:

 * +naive+: Use simple/naive check.
 * +dns+: Use DNS requests (might be slow!).
 * +false+: Never search automatically.

Default: +pass:[naive]+

[[general-auto-save-config]]
=== auto-save-config
Whether to save the config automatically on quit.

Default: +pass:[true]+

[[general-editor]]
=== editor
The editor (and arguments) to use for the `open-editor` command.

Use `{}` for the filename. The value gets split like in a shell, so you can use `"` or `'` to quote arguments.

Default: +pass:[gvim -f &quot;{}&quot;]+

[[general-editor-encoding]]
=== editor-encoding
Encoding to use for editor.

Default: +pass:[utf-8]+

[[general-private-browsing]]
=== private-browsing
Do not record visited pages in the history or store web page icons.

Default: +pass:[false]+

[[general-developer-extras]]
=== developer-extras
Enable extra tools for Web developers.

This needs to be enabled for `:inspector` to work and also adds an _Inspect_ entry to the context menu.

Default: +pass:[false]+

[[general-print-element-backgrounds]]
=== print-element-backgrounds
Whether the background color and images are also drawn when the page is printed.

Default: +pass:[true]+

[[general-xss-auditing]]
=== xss-auditing
Whether load requests should be monitored for cross-site scripting attempts.

Suspicious scripts will be blocked and reported in the inspector's JavaScript console. Enabling this feature might have an impact on performance.

Default: +pass:[false]+

[[general-site-specific-quirks]]
=== site-specific-quirks
Enable workarounds for broken sites.

Default: +pass:[true]+

[[general-default-encoding]]
=== default-encoding
Default encoding to use for websites.

The encoding must be a string describing an encoding such as _utf-8_, _iso-8859-1_, etc. If left empty a default value will be used.

Default: empty

== ui
General options related to the user interface.

[[ui-zoom-levels]]
=== zoom-levels
The available zoom levels, separated by commas.

Default: +pass:[25%,33%,50%,67%,75%,90%,100%,110%,125%,150%,175%,200%,250%,300%,400%,500%]+

[[ui-default-zoom]]
=== default-zoom
The default zoom level.

Default: +pass:[100%]+

[[ui-message-timeout]]
=== message-timeout
Time (in ms) to show messages in the statusbar for.

Default: +pass:[2000]+

[[ui-confirm-quit]]
=== confirm-quit
Whether to confirm quitting the application.

Valid values:

 * +always+: Always show a confirmation.
 * +multiple-tabs+: Show a confirmation if multiple tabs are opened.
 * +never+: Never show a confirmation.

Default: +pass:[never]+

[[ui-display-statusbar-messages]]
=== display-statusbar-messages
Whether to display javascript statusbar messages.

Default: +pass:[false]+

[[ui-zoom-text-only]]
=== zoom-text-only
Whether the zoom factor on a frame applies only to the text or to all content.

Default: +pass:[false]+

[[ui-frame-flattening]]
=== frame-flattening
Whether to  expand each subframe to its contents.

This will flatten all the frames to become one scrollable page.

Default: +pass:[false]+

[[ui-user-stylesheet]]
=== user-stylesheet
User stylesheet to use.

Default: empty

[[ui-css-media-type]]
=== css-media-type
Set the CSS media type.

Default: empty

== network
Settings related to the network.

[[network-do-not-track]]
=== do-not-track
Value to send in the `DNT` header.

Default: +pass:[true]+

[[network-accept-language]]
=== accept-language
Value to send in the `accept-language` header.

Default: +pass:[en-US,en]+

[[network-user-agent]]
=== user-agent
User agent to send. Empty to send the default.

Default: empty

[[network-proxy]]
=== proxy
The proxy to use.

In addition to the listed values, you can use a `socks://...` or `http://...` URL.

Valid values:

 * +system+: Use the system wide proxy.
 * +none+: Don't use any proxy

Default: +pass:[system]+

[[network-ssl-strict]]
=== ssl-strict
Whether to validate SSL handshakes.

