Advanced Settings File for Windows / Linux

Summary
- Open Advanced Config File
- Edit Advanced Setting
  - Proper JSON Format
Settings

Summary

Open Advanced Config File

Some settings are hidden from the preferences panel and store into a config.user.json config file. You can open it from Preferences Panel → General → Advanced Settings → Open Advanced Settings. If you do not have any application bond to the .json extension, Typora will just open the folder contains that file, you can open and edit the file with any text editor.

Edit Advanced Setting

You can edit the advanced setting file (config.user.json) with any code editor or. text editor. The file is formatted in JSON, but supports // comments.

After save and restart Typora, your modifications are applied.

You can revert your changes by delete the file, or click Reset Advanced Settings in Preferences Panel → General → Advanced Settings.

Proper JSON Format

A proper json file is:

Data is in name/value pairs
Data is separated by commas
Objects are encapsulated within the opening and closing curly brackets
An empty object can be represented by {}
Arrays are encapsulated within opening and closing square brackets
An empty array can be represented by []
A member is represented by a key-value pair, contained in double quotes
The value of a member must be contained in double quotes, if it’s a string
Boolean values are represented using the true or false literals in lower case
Number values are represented using double-precision floating-point format and shouldn’t have leading zeroes

Settings

`defaultFontFamily`

For example, if your custom CSS contains CSS styles like p {font-family: sans-serif}, then the value of sansSerif under defaultFontFamily is chosen.

Auto Hide Menubar

You can enable “auto hide menubar” by setting "autoHideMenuBar": false.

When enabled, the menubar is hidden, and you can toggle it is shown or hidden by press alt key.

`searchService`

Please refer Add Search Service.

`keyBinding`

Please refer Change Shortcut Keys on Windows / Linux.

`monocolorEmoji`

When set to true, emojis will be in same color with your normal text on Windows. By default, emojis are colorful like your iOS or Android devices.

Launch Flags

The flags property stores arguments passed when launching Typora, you can refer to Launch Arguments.