Settings

Open the settings

1. Click Settings in the title bar, or the gear at the bottom of the activity bar, or press Ctrl+,.
2. Choose a tab on the left: General, Statistics, Editor & Files, AI CODER, Browser, SERVER, Graphics card & compute, Screen Recorder, Keyboard Shortcuts, About.
3. Change what you need and click Save. Close leaves without saving.

General

1. Language: choose the language of the interface.
2. Theme: choose a theme, or click Customize theme… to create your own.
3. “Open with WASDEV” in the Explorer right-click: adds WASDEV to the Windows right-click menu of files and folders.
4. Rest mode: after the chosen time without activity, the side bars close and return when you come back. They never close while an AI is working.
5. Close tabs opened by the AI after…: closes automatically the files the AI opened.
6. Text size: choose Normal (default), Large or Very large. Text, icons, buttons and panels grow together in the whole software.

• The new text size applies the next time you start WASDEV.

Statistics

1. Open the tab Statistics.
2. Type Your name. This name is shown on the Statistics page, and on your messages in the AI chat.
3. Fill Company, Role, Country and Website / Link if you want them on the Statistics page and in its reports.
4. Type your Hourly rate and choose the currency.
5. Under Calculate on, choose Active work time or All time the project is open.

• With an hourly rate, the Statistics page calculates your income: hours × rate, for the total, today, this week, this month and this year.
• Leave the rate at zero to let WASDEV estimate a market rate.
• Untick Show my personal / company information on the Statistics page to hide these details.

Editor & Files

1. Save files automatically and How often: turns auto save on and sets the delay.
2. Format on save: formats the code each time you save.
3. Code editor font: chooses the font and its size.
4. Underline linter errors: shows problems directly in the code.

AI CODER

1. API keys: one field per provider. Paste your key and save. Keys are stored encrypted in Windows Credential Manager.
2. The status line of Claude Code shows the plan detected on your account.
3. AI CODER name in chat: the name shown for the AI in the conversation.
4. Adobe Firefly: Client ID, Client Secret, Import from ~/.claude.json and Test Connection.

Browser

1. Search engine: the engine used by the address box.
2. Microsoft video engine (WebView2): install it for sites with protected video.
3. Import CSV and Manage passwords…: open the password manager.
4. Import favorites + history: from Edge or Chrome.

SERVER

1. Read the status of the transfer engine.
2. known_hosts: the list of servers whose fingerprint WASDEV remembers.
3. Open Site Manager: goes to your saved connections.

Audio, Voice & Microphone

1. Official Audio IN (Microphone): choose which microphone (built-in, USB, headset or audio interface) WASDEV uses for voice commands, AI chat dictation, screen recording (RecBar) and Kadans Video.
2. Official Audio OUT (Speakers / Headset): choose which output device (speakers, headphones or studio monitors) plays AI speech, video previews and timeline audio.
3. Any change here synchronizes instantly across all modules in real time.

Graphics card & compute

1. AI compute engine: choose Automatic, GPU or CPU for the AI models that run on your PC.
2. Graphics card: choose which card to use if the PC has more than one.

Keyboard Shortcuts

1. Open the tab Keyboard Shortcuts and click Open shortcut editor…, or press Ctrl+K then Ctrl+S.
2. Search the command you want to change.
3. Double-click it, press the new key combination and confirm.

• Every shortcut listed in this documentation is the default one and can be changed here. Reset all to defaults restores them.

Create your own theme

1. Open the Theme menu and click Customize theme….
2. Change the colours of the interface and of the code.
3. Click Save and apply. The preview on the right shows the result before you save.

• Reset theme colors returns to the original colours.

About

1. Open the tab About to read the version of the software, the author, the licence notices and your configuration.
2. Give this version number when you ask for support.