The User Settings workspace tool offers options to customize appearance, behavior, and keyboard shortcuts for your account.
screenshot of the User Settings tool

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Features

You can customize your Replit App creation experience with these settings categories:
  • Theme customization: Select between light and dark themes for your workspace
  • Code intelligence: Configure AI-powered features that enhance your app creation experience
  • Editor preferences: Adjust how the file editor behaves and appears
  • Notification controls: Manage alert preferences
  • Accessibility options: Make Replit work better for users with specific needs
  • Keyboard shortcuts: Set key combinations to run common actions and navigate the GUI

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Usage

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Appearance

Customize the following settings related to the appearance of your Replit workspace using the following settings:
  • Theme selection: Choose from light and dark theme presets, community themes, or your custom theme
  • Custom themes: Create personalized color schemes using the Themes editor

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File editor preferences

Control the file editor’s appearance and behavior using the following settings:
  • Font size: Adjust text size for readability
  • Auto close brackets: Automatically insert closing brackets when you type an opening bracket
  • Indentation detection: Automatically detect indentation settings when you open a file
  • Format pasted text indentation: Reformat pasted code to follow proper indentation
  • Indentation character: Choose between spaces and tabs for indenting code
  • Indentation size: Set the number of columns for each indentation level
  • Wrapping: Configure line wrapping behavior
  • Minimap: Include a navigable code overview in a sidebar
  • Multiselect modifier key: Set the keyboard modifier for multi-file selection
  • Filetree Git status: Display Git status indicators in the file tree

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Code intelligence

Configure AI-powered tools using the following settings:
  • Semantic tokens: Use enhanced syntax highlighting powered by language servers
  • AI code completion: Add inline code suggestions as you type
  • Accept suggestion on commit character: Automatically accept code suggestions by typing certain characters

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Shell and Preview preferences

Customize the Shell and Preview tool behavior:
  • Shell bell audible indicator: Play sounds when the Shell tool encounters issues
  • Automatic preview: Open the Preview tab automatically when a server becomes available
  • Forward opened ports automatically: Configure handling newly detected ports

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Notifications

Manage the following notification settings:
  • Agent audio notification: Play sounds when Agent requests feedback
  • Agent push notification: Receive mobile push notifications when Agent requests feedback
  • Assistant push notification: Receive mobile push notifications when Assistant requests feedback

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Accessibility

You can customize the following accessibility setting:
  • Accessible terminal output: Enable screen reader compatibility for the Shell and Console tools

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Keyboard shortcuts

To access the keyboard shortcut preferences, select the Keyboard shortcuts tab in the User Settings tool. You can search for key combinations using the following methods:
  • Name: Type the name or description of the keyboard shortcut in the search field
  • Key combination: Select the keyboard icon and enter the key combination
Use the following actions to manage shortcuts:
  • Add: Select Add shortcut
  • Update: Select the pencil icon pencil icon
  • Remove: Select the trash icon trash icon