General Options

The General Options menu contains settings that affect how Foldit's behaves.

General Options are organized into four tabs:

Game/UI - controls whether tooltips are displayed, the default length of bands, and other settings
Audio/Video - allows adjusting disabling Foldit's music track and sound effects, sets colorblind mode, and other settings
Controls - changes mouse settings, and sets hotkeys using Configure Keyboard Shortcuts
Advanced - displays the Build ID and copies it to the clipboard, plus various setup options

On the Game/UI tab, the available settings are:

Tooltips - if checked, tooltips are displayed when hovering over icons or menu items
Default band length - offers three options for the default length of new bands: 3.5 Angstroms, good for backbone to backbone bands, 2.0 Angstroms for hydrogen bond bands, or the last band length set
Rank Popups - if checked, "rank up" and "rank down" popups appear when a players rank changes, or when the rank of the player's group changes
Disable non-group chat - if checked, blocks access to the #veteran and #global IRC channels in the Foldit app
Group chat profanity filter - if checked, applies a profanity filter to group chat, with offensive words converted to asterisks

On the Audio/Video tab, the available settings are:

Sound - if the checkbox is unchecked, sound effects are disabled, otherwise the slider allows adjusting the volume of sound effects
Music - if the checkbox is unchecked, music is disabled, otherwise the slider allows adjusting the volume of the music
Colorblind mode - if checked, Foldit applies a different set of colors for those with limited color vision
Text size - the slider allows adjusting the text size used in the recipe output window and other spots; does not apply to all text in the Foldit app

On the Controls tab, the available settings are:

Swap right/middle mouse: Actions - if checked, the right and middle mouse buttons are switched for certain actions
Swap right/middle mouse: Camera - if checked, the right and middle mouse buttons are switched when adjusting the camera
Invert zoom - if checked, the default direction of zooming is reversed when zooming the camera
Anchor camera to protein -

On the Advanced tab, the available settings are:

Import Preferences - import settings from another version of the Foldit app, does not include the Cookbook
Reset Roles - allows switching between education mode and standard gameplay mode
DELETE ALL OFFLINE PROGRESS - resets the status of the Campaign puzzles
Release - displays the release number of the currently installed version of Foldit
Build ID - displays the Build ID of the installed version of Foldit; the "Copy" button copies the Build ID to the clipboard, which is useful for problem reporting

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