Settings json file keys Docker Desktop

[GeorgeMer]

Is this a docs issue?

• My issue is about the documentation content or website

Type of issue

I can't find what I'm looking for

Description

There currently seems to be no documentation for the settings.json or settings-store.json file. By that, I mean that it isn't clear which keys are used for each setting available in Docker Desktop.

If the UI does not work as expected, it is unclear how to manually set settings, as the documentation provides information only about the UI side of things.

If the information exists, I could not find it, as there is no link to it on the docker desktop settings page.

Location

https://docs.docker.com/desktop/settings-and-maintenance/settings/

Suggestion

No response

[aevesdocker]

Hi @GeorgeMer, thanks for the issue.

We have a settings reference in the admin area as generally we advise only admins configure settings with the settings.json and there should be no need for individual developers to configure settings in this way.

Can I ask how the UI is not working as expected for you? This may be a bug that I can then pass onto the engineering teams

[GeorgeMer]

I had a problem with moving the vhdx image to another drive on Windows. The drive did copy over, but the setting would not update properly, and it could have been solved with changing the settings file to point to the new location. The problem fixed itself by updating to a newer docker desktop version.

Could you add a link to the admin settings reference from the docker desktop settings page for power users that are not part of any enterprise org, and use docker for personal projects?

[aevesdocker]

Sounds like this is a bug and a unique use case, but sure. I'll see what I can do