User Preferences | Cloud Retail Systems

User Preferences gathers settings that control how Sapera's user interface behaves and looks — for example whether a built-in touch keyboard is used, how select fields are displayed, what color the top bar has, whether Sapera is shown light or dark, and whether pending notifications are shown at startup. Several of the settings can be set generally for the entire organization and then overridden per device or per user, where the most specific setting always wins.

The settings are accessed via Settings in Financial. Changing them typically requires administrator or setup permissions.

Keyboard

Support Touch Keyboard:

Controls whether Sapera uses its own built-in on-screen keyboard instead of the operating system's. The setting only takes effect on touch devices such as touch screens and tablets. It can be set generally and overridden per device and per user, where the most specific setting wins.

When it is set to Yes (default), Sapera uses its own built-in on-screen keyboard, which often positions itself closer to the field being entered into. When set to No, the operating system's own on-screen keyboard is used.

Select controls

These settings control how select fields with few options are displayed. When a field has 2, 3 or 4 options, it can either be shown as a regular dropdown (combo box) or as radio buttons, where all options are visible at once and can be selected with a single tap.

Use radio button list for select controls (when option count is 2, 3 or 4) on touch devices:

On touch devices, this setting determines whether select fields with 2-4 options are shown as radio buttons instead of a dropdown. Set to Yes, radio buttons are shown, which especially on tablets can be faster, since only a single tap is needed to select the value. Set to No, a regular dropdown is shown. The setting is not seeded with a fixed default value.

Use radio button list for select controls (when option count is 2, 3 or 4) on desktop:

Same function as above, but for the desktop/computer version of Sapera. Set to Yes, select fields with 2-4 options are shown as radio buttons; set to No, a dropdown is shown. The setting is not seeded with a fixed default value.

Appearance

Custom web client header color:

Here you can choose a custom color for the top bar (header) of Sapera's web client. This can be used, for example, to clearly distinguish between multiple environments or stores. If no color is chosen, the default color is used.

Web client theme

Determines whether Sapera is displayed with a light or dark appearance - in both Financial and Pos. The options are Light, Dark and System (follows the computer's setting, so the theme switches automatically when Windows switches between light and dark mode). The setting is personal and saved per user, so it follows you regardless of which computer you log in on.

You do not normally need to open Settings to switch: Click your user name in the top right, choose Theme and choose the desired theme. The change takes effect immediately. The login page has the same choice, so you can choose a theme before you log in. New organizations start with System; existing organizations start with Light until the user chooses.

The profile menu under your user name also contains Language, Theme, Logout of current session and Logout of all existing sessions. The department is not chosen in the profile menu but with the separate Organizational unit button next to the profile.

Notifications

Show pending notifications at startup:

Controls whether Sapera, at login/startup, shows a popup with pending notifications if any exist. Set to Yes (default), the popup is shown at login. Set to No, no popup is shown at startup — the notifications can still always be seen via the notifications overview.

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