---
title: Settings
description: Every setting in Yabar's settings window.
url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/yabar/reference/settings
---

# Settings
Settings… (⌘,) in the menu, or **Yabar settings…** in the [launcher](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/yabar/moving-around/launcher). A sidebar of
panes; choices apply as they are made.

| Stacks                                                                                                                                       | Displays & Spaces                                                                                                                    |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| ![The Stacks pane: indicator style and placement, attention](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/yabar/images/shots/app/settings-stacks.png) | ![The Displays & Spaces pane: a profile's settings](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/yabar/images/shots/app/settings-layouts.png) |


| Pane              | Setting                          | Default                  |                                                                                                                   |
|-------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Menu Bar          | Show space labels                | on                       | A label instead of the number.                                                                                    |
|                   | Hide empty spaces                | off                      | Spaces on screen always show.                                                                                     |
|                   | One item per display             | off                      | An item per display instead of one.                                                                               |
| Stacks            | Style                            | Tabs (i3)                | Tabs (i3), Icons, Pills, Off.                                                                                     |
|                   | Placement                        | Screen edge side         | Or Left, Right, Top, Bottom. Tabs take the top unless Bottom is chosen.                                           |
|                   | Mark windows that want attention | on                       | [Attention](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/yabar/stacks/attention).                                          |
| Displays & Spaces | …                                | inherit                  | [Profiles](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/yabar/layouts/profiles).                                           |
| Scratchpads       | …                                | none                     | [Scratchpads](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/yabar/moving-around/scratchpads); needs the scripting addition. |
| General           | Open at login                    | on from the first launch |                                                                                                                   |
|                   | Check for updates automatically  | on                       |                                                                                                                   |
|                   | Install updates automatically    | on                       |                                                                                                                   |