Viewerhelp:Setting Preferences

Help article in progress.

See also:

• Graphics - Hardware Settings
• Joystick Configuration

In the Knowledge Base:

• Setting your preferences

Use the tabs in this window to set your Second Life preferences:

• General - language, maturity preferences, start location, away timeout.
• Graphics - quality and speed of graphics display; advanced settings.
• Sound & Media - volume controls, media auto-play, chat settings, input/output devices.
• Chat - text chat settings, automatic translation,
• Move & View - view angle and distance, mouselook settings, double-click preference.
• Notifications - Control if and how you're notified when certain events happen.
• Colors - chat text colors, text opacity.
• Privacy - whether you appear in search results, who can see you're online, chat log location settings.
• Setup - cache location and size, web browser settings, whether updates are installed automatically.
• Advanced - UI text size, multiple Viewers, extra menus.