Default: +pass:[true]+

[[network-dns-prefetch]]
=== dns-prefetch
Whether to try to pre-fetch DNS entries to speed up browsing.

Default: +pass:[true]+

== completion
Options related to completion and command history.

[[completion-show]]
=== show
Whether to show the autocompletion window.

Default: +pass:[true]+

[[completion-height]]
=== height
The height of the completion, in px or as percentage of the window.

Default: +pass:[50%]+

[[completion-history-length]]
=== history-length
How many commands to save in the history.

0: no history / -1: unlimited

Default: +pass:[100]+

[[completion-quick-complete]]
=== quick-complete
Whether to move on to the next part when there's only one possible completion left.

Default: +pass:[true]+

[[completion-shrink]]
=== shrink
Whether to shrink the completion to be smaller than the configured size if there are no scrollbars.

Default: +pass:[false]+

== input
Options related to input modes.

[[input-timeout]]
=== timeout
Timeout for ambiguous keybindings.

Default: +pass:[500]+

[[input-insert-mode-on-plugins]]
=== insert-mode-on-plugins
Whether to switch to insert mode when clicking flash and other plugins.

Default: +pass:[false]+

[[input-auto-leave-insert-mode]]
=== auto-leave-insert-mode
Whether to leave insert mode if a non-editable element is clicked.

Default: +pass:[true]+

[[input-auto-insert-mode]]
=== auto-insert-mode
Whether to automatically enter insert mode if an editable element is focused after page load.

Default: +pass:[false]+

[[input-forward-unbound-keys]]
=== forward-unbound-keys
Whether to forward unbound keys to the webview in normal mode.

Valid values:

 * +all+: Forward all unbound keys.
 * +auto+: Forward unbound non-alphanumeric keys.
 * +none+: Don't forward any keys.

Default: +pass:[auto]+

[[input-spatial-navigation]]
=== spatial-navigation
Enables or disables the Spatial Navigation feature

Spatial navigation consists in the ability to navigate between focusable elements in a Web page, such as hyperlinks and form controls, by using Left, Right, Up and Down arrow keys. For example, if a user presses the Right key, heuristics determine whether there is an element he might be trying to reach towards the right and which element he probably wants.

Default: +pass:[false]+

[[input-links-included-in-focus-chain]]
=== links-included-in-focus-chain
Whether hyperlinks should be included in the keyboard focus chain.

Default: +pass:[true]+

== tabs
Configuration of the tab bar.

[[tabs-background-tabs]]
=== background-tabs
Whether to open new tabs (middleclick/ctrl+click) in background.

Default: +pass:[false]+

[[tabs-select-on-remove]]
=== select-on-remove
Which tab to select when the focused tab is removed.

Valid values:

 * +left+: Select the tab on the left.
 * +right+: Select the tab on the right.
 * +previous+: Select the previously selected tab.

Default: +pass:[right]+

[[tabs-new-tab-position]]
=== new-tab-position
How new tabs are positioned.

Valid values:

 * +left+: On the left of the current tab.
 * +right+: On the right of the current tab.
 * +first+: At the left end.
 * +last+: At the right end.

Default: +pass:[right]+

[[tabs-new-tab-position-explicit]]
=== new-tab-position-explicit
How new tabs opened explicitely are positioned.

Valid values:

 * +left+: On the left of the current tab.
 * +right+: On the right of the current tab.
 * +first+: At the left end.
 * +last+: At the right end.

Default: +pass:[last]+

[[tabs-last-close]]
=== last-close
Behaviour when the last tab is closed.

Valid values:

 * +ignore+: Don't do anything.
 * +blank+: Load a blank page.
 * +quit+: Quit qutebrowser.

Default: +pass:[ignore]+

[[tabs-wrap]]
=== wrap
Whether to wrap when changing tabs.

Default: +pass:[true]+

[[tabs-movable]]
=== movable
Whether tabs should be movable.

Default: +pass:[true]+

[[tabs-close-mouse-button]]
=== close-mouse-button
On which mouse button to close tabs.

