## Preferences - Appearance

> Here you can set the look and feel of NewsBar App. These settings are highly customizable, so you can match NewsBar window style and opacity to your desktop environment.

> Select display and Placement

> > If you have multiple displays connected to your Mac you can place NewsBar window to the desired display. NewsBar window can be placed on the left or right side of your desktop or you can select Float to place it anywhere in the screen in standard OS X window.

> Window behaviour

> > If you set Always on top, the NewsBar window will be displayed on top of all other windows, Always in background will keep it under all other windows.

> View Mode

> > You can select NewsBar icon appearance in OS X Dock or in Menubar. Tou can fully hide NewsBar window from Dock or Menubar icon menu.

> Window background and Opacity

> > You can set the window background color with pre-defined or custom colors. With Opacity you can make the window transparent. With Gradient option, background color will fade opacity to the selected direction.

> RSS feed icons

> > You can enable/disable appereance of RSS feed icons and set the icon size. For smaller Mac displays select Small feed icon to save space on desktop.

> > In default NewsBar shows icons from feed sources. If the feed doesn't have icon, the default NewsBar icon will be shown.

> > Custom icon functions:

> - You can use your own custom icons with drag and drop them to selected feed's settings (In RSS Settings preference pane, double clicking the feed)
> - You can find best looking icons with google image search, or create with image editors
> - For the best appereance use 58x58 pix transparent png format
> - The custom icons stored in NewsBar preferences
> - You can reset custom icons by right-click >Reset icon over the selected icon area or in RSS Preference pane

> Text color and font options

> > Font face, size and default text color can be set here. You will get best look with Mac system fonts, like Geneva and Lucida Sans.

> Box Height

> > Here you can set the height of headline cells. Increasing size will able to display more lines. The default is 78 pixel. With 13 point size Helvetica font there will be room for 3 lines of headline text.

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