Appearance
Choose the language and theme, and set the ocean life behind the glass.
Works on: the desktop app. On the phone, Codewhale follows the phone's language and theme. The web: not available yet.
Open Settings › Appearance, or pick Appearance in the command palette (⌘K, or Ctrl+K on Windows and Linux). Every change applies to every open window at once, without a restart, and is kept on this computer, not in your account.
Choose a language
Choose Language:
- Same as system follows your computer's language.
- English
- 简体中文 (Simplified Chinese)
Codewhale also speaks these languages. To use one, set it as your computer's language and leave Codewhale on Same as system:
| Language | Shown as |
|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese | 繁體中文 |
| Japanese | 日本語 |
| Korean | 한국어 |
| Russian | Русский |
| Ukrainian | Українська |
| Vietnamese | Tiếng Việt |
| Indonesian | Bahasa Indonesia |
| Hindi | हिन्दी |
| French | Français |
| German | Deutsch |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Español (Latinoamérica) |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | Português (Brasil) |
| Catalan | Català |
Picking one of these in Language directly: Not available yet.
Words the terminal and the app share, such as the approval choices, read the same in both.
Choose light or dark
Choose Theme: Same as system, Light or Dark.
How much water shows through
Sidebars, the side panel, menus and the composer are glass over the water. The conversation itself sits on an almost opaque sheet, so the text you read keeps full contrast.
How much shows through follows your computer:
- On macOS and Windows, panels are Frosted: a soft view of the water behind a blur.
- On Linux, panels are Solid: nothing shows through.
- While Increase contrast is on in your system settings, panels are Solid everywhere.
The Glass row, for choosing this yourself: Not available yet.
Ocean life
Behind the glass, the water is alive: a small school of fish, a jellyfish that visits now and then, bubbles rising and light rippling at the surface. Once in a while a whale crosses far behind everything: a blue whale, humpback, sperm whale, orca, beluga or narwhal.
- Nothing swims behind words. Life keeps to open water and moves out of the way of text, and of your pointer, as a conversation fills up.
- The fish swim while your whale works and hold still while it rests. Whales visit only while it rests.
- When the window is hidden or nothing is happening, the water doesn't move.
| Setting | Choices |
|---|---|
| Ocean life | On (the default) or off. Off leaves still water. |
| Whale visits | Never, Rarely (the default) or Sometimes. Only while Ocean life is on. |
When your system asks for reduced motion, there are no creatures and the water is still, whatever these settings say.
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