Valid values:

 * +right+: Close tabs on right-click.
 * +middle+: Close tabs on middle-click.
 * +none+: Don't close tabs using the mouse.

Default: +pass:[middle]+

[[tabs-position]]
=== position
The position of the tab bar.

Valid values:

 * +north+
 * +south+
 * +east+
 * +west+

Default: +pass:[north]+

[[tabs-show-favicons]]
=== show-favicons
Whether to show favicons in the tab bar.

Default: +pass:[true]+

[[tabs-width]]
=== width
The width of the tab bar if it's vertical, in px or as percentage of the window.

Default: +pass:[20%]+

[[tabs-indicator-width]]
=== indicator-width
Width of the progress indicator (0 to disable).

Default: +pass:[3]+

[[tabs-indicator-space]]
=== indicator-space
Spacing between tab edge and indicator.

Default: +pass:[3]+

== storage
Settings related to cache and storage.

[[storage-download-directory]]
=== download-directory
The directory to save downloads to. An empty value selects a sensible os-specific default.

Default: empty

[[storage-maximum-pages-in-cache]]
=== maximum-pages-in-cache
The maximum number of pages to hold in the memory page cache.

The Page Cache allows for a nicer user experience when navigating forth or back to pages in the forward/back history, by pausing and resuming up to _n_ pages.

For more information about the feature, please refer to: http://webkit.org/blog/427/webkit-page-cache-i-the-basics/

Default: empty

[[storage-object-cache-capacities]]
=== object-cache-capacities
The capacities for the memory cache for dead objects such as stylesheets or scripts. Syntax: cacheMinDeadCapacity, cacheMaxDead, totalCapacity.

The _cacheMinDeadCapacity_ specifies the minimum number of bytes that dead objects should consume when the cache is under pressure.

_cacheMaxDead_ is the maximum number of bytes that dead objects should consume when the cache is *not* under pressure.

_totalCapacity_ specifies the maximum number of bytes that the cache should consume *overall*.

Default: empty

[[storage-offline-storage-default-quota]]
=== offline-storage-default-quota
Default quota for new offline storage databases.

Default: empty

[[storage-offline-web-application-cache-quota]]
=== offline-web-application-cache-quota
Quota for the offline web application cache.

Default: empty

[[storage-offline-storage-database]]
=== offline-storage-database
Whether support for the HTML 5 offline storage feature is enabled.

Default: +pass:[true]+

[[storage-offline-web-application-storage]]
=== offline-web-application-storage
Whether support for the HTML 5 web application cache feature is enabled.

An application cache acts like an HTTP cache in some sense. For documents that use the application cache via JavaScript, the loader engine will first ask the application cache for the contents, before hitting the network.

The feature is described in details at: http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#appcache

Default: +pass:[true]+

[[storage-local-storage]]
=== local-storage
Whether support for the HTML 5 local storage feature is enabled.

Default: +pass:[true]+

[[storage-cache-size]]
=== cache-size
Size of the HTTP network cache.

Default: +pass:[52428800]+

== permissions
Loaded plugins/scripts and allowed actions.

[[permissions-allow-images]]
=== allow-images
Whether images are automatically loaded in web pages.

Default: +pass:[true]+

[[permissions-allow-javascript]]
=== allow-javascript
Enables or disables the running of JavaScript programs.

Default: +pass:[true]+

[[permissions-allow-plugins]]
=== allow-plugins
Enables or disables plugins in Web pages.

Qt plugins with a mimetype such as "application/x-qt-plugin" are not affected by this setting.

Default: +pass:[false]+

[[permissions-javascript-can-open-windows]]
=== javascript-can-open-windows
Whether JavaScript programs can open new windows.

Default: +pass:[false]+

[[permissions-javascript-can-close-windows]]
=== javascript-can-close-windows
Whether JavaScript programs can close windows.

Default: +pass:[false]+

[[permissions-javascript-can-access-clipboard]]
=== javascript-can-access-clipboard
Whether JavaScript programs can read or write to the clipboard.

Default: +pass:[false]+

[[permissions-local-content-can-access-remote-urls]]
=== local-content-can-access-remote-urls
Whether locally loaded documents are allowed to access remote urls.

