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Settings

Every setting of Wardterm: language and look, terminal theme and font, keyboard and key bar, sessions, Lock Screen, alerts, app lock and security checks.

Where they are

  • On iPhone and iPad: the Profile tab, or Settings in the menu of your profile at the bottom of the sidebar.
  • On Mac: Settings in the app menu, or Cmd+Comma.

The groups are the same on every device, in the same order: General, Terminal, Keyboard, Sessions, Security, and SSH Agent on Mac. On iPhone and iPad, Keyboard is called Keyboard and gestures. Each group shows what you use most. Show more opens the rest, and says what you changed in it.

General

  • Language: one of the app's languages, or Same as system.
  • App appearance: Light, Dark or System. The terminal keeps its own theme.
  • Save changes automatically: forms save as you type, with Undo for the last change. When it is off, forms have Save and Done.
  • On Mac: Reopen tabs at launch and Open ssh:// links.
  • Privacy: anonymous usage statistics and crash reports.

Terminal

  • Text size, a row of themes to pick with a tap, All themes and Font.
  • Bell sound, and Keep screen on: the screen does not dim or lock while a terminal is in front. Off unless you turn it on.
  • Help while typing: Suggestions while typing, with Predict next command, and Ask for commands. See Ask.
  • Keep command history.
  • Under Show more: Bold text in bright colors and File and folder completion. In Memory and Files: Scrollback, Upload folder, Clear file history and Forget learned habits, which clears what Predict next command learned.

Keyboard

  • On iPhone and iPad: Key bar and Custom keys, and under Gestures One-finger swipe and Haptics. See Keyboard and gestures on iPhone and iPad.
  • Physical keyboard: Use Option as Meta key, for shortcuts like Option+B in the shell. On iPhone and iPad also Caps Lock.
  • Under Show more: F1 to F10 with Option, for keyboards without function keys: Option+1 sends F1, Option+0 sends F10. On iPhone and iPad also the tmux keys, Free text field and Reset to default.
  • On Mac, at the bottom, the list of Keyboard shortcuts.

Sessions

  • On iPhone and iPad: Show on Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, with Show AI agents (Pro), Hide server names and In the Dynamic Island: Agents Waiting, Session Count or Minimal. Then Keep sessions open in background. See Keep sessions alive.
  • Session alerts, part of Pro. See Session alerts.
  • Reconnect automatically.
  • Under Show more: Keepalive, Off or 15, 30, 60 or 120 seconds.

Security

  • App lock: unlock with Face ID or Touch ID, or with a PIN, and Lock automatically. See Vault password and app lock.
  • Checks: Check security of all servers and Find repeated sign-ins.
  • Leaked passwords: checks your passwords against known breaches without sending them.
  • Under Show more, with an account: My fingerprint and People you sent copies to.

SSH Agent on Mac

Lets Terminal, git and the other programs on your Mac sign in with the keys of Wardterm. See Security keys.