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Yardmaster Guide

Change how Yardmaster looks

Pick dark or light, choose one of thirteen looks, import your own theme, and decide how much motion and depth you want.

Beginner2 minutes
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You can make Yardmaster dark or light, give it a different look, and choose how much it moves. Everything here is in Settings > Appearance and changes the app at once.

Switch between dark and light#

  1. Open Settings > Appearance.

  2. Under Theme, pick Dark, Light or System (follows your computer's setting).

Yardmaster starts in Dark.

Choose a look#

Under Visual Theme, click a card. Each card is a small preview of the look, and the one in use has a check mark. There are thirteen, from Glassmorphism (the default, frosted panels) to Warm Charcoal (brown tones), Aurora (slow-moving color) and Liquid Glass. Every look works in both dark and light.

Visual ThemeSettings, AppearanceChoose a dark-mode skin for panels and accentsOpen in YardmasterOpens Yardmaster. Don't have it? Download

Use your own theme#

A theme is a small .theme.json file. Under Custom Themes, click Import Theme to add one, or Open Themes Folder and drop files there. Theme Creation Guide explains how to write your own. An imported theme appears as a card you can pick like the others.

Choose how deep the chat looks#

Chat Depth sets how much shadow your messages have: Flat, Soft (the default) or Glass, the most three-dimensional.

Turn motion on or off#

Motion & Polish is on at first. It adds small touches: buttons lift when you point at them, numbers count up on the dashboard, a slow color drift behind empty screens, and a short celebration when nothing is waiting for you. Turn the main switch off to stop all of it, or keep it on and turn off single effects such as Ambient backgrounds or Inbox Zero celebration.

Motion & PolishSettings, AppearanceOptional visual flourishes, depth, hover lift, count-up stats, ambient backgrounds. Off by default; a master switch plus per-effect toggles.Open in YardmasterOpens Yardmaster. Don't have it? Download

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