Default: +pass:[false]+

[[permissions-local-content-can-access-file-urls]]
=== local-content-can-access-file-urls
Whether locally loaded documents are allowed to access other local urls.

Default: +pass:[true]+

[[permissions-cookies-accept]]
=== cookies-accept
Whether to accept cookies.

Valid values:

 * +default+: Default QtWebKit behaviour.
 * +never+: Don't accept cookies at all.

Default: +pass:[default]+

[[permissions-cookies-store]]
=== cookies-store
Whether to store cookies.

Default: +pass:[true]+

== hints
Hinting settings.

[[hints-border]]
=== border
CSS border value for hints.

Default: +pass:[1px solid #E3BE23]+

[[hints-opacity]]
=== opacity
Opacity for hints.

Default: +pass:[0.7]+

[[hints-mode]]
=== mode
Mode to use for hints.

Valid values:

 * +number+: Use numeric hints.
 * +letter+: Use the chars in the hints -> chars setting.

Default: +pass:[letter]+

[[hints-chars]]
=== chars
Chars used for hint strings.

Default: +pass:[asdfghjkl]+

[[hints-auto-follow]]
=== auto-follow
Whether to auto-follow a hint if there's only one left.

Default: +pass:[true]+

[[hints-next-regexes]]
=== next-regexes
A comma-separated list of regexes to use for 'next' links.

Default: +pass:[\bnext\b,\bmore\b,\bnewer\b,\b[&gt;→≫]\b,\b(&gt;&gt;|»)\b]+

[[hints-prev-regexes]]
=== prev-regexes
A comma-separated list of regexes to use for 'prev' links.

Default: +pass:[\bprev(ious)?\b,\bback\b,\bolder\b,\b[&lt;←≪]\b,\b(&lt;&lt;|«)\b]+

== searchengines
Definitions of search engines which can be used via the address bar.
The searchengine named `DEFAULT` is used when `general -> auto-search` is true and something else than a URL was entered to be opened. Other search engines can be used via the bang-syntax, e.g. `:open qutebrowser !google`. The string `{}` will be replaced by the search term, use `{{` and `}}` for literal `{`/`}` signs.

== aliases
Aliases for commands.
By default, no aliases are defined. Example which adds a new command `:qtb` to open qutebrowsers website:

`qtb = open http://www.qutebrowser.org/`

== colors
Colors used in the UI.
A value can be in one of the following format:

 * `#RGB`/`#RRGGBB`/`#RRRGGGBBB`/`#RRRRGGGGBBBB`
 * A SVG color name as specified in http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/types.html#ColorKeywords[the W3C specification].
 * transparent (no color)
 * `rgb(r, g, b)` / `rgba(r, g, b, a)` (values 0-255 or percentages)
 * `hsv(h, s, v)` / `hsva(h, s, v, a)` (values 0-255, hue 0-359)
 * A gradient as explained in http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/stylesheet-reference.html#list-of-property-types[the Qt documentation] under ``Gradient''.

The `hints.*` values are a special case as they're real CSS colors, not Qt-CSS colors. There, for a gradient, you need to use `-webkit-gradient`, see https://www.webkit.org/blog/175/introducing-css-gradients/[the WebKit documentation].

[[colors-completion.fg]]
=== completion.fg
Text color of the completion widget.

Default: +pass:[white]+

[[colors-completion.bg]]
=== completion.bg
Background color of the completion widget.

Default: +pass:[#333333]+

[[colors-completion.item.bg]]
=== completion.item.bg
Background color of completion widget items.

Default: +pass:[${completion.bg}]+

[[colors-completion.category.fg]]
=== completion.category.fg
Foreground color of completion widget category headers.

Default: +pass:[white]+

[[colors-completion.category.bg]]
=== completion.category.bg
Background color of the completion widget category headers.

Default: +pass:[qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1, stop:0 #888888, stop:1 #505050)]+

[[colors-completion.category.border.top]]
=== completion.category.border.top
Top border color of the completion widget category headers.

