Settings Reference

Settings Reference

Open Settings -> FolderView Plus. Settings search matches visible labels and common aliases; change search scope to include all Advanced workspaces when needed.

Settings modes

Mode	Purpose
Basic	Everyday Docker/VM folder lists, search, filters, sorting, add, import, export, clear, folder defaults, view/display preferences, and Setup Assistant.
Advanced	Automation, Rules, Recovery, Operations, Start Order, Appearance, and Diagnostics.

Preferences save automatically. Operations that can replace or delete configuration use a separate preview, confirmation, safety backup, or progress flow.

Basic Docker and VM controls

Each type has its own folder map and preferences.

• Search folders: filters the visible Settings table without deleting anything.
• Filters/View settings: opens layout, badges, runtime, defaults, Dashboard, health, privacy, and column controls.
• Add folder: opens the modern editor.
• Setup Assistant: starts guided setup or migration.
• Export all: downloads the selected type's configuration.
• Import: validates and previews an import.
• Clear: creates a safety point and removes the selected folder configuration after confirmation.
• Order controls: manual reorder handles/arrows; automatic name or timestamp sorting when selected.

Shared view settings

Group	Setting	Default / choices	What it changes
Layout	Application/name width	Compact, Standard, Wide	Space reserved for names on runtime pages.
Layout	Hide empty folders	Off	Hides folders with no effective runtime members.
Status	Calculation	Summary or Dominant	How member state becomes a folder state.
Status	Display detail	Simple, Balanced, Detailed	Amount of status information shown.
Status	Trend and attention accent	On	Adds state-change context and visual attention.
Status	Stopped warning threshold	60%, range 0–100	Warning point for stopped-member summaries.
Badges	Running	On	Shows running counts.
Badges	Stopped	Off	Shows stopped counts.
Badges	Updates	Docker only, on	Shows update availability.
Runtime	Live refresh	Off	Periodically reconciles runtime state.
Runtime	Refresh interval	20 seconds, range 10–300	Frequency when live refresh is enabled.
Runtime	Performance profile	Standard, Adaptive, Maximum	Motion, preview, refresh, and restoration safeguards.
Runtime	Lazy preview	Off	Defers heavier preview work beyond a threshold.
Runtime	Lazy threshold	30, range 10–200	Folder/member scale at which lazy preview begins.
Runtime	Theme compatibility	Auto, Host, Safe, High contrast	How runtime colors/tokens are resolved.

Docker also provides FolderView, Host list, and Command page-view modes.

Dashboard settings

Docker and VM widgets support Classic, Legacy, Full Width, Accordion, Inset, Compact Matrix, and Embossed layouts. Controls also cover expand toggle, dimmed collapsed cards, folder labels, and privacy masks. Docker additionally supports native or advanced preview context, click or hover trigger, graph selection, and graph time window.

Health settings

• Health cards are enabled by default.
• Runtime summary badges are optional.
• Docker offers strict, balanced, and lenient scoring presets, stopped thresholds, update handling, and all-stopped handling.
• VM health uses warning/critical vCPU and memory thresholds. Defaults are 16/32 vCPU and 32/64 GiB.

Privacy settings

Docker can mask names/icons, LAN IPs, ports, volume paths, image registries, public IPs, network interfaces, and external URLs. VM privacy can mask names/icons, disk paths, MAC addresses, public IPs, network interfaces, and external URLs. See Privacy.

Settings-table columns

Required columns include Order, Name, and Actions. Optional Docker columns include Members, Status, Rules, Last changed, Pinned, and Alerts. Optional VM columns include Members, Status, Rules, Last changed, Pinned, Autostart, and Resources. Column visibility and widths are presentation preferences; they do not alter folder data.

Advanced workspace map

Workspace	Contains
Automation	Docker and VM bulk assignment plans and previews.
Rules	Ordered auto-assignment rules, simulator, conflicts, and troubleshooting.
Recovery	Manual/scheduled snapshots, compare, restore, download, environment import/export, migration preview, undo, and recent changes.
Operations	Folder runtime actions and reusable templates.
Start Order	Docker autostart order from folders or custom batches.
Appearance	Managed themes, token editing, imports, preview, and custom CSS.
Diagnostics	Health, performance retest, integrity, issue report, and support bundle preview/export.

When a setting seems not to save

1. Wait for the operation or progress surface to finish.
2. Reload Settings and confirm the normalized value.
3. Check Activity Center for a failure.
4. Look for a stale-page or conflict banner.
5. Run Diagnostics before retrying destructive operations.

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