Chapter 8 Settings and Personalization

“Options → Settings” (Ctrl+,) opens the settings dialog with three pages: Theme Preferences, System Integration, Background Image. Changes apply immediately; “OK” persists them to ~/.wxarc/settings.json.

8.1 Theme preferences

• Theme Font: font family (a searchable dropdown with preview) and font size (8–32).
• Switch Mode:
  • Follow System: switches with the system dark/light mode.
  • By Time: switches between two themes on a schedule — configure “UI Dark Theme” and “UI Light Theme” plus the start times (“Dark Theme Start” / “Light Theme Start”).
  • Disabled: manual switching only.

Note: the dark/light dropdowns configure the automatic switching targets; they do not change the current theme. Manual switching uses the title bar or “Options → UI Theme”.

8.2 System integration

• File manager context menu: right-clicking archives or folders in Nautilus / Caja / Dolphin / Nemo shows “Extract / Compress with WxArc”. Enabled by the installer; the toggle can turn it off and on at any time (system authorization required).
• File association: make ZIP / RAR / 7Z / TAR-family and other archive formats open with WxArc by default (double-click in the file manager).
• Finder Extension (macOS only): shows the registration status and guidance — enable WxArc under System Settings → Login Items & Extensions, then “Extract / Compress with WxArc” appears in Finder’s context menu.

8.3 Background image

• Mode: None / Content Area (file table only) / Full Window.
• Image Path: pick a PNG / JPEG image.
• Opacity: dim the background so content stays readable.
• Clear: back to plain color.

8.4 Language

“Options → Language” or the title-bar language button switches among 21 interface languages: Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong), Traditional Chinese (Taiwan). Applied immediately.

8.5 Custom themes

“Options → Custom Theme” (Ctrl+Alt+T) opens the theme editor: start from any built-in theme (“Copy system theme”), adjust interface colors (background/text/accent/border, …), name it and save — it then appears under “User Themes” in the theme list. Theme names can carry translations for multiple languages.

8.6 Keymap

“Options → Keymap” (Ctrl+Alt+K) opens the keymap editor: bind key combinations to actions (Open Archive, Extract to…, Test archive, …). The list shows defined mappings; “Map Key” adds, “Edit” modifies, “Delete” removes.