Start Preferences

The preferences screen of the Start Workbench is found in the Preferences Editor, Edit → Preferences → Start.

There is only one tab: Start page.

Start page

In the Start page tab you can specify the following:

Name	Description
Start page template	An optional HTML template that will be used instead of the default start page.
Show notepad	If checked, shows a notepad next to the file thumbnails, where you can keep notes across sessions.
Show examples folder contents	If checked, shows the examples in the Documents tab of the Start page.
Show additional folder	An optional custom folder to be displayed at the bottom of the Documents tab of the Start page.
Show forum	If checked, the latest posts from the FreeCAD forum will be displayed in the Activity tab of the Start page.
Use FreeCAD style sheet
Background color
Background image
Background text color
Page background color
Page text color
Box background color
Link color
Font family
Use gradient for New File icon
Switch workbench after loading
Close start page after loading
Close and switch on opening file

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