Default: +pass:[black]+

[[colors-completion.category.border.bottom]]
=== completion.category.border.bottom
Bottom border color of the completion widget category headers.

Default: +pass:[${completion.category.border.top}]+

[[colors-completion.item.selected.fg]]
=== completion.item.selected.fg
Foreground color of the selected completion item.

Default: +pass:[black]+

[[colors-completion.item.selected.bg]]
=== completion.item.selected.bg
Background color of the selected completion item.

Default: +pass:[#e8c000]+

[[colors-completion.item.selected.border.top]]
=== completion.item.selected.border.top
Top border color of the completion widget category headers.

Default: +pass:[#bbbb00]+

[[colors-completion.item.selected.border.bottom]]
=== completion.item.selected.border.bottom
Bottom border color of the selected completion item.

Default: +pass:[${completion.item.selected.border.top}]+

[[colors-completion.match.fg]]
=== completion.match.fg
Foreground color of the matched text in the completion.

Default: +pass:[#ff4444]+

[[colors-statusbar.bg]]
=== statusbar.bg
Foreground color of the statusbar.

Default: +pass:[black]+

[[colors-statusbar.fg]]
=== statusbar.fg
Foreground color of the statusbar.

Default: +pass:[white]+

[[colors-statusbar.bg.error]]
=== statusbar.bg.error
Background color of the statusbar if there was an error.

Default: +pass:[red]+

[[colors-statusbar.bg.prompt]]
=== statusbar.bg.prompt
Background color of the statusbar if there is a prompt.

Default: +pass:[darkblue]+

[[colors-statusbar.bg.insert]]
=== statusbar.bg.insert
Background color of the statusbar in insert mode.

Default: +pass:[darkgreen]+

[[colors-statusbar.progress.bg]]
=== statusbar.progress.bg
Background color of the progress bar.

Default: +pass:[white]+

[[colors-statusbar.url.fg]]
=== statusbar.url.fg
Default foreground color of the URL in the statusbar.

Default: +pass:[${statusbar.fg}]+

[[colors-statusbar.url.fg.success]]
=== statusbar.url.fg.success
Foreground color of the URL in the statusbar on successful load.

Default: +pass:[lime]+

[[colors-statusbar.url.fg.error]]
=== statusbar.url.fg.error
Foreground color of the URL in the statusbar on error.

Default: +pass:[orange]+

[[colors-statusbar.url.fg.warn]]
=== statusbar.url.fg.warn
Foreground color of the URL in the statusbar when there's a warning.

Default: +pass:[yellow]+

[[colors-statusbar.url.fg.hover]]
=== statusbar.url.fg.hover
Foreground color of the URL in the statusbar for hovered links.

Default: +pass:[aqua]+

[[colors-tab.fg]]
=== tab.fg
Foreground color of tabs.

Default: +pass:[white]+

[[colors-tab.bg.odd]]
=== tab.bg.odd
Background color of unselected odd tabs.

Default: +pass:[grey]+

[[colors-tab.bg.even]]
=== tab.bg.even
Background color of unselected even tabs.

Default: +pass:[darkgrey]+

[[colors-tab.bg.selected]]
=== tab.bg.selected
Background color of selected tabs.

Default: +pass:[black]+

[[colors-tab.bg.bar]]
=== tab.bg.bar
Background color of the tabbar.

Default: +pass:[#555555]+

[[colors-tab.indicator.start]]
=== tab.indicator.start
Color gradient start for the tab indicator.

Default: +pass:[#0000aa]+

[[colors-tab.indicator.stop]]
=== tab.indicator.stop
Color gradient end for the tab indicator.

Default: +pass:[#00aa00]+

[[colors-tab.indicator.error]]
=== tab.indicator.error
Color for the tab indicator on errors..

Default: +pass:[#ff0000]+

[[colors-tab.indicator.system]]
=== tab.indicator.system
Color gradient interpolation system for the tab indicator.

