Global Settings

Via the main menu you can call the Global Settings dialog, which manages the settings applying to the program as a whole, not individual timers.

The settings dialog window is divided into several groups:

• Alarm
• Timer design
• General settings
• Background

Alarm

In this group you can select a sound file, which is played when an alarm fires. You can also set the alarm to silent, if you prefer. In the "Show popup" sub-group you set wether you want an alarm popup to show up always, never or only when the program window is hidden (minimized to the system tray). When you have selected a sound file, the playing length is displayed on the right side of the play button.

Timer design

Here you can choose a color scheme for the "LED" display of the timers. You can select one of the presets or choose your own colors from the color pickers. A live preview shows how the color scheme looks like, before you apply it.

You can also define a default background for every new timer, which is added to the window. Existing timers are not affected, unless you explicitely activate the "Apply now" checkbox. Title Background and Title Text will change the background and font color of the timer titles (description). This setting applies to existing timers and to new timers.

General settings

The general settings group includes different options that apply to the general behaviour of the program.

• Always on top - the program window tries to stay on top of all other windows
• 24 Hour - select 12 hour or 24 hour mode (military timer) for the timers in alarm clock mode
• Hide after startup - the program hides immediately after startup in the system tray and has to be made visible by clicking the tray icon
• Show in Taskbar - you can determine, whether the program icon is to be shown in the taskbar, when the window is in normal state (when it is hidden in the system tray, the icon is never shown and when it is minimized, it is always shown - regardless of this setting)
• Show alarm time - when activated, the alarm time of a timer in alarm clock mode is displayed in the timer's title bar. If the alarm is set for a future date, the date is shown instead of the time, until the alarm date is reached
• Fade in / out - uses a fading effect, when the program is shown / hidden. This can be slow on some computers, so you can deactivate it here
• Auto resume - when activated, all timers that were interrupted on a program shutdown are resumed
• Auto start - the program launches along with Windows, without having to be started manually

Background

The "Background" group applies to the window background (the area which is occupied by the timer controls). You can select an image as a wallpaper, either tiled (for small, geometrical patterns), or centered, for an image (photo) and / or a background color.