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title: "iOS Settings"
canonical_url: https://www.superlogical.com/rex/docs/reference/ios-settings
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# iOS Settings
This page lists every setting in Rex for iOS and where to find it.
## Interface
Choose the color scheme, theme tint, panes, and how panes move. In Settings > Interface. display, automatic, system, light, dark, animation, motion
| Setting | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Color scheme | Appearance · Use Auto, Light, or Dark appearance. In Settings > Interface. appearance, display, system, device, mode, automatic, light mode, dark mode |
| Tint with theme | Appearance · Match terminal colors or use standard iOS colors. In Settings > Interface. theme tint, use theme tint, tinting, matching, neutral, system colors, on, off |
| Match program backgrounds | Panes · Color the screen with a full-screen program's background. In Settings > Interface. tint, screen color, header color, terminal background, program background, editor, full screen, tui, neovim, vim, extend, blend, match terminal |
## Themes
Choose the terminal colors for each appearance. In Settings > Themes. palette, color scheme, light, dark
| Setting | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Light theme | Light Mode · Choose a terminal palette for light appearance. In Settings > Themes. colors, day, scheme, light mode |
| Dark theme | Dark Mode · Choose a terminal palette for dark appearance. In Settings > Themes. colors, night, scheme, dark mode |
## Terminal
Configure the font, text colors, cursor, keyboard, key bar, scrolling, and titles. In Settings > Terminal. keyboard, input, accessory, shortcuts
| Setting | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Terminal font | Typography · Choose the terminal's font family. In Settings > Terminal. font, typeface, monospace, family, menlo, sf mono, system font, jetbrains mono, geist mono, ioskeley mono, roboto mono |
| Font size | Typography · Set the size of terminal text on this device. In Settings > Terminal. text size, bigger, larger, smaller, zoom, points, pt |
| Improve text contrast | Colors · Adjust low-contrast text against its background; included when forcing the theme palette. In Settings > Terminal. minimum contrast, automatic, legibility, readability, accessibility, unreadable, faint, pale, colors, on, off |
| Force theme palette for text | Colors · Map RGB and extended text colors to the nearest theme color, then correct contrast. In Settings > Terminal. force theme colors, 256 colors, truecolor, rgb, ansi, extended colors, nearest, palette |
| Cursor style | Cursor · Choose a block, bar, or underline cursor. In Settings > Terminal. cursor, caret, shape, block, bar, beam, underline |
| Blink speed | Cursor · Make the cursor blink slowly, normally, quickly, or not at all. In Settings > Terminal. cursor, blink, blinking, flash, solid, steady, off, slow, fast |
| Force style | Cursor · Keep your cursor style when programs ask for another. In Settings > Terminal. cursor, override, ignore, lock, shape, decscusr |
| Autocorrect | Keyboard · Let the keyboard correct and predict words. In Settings > Terminal. typing, auto correction, autocorrection, predictive text, spelling |
| Keep keyboard open | Keyboard · Open the keyboard again when you come back to a terminal. In Settings > Terminal. keyboard, background, reopen, restore, focus |
| Key repeat | Hardware Keyboard · Repeat a key you hold down on a hardware keyboard. In Settings > Terminal. hardware keyboard, magic keyboard, external keyboard, hold, held, repeating, backspace, delete, arrows, accessibility |
| Delay until repeat | Hardware Keyboard · How long to hold a key before it starts repeating. In Settings > Terminal. hardware keyboard, key repeat, delay, wait, hold, seconds, speed |
| Key repeat interval | Hardware Keyboard · How quickly a held key repeats. In Settings > Terminal. hardware keyboard, key repeat, rate, speed, fast, slow, seconds, interval |
| Repeat held letters | Hardware Keyboard · Repeat a held letter instead of showing its accents. In Settings > Terminal. hardware keyboard, accents, accented, accent menu, alternate characters, diacritics, long press, press and hold, letters, symbols |
| Key Bar Layout | Key Bar · Arrange, hide, and reorder the key bar's built-in keys. In Settings > Terminal. arrows, escape, tab, control, option, shift, paste, home, end, page up, page down, delete, return, rearrange, reorder, hide keys |
| Shortcut Groups | Key Bar · Add Control shortcuts, function keys, and your own. In Settings > Terminal. function keys, f1, ctrl, control, custom keys, slash commands, hotkeys, accessory |
| Characters | Choose the punctuation keys. In Settings > Terminal. punctuation, shell characters, symbols, tilde, pipe, slash |
| Use symbols | Key Bar · Show symbols instead of abbreviated key names. In Settings > Terminal. keyboard, key bar, icons, control, option, shift |
| Haptic feedback | Key Bar · Feel a light tap when pressing key bar buttons. In Settings > Terminal. keyboard, vibration, vibrate, touch |
| Command palette | Key Bar · Learn how to open commands and use modifier keys. In Settings > Terminal. keyboard, shortcuts, command shift p, control, option, shift, paste |
| Smooth scrolling | Scrolling · Move through history smoothly instead of a line at a time. In Settings > Terminal. scroll, scrollback, history, pixel, fling, momentum, drag |
| Smooth terminal resizing | Resizing · Reflow text as soon as a terminal changes size. In Settings > Terminal. smooth resize, resizing, reflow, re-wrap, rewrap, rotation, rotate, orientation, jitter, jump, flicker, stage manager, split view, preview, on, off |
| Prefer generated titles | Titles · Show the running program and its directory instead of shell titles. In Settings > Terminal. titles, tab title, window title, program name, directory, shell title, osc, rename |
## Remote Hosts
Manage saved hosts, their connections, port forwards, and the shell each one starts. In Settings > Remote Hosts. server, add, pair, connect, reconnect, edit, delete, remove, startup command, shell, default shell, login shell, nushell, zsh, fish, port forwarding, forward, forwards, tunnel, localhost, ssh `-L`
| Setting | Description |
| --- | --- |
| SSH Key | Create or import the key Rex logs in to ssh:// hosts with, and the host keys it trusts. In Settings > Remote Hosts. ssh, key, private key, public key, authorized_keys, secure enclave, import, passphrase, ed25519, ecdsa, host key, fingerprint, known hosts, trust |
## Developer Mode
Developer · Expose settings for development and debugging. In Settings > Developer Mode. developer, debug, diagnostics
| Setting | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Network Diagnostics | With Developer Mode on, float the network path and host connections over the screen. In Settings > Developer Mode. Needs Developer Mode. debug, network, path, wi-fi, cellular, reconnect, overlay |
| Cursor shaders | Experimental · With Developer Mode on, draw a trail shader, such as Warp, Comet, or Blaze, behind the cursor. In Settings > Developer Mode. Needs Developer Mode. cursor, cursor trail, cursor effect, cursor animation, smear, glow, warp, sweep, comet, blaze, tapered, rainbow, gradient, frozen, ghostty shader, custom-shader, shadertoy, shader, experimental |
## About
About · See the app's version and device, and copy them for a bug report. In Settings > About. version, build, commit, device, model, ios, system, bug report, feedback, copy version info, copy debug info, diagnostics, support, license, open source, acknowledgements, fonts