Scaling
Resize all elements on the page.
Take care as some elements could scale up to outside the page.
Area
Alignment
Effects may not be visible if the Layout Area is full width or if Bookmarks fill the page.
Only available when Bookmarks are shown.
Padding
Gutter
Page
May not work in some browsers.
Area
Max width is defined by Layout Area Width.
Alignment
Effects may not be visible if the Header Area is full width.
Only available when Layout Alignment is Vertical.
Effects may not be visible if the Search box size is set to Auto and grows to fill available space.
Some Header items may not be shown.
Order
Greeting
Transitional words
Only available when Date or Time is shown.
Clock
Date
Define what day "1" represents, either Monday or Sunday.
Search
May not work in some browsers.
Enter a web address with the search parameters, eg: "https://vimeo.com/search?q="
nightTab will add the search term entered into the Search input at the end of the above URL.
Sets the name attribute on the Search input field.
This defines the name passed to the search engine when submitting. If not sure leave blank.
Only the Search box width control will change the Width of the Search box.
Edit/Add
Colour/Accent
Colour and Accent controls can also be found under Theme.
Settings menu
Border
Position when scrolling
Only available when Layout Alignment is Vertical.
Background colour
The page may not scroll if Bookmarks are not shown.
May not be visible if Layout Alignment is Horizontal as the Bookmarks won't pass under the header.
May not be visible if Theme Radius is set to 0.
Area
Max width is defined by Layout Area Width.
Alignment
Effects may not be visible if the Bookmark Area is full width.
Only available when Layout Alignment is Vertical.
Flow Bookmarks either from the left or right of the Bookmark Area.
Bookmarks
Effects may not be visible if Theme Shadow is set to 0.
Content
Only available when Letter/Icon/Image and Name are shown.
Only available when Letter/Icon/Image and Name are shown.
Only available when Letter/Icon/Image and Name are shown.
Letter/Icon/Image
Only applies to Letters or Icons.
Name
Style
Colour override
Apply a colour override to all Bookmarks.
Take care as some colours may make the Letter/Icon and Name unreadable.
Colour overrides can also be changed by editing individual Bookmarks.
Accent override
Apply an Accent override to all Bookmarks.
Accent overrides can also be changed by editing individual Bookmarks.
Opacity
Change the Colour or Background image Opacity of all Bookmark tiles.
Border
Orientation
Display the URL and Controls either at the top or bottom of a Bookmark Tile.
Sort
Area
Effects may not be visible if the Group Name is not shown.
Order
Names
Group Names can also be changed by editing individual Groups.
Open all
Group Open all buttons can also be changed by editing individual Groups.
Border
Border between groups may not be visible if there is only one group.
Preset
Applying a Preset will replace the current Colour, Accent, Font, Style, Radius, Shadow and Shade.
Saved
Saving a Theme will record the current Colour, Accent, Font, Style, Radius, Shadow and Shade.
Fonts
Use a Google Font to customise the Clock, Date, Group names and Bookmark Letters.
Add a font name as it appears on Google Fonts, including capital letters and spaces, eg: enter "Fredoka One" or "Kanit"
Clear the field to use the default font "Fjalla One".
Not all fonts support all weights. Refer to the Google Font page to see which are available.
Use a Google Font to customise the Bookmark name, URL and form elements.
Add a font name as it appears on Google Fonts, including capital letters and spaces, eg: enter "Roboto", "Source Sans Pro" or "Noto Sans"
Clear the field to use the default font "Open Sans".
Not all fonts support all weights. Refer to the Google Font page to see which are available.
Style
Flip the colour shades defined by the primary Colour.
Accent Colour and Background Image may need to be changed to best fit the Theme Style.
Colour
Shades
Backgrounds, Bookmarks and Modals use shades from the left.
Text and form elements use shades from the right.
For a light look switch to the Light Style and then select a Primary colour.
Light and dark shades from this colour are used across nightTabs.
Accent
Accent Colour can also be changed from the Header Area.
Take casre as a small delay in Accent hue change may cause performance issues.
Auto change Accent hue will not work when the Accent colour is a grey or black.
Radius
Shadow
Shade
The shade appears behind Modals and the Menu.
Colour
Take care as some colours may make the Clock, Date and other text unreadable.
Image
Max image size 5MB, (due to browser local storage limits).
Take care with large files, they may impact performance.
If adding more than one URL separate them by spaces or on new lines. If more than one is entered a random background image will be used on load.
Unsplash can be used for random images, eg:
https://source.unsplash.com/random/1920x1080/?night,day,sky
Change parameters after .../random/ for more options. Loading times may vary.
Restore
Restore a previously exported nightTab backup.
Backup
Download a backup of your nightTab Bookmarks and Settings.
This file can later be imported on this or another deivce.
Clear
Wipe all data and restore nightTab to default state.
Homepage
Firefox does not allow addons to replace the "homepage". However there is a workaround:
- Open a new Firefox window
- Open Firefox
Preferencesand open a new tab (nightTab) - In Firefox preferences under
Home, changeHomepage and new windowstoCustom URLs... - Then click
Use Current Page
nightTab will now appear as the homepage.
