Preferences

While a key philosophy of Haiku is to cut down on options and have sensible defaults instead, there are some things that have to be configured or can be set to individual preference. You find all panels in Deskbar's Preferences menu.

| Appearance |  | Configure certain aspects of the graphical interface.
| Backgrounds |  | Set a color or image as background of the Desktop or any other folder.
| DataTranslations |  | Settings for all supported file formats.
| E-mail |  | Configure your email accounts.
| FileTypes |  | Add, remove and configure filetypes.
| Fonts |  | Set your system fonts.
| Keyboard |  | Configure repeat delay and rate.
| Keymap |  | Set the mapping of your keyboard.
| Media |  | Audio and video settings like in/output devices and the system's audio mixer.
| Mouse |  | Configure your mouse.
| Network |  | Configure your network.
| Printers |  | Add, remove and configure printers.
| Screen |  | Configure resolution, depth and refresh rate.
| ScreenSaver |  | Add, remove and configure a screen saver.
| Sounds |  | Assign sounds to different system events.
| Time |  | Set time, date and timezone.
| Tracker |  | Configure Haiku's file manager.
| VirtualMemory |  | Set the amount of swap space.