Preferences
===========

The **Preferences** window allows you to configure options related to 86Box as a whole, which are saved system-wide and apply to all emulated machines.

.. note:: Any changes made to the preferences in 86Box versions older than 5.0 (saved per-machine) have been reset.

|emulator| Emulator
-------------------

Language
^^^^^^^^

Select a language for the 86Box user interface. Click |clear| to search for languages by their English name. The *Default* button resets back to the system language.

Select media images from program working directory
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Start the first file open/save prompt on the emulated machine's directory. This option is particularly useful for macOS users.

Ask for confirmation before saving settings / quitting / hard resetting
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Enable confirmation messages for the specified actions. These options can reenable confirmations after they have been disabled through the *Don't show this message again* box.

Color scheme
^^^^^^^^^^^^

Select a visual style for the 86Box user interface. *System* uses the operating system's global preference if possible.

|input_devices| Input
---------------------

Mouse sensitivity
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Adjust the emulated mouse's tracking sensitivity. The *Default* button resets back to the default sensitivity.

Inhibit multimedia keys
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Disable the passthrough of multimedia keys such as :kbd:`Volume Up` and :kbd:`Play/Pause` to the emulated machine.

|key_bindings| Key bindings
---------------------------

View and change keyboard shortcuts for common emulator actions. Most listed actions are also available on the :doc:`menu bar <../usage/menubar>` or the :doc:`toolbar <../usage/toolbar>`; see the respective pages for more information.

The *Clear binding* button removes the shortcut associated with the selected action, and the *Bind* button allows for entering a new shortcut.

.. note:: The :kbd:`F8`\ +\ :kbd:`F12` key combination used for releasing mouse capture in previous 86Box versions can no longer be configured as a shortcut.