Valid values:

 * +rgb+: Interpolate in the RGB color system.
 * +hsv+: Interpolate in the HSV color system.
 * +hsl+: Interpolate in the HSL color system.

Default: +pass:[rgb]+

[[colors-tab.seperator]]
=== tab.seperator
Color for the tab seperator.

Default: +pass:[#555555]+

[[colors-hints.fg]]
=== hints.fg
Font color for hints.

Default: +pass:[black]+

[[colors-hints.fg.match]]
=== hints.fg.match
Font color for the matched part of hints.

Default: +pass:[green]+

[[colors-hints.bg]]
=== hints.bg
Background color for hints.

Default: +pass:[-webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#FFF785), color-stop(100%,#FFC542))]+

[[colors-downloads.fg]]
=== downloads.fg
Foreground color for downloads.

Default: +pass:[#ffffff]+

[[colors-downloads.bg.bar]]
=== downloads.bg.bar
Background color for the download bar.

Default: +pass:[black]+

[[colors-downloads.bg.start]]
=== downloads.bg.start
Color gradient start for downloads.

Default: +pass:[#0000aa]+

[[colors-downloads.bg.stop]]
=== downloads.bg.stop
Color gradient end for downloads.

Default: +pass:[#00aa00]+

[[colors-downloads.bg.system]]
=== downloads.bg.system
Color gradient interpolation system for downloads.

Valid values:

 * +rgb+: Interpolate in the RGB color system.
 * +hsv+: Interpolate in the HSV color system.
 * +hsl+: Interpolate in the HSL color system.

Default: +pass:[rgb]+

== fonts
Fonts used for the UI, with optional style/weight/size.

 * Style: `normal`/`italic`/`oblique`
 * Weight: `normal`, `bold`, `100`..`900`
 * Size: _number_ `px`/`pt`

[[fonts-_monospace]]
=== _monospace
Default monospace fonts.

Default: +pass:[Terminus, Monospace, &quot;DejaVu Sans Mono&quot;, Consolas, Monaco, &quot;Bitstream Vera Sans Mono&quot;, &quot;Andale Mono&quot;, &quot;Liberation Mono&quot;, &quot;Courier New&quot;, Courier, monospace, Fixed, Terminal]+

[[fonts-completion]]
=== completion
Font used in the completion widget.

Default: +pass:[8pt ${_monospace}]+

[[fonts-tabbar]]
=== tabbar
Font used in the tabbar.

Default: +pass:[8pt ${_monospace}]+

[[fonts-statusbar]]
=== statusbar
Font used in the statusbar.

Default: +pass:[8pt ${_monospace}]+

[[fonts-downloads]]
=== downloads
Font used for the downloadbar.

Default: +pass:[8pt ${_monospace}]+

[[fonts-hints]]
=== hints
Font used for the hints.

Default: +pass:[bold 12px Monospace]+

[[fonts-debug-console]]
=== debug-console
Font used for the debugging console.

Default: +pass:[8pt ${_monospace}]+

[[fonts-web-family-standard]]
=== web-family-standard
Font family for standard fonts.

Default: empty

[[fonts-web-family-fixed]]
=== web-family-fixed
Font family for fixed fonts.

Default: empty

[[fonts-web-family-serif]]
=== web-family-serif
Font family for serif fonts.

Default: empty

[[fonts-web-family-sans-serif]]
=== web-family-sans-serif
Font family for sans-serif fonts.

Default: empty

[[fonts-web-family-cursive]]
=== web-family-cursive
Font family for cursive fonts.

Default: empty

[[fonts-web-family-fantasy]]
=== web-family-fantasy
Font family for fantasy fonts.

Default: empty

[[fonts-web-size-minimum]]
=== web-size-minimum
The hard minimum font size.

Default: empty

[[fonts-web-size-minimum-logical]]
=== web-size-minimum-logical
The minimum logical font size that is applied when zooming out.

Default: empty

[[fonts-web-size-default]]
=== web-size-default
The default font size for regular text.

Default: empty

[[fonts-web-size-default-fixed]]
=== web-size-default-fixed
The default font size for fixed-pitch text.

Default: empty