---
title: "User Preferences"
description: "Settings for the Sapera user interface: touch keyboard, how select controls are displayed, the color of the web client's top bar and showing pending notifications at startup."
url: https://support.sapera.io/en/articles/16-user-preferences
collection: "UI Settings"
updated: 2026-10-05
language: en
alternates: [da]
---

# User Preferences

Settings for the Sapera user interface: touch keyboard, how select controls are displayed, the color of the web client's top bar and showing pending notifications at startup.

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, 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.

## 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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