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-====== EmulationStation UI Settings ======
- ===== Appearence =====
-  * **Theme Set** : This is used to choose the theme you are using, additional themes can be downloaded from the Updates & Download category in the main menu, see [[:theme_set|Theme Set]] for reference.
-  * **Theme Configuration** : This opens a submenu to customize your currently used theme, customization options are specific to the used theme.
-  * **UI Mode** : You can select different modes for batocera, Kiosk mode and Kid mode will reduce the amount of possibilities, see also [[:ui_mode|UI mode]].
- ===== Startup Settings =====
-  * **Start on System** {{::switch-multioption.png?20|}} : Select which system is selected as default
-  * **Start on Gamelist** {{:switch-button.png?20|}} : Start ES on gamelist view of selected system
-  * **Overscan** {{:switch-button.png?20|}} : Option only relevant for SBC supporting overscan settings, can be used in case the image is cropped improperly on the screen.
-  * **Systems displayed** {{::switch-multioption.png?20|}} : This is used to choose which systems to display, and which ones to hide.
- ===== Display Options =====
-  * **Transition Style** : This is used to decide if the menu should have a fade-in transition effect, a moving effect, or change instantly when starting a game.
-  * **Carousel Transitions** {{:switch-button.png?20|}} Instantly show next/previous system
-  * Screen Saver Settings
-      * **Screen Saver After** {{:switch-slider.png?30|}} : This is used to decide how long the system must stay unused before triggerring the screensaver.
-      * **Screen Saver Behavior** : This is used to choose what the screensaver will do, see [[:screen_saver_behavior|ScreenSaver Behavior]].
-      * **Stop Music on Screensaver** {{:switch-button.png?20|}} : Enabling this will stop the main menu music from playing when the screensaver is used, if video files are used as a screensaver, their audio will be then used instead.
-      * **Random Video Screensaver Settings** : see [[:random_video_screensaver_settings|Random Video Screensaver settings]]
-      * **Slideshow Screensaver Settings** : see [[:slideshow_screensaver_settings|Slideshow Screensaver settings]]
-      * **Screen Saver Controls** {{:switch-button.png?20|}} : Enable the use of the buttons to perform different actions during the screensaver.
-  * **Game Launch Transition** : auto, fade, slide or instant
-  * **Show Clock** {{:switch-button.png?20|}} : Displays the hour on EmulationStation
-  * **On-Screen Help** {{:switch-button.png?20|}} : Displays the buttons' actions in EmulationStation
-  * **Quick System Select** {{:switch-button.png?20|}} : This option let's you use change the currently selected system using the left and right buttons when using a basic list of games.
-  * **Show Battery Status** :  for battery-powered devices, chose between Nothing, icon or icon and text (percentage)
- ===== Gamelist Options =====
-  * **Show Favorites on top** {{:switch-button.png?20|}} : When active, the favorites games will be put on top of the list.
-  * **Show hidden files** {{:switch-button.png?20|}} : When enabled, the files described as hidden by the gamelist.xml file ill be displayed.
-  * **Show folder** {{::switch-multioption.png?20|}} : This option makes it possible to show the folder hierarchy inside a system, or to display all games as if they were directly put inside the folder.
-  * **Show '..' parent folders** {{:switch-button.png?20|}} : When subfolders are shown, enabling this will show a ''..'' entry to go back one folder, this entry can be hidden.
-  * **Show Filenames in Lists** {{:switch-button.png?20|}} : Shows the filename instead of scrapped game name.
-===== Game Collection Settings =====
-__Collections to display__
-  * [[:Game Collection Settings]]
-  * **Automatic Game Collections** {{::switch-multioption.png?20|}} Add some predefined collections in the menu (2-player, 4-player games...)
-  * **Custom Game Collection** {{::switch-multioption.png?20|}} Select between your custom game collection
-__Create Custom Collection__
-  * **Create New Game Collection** Game Collections are stored in ''$HOME/configs/emulationstation/collections''
-  * **Create New Dynamic Collection**
-__Options__
-  * **Sort Systems**: Alphabetically, by manufacturer, by hardware type, by release year
-  * **Start on System**: Restore last selected, or choose your favorite system to start with
-  * **Start on Gamelist** {{:switch-button.png?20|}}
-  * **Group Unthemed Custom Collections** {{:switch-button.png?20|}}
-  * **Short Custom Collections and Systems** {{:switch-button.png?20|}}
-  * **Show System Name in Collections** {{:switch-button.png?20|}} Add a system description to a ROM file e.g. //Sonic [Megadrive]//