Appearance

Theme

Theme of the application which is based on MahApps.Metro themes

Type: String

Default: Dark

Possible values:

• Dark
• Light
• Black - almost black (OLED look)
• Midnight - dark blue
• Steel - blue-gray
• Indigo - dark violet-blue
• Mist - light blue-gray
• Soft - light gray, less bright than Light
• Paper - warm, paper-like

Black, Midnight, Steel and Indigo are variants of Dark, Mist, Soft and Paper dimmed variants of Light with a different background; all accents can be used with every theme.

Accent

Accent of the application which is based on MahApps.Metro themes

Type: String

Default: Mint

Possible values:

• Red
• Green
• Blue
• Purple
• Orange
• Lime
• Emerald
• Teal
• Cyan
• Cobalt
• Indigo
• Violet
• Pink
• Magenta
• Crimson
• Amber
• Yellow
• Brown
• Olive
• Steel
• Mauve
• Taupe
• Sienna
• Sky
• Ocean
• Mint
• Rose
• Coral
• Gold
• Lavender
• Slate
• Graphite

note

If you add, change or delete a theme in the folder, you must restart the application for the changes to be applied.

Accent glow

Glow of the accent color in the top left corner of the windows with a frame (main window, window of dragged-out tabs, status window: window background, title bar and navigation). While a window is inactive, the glow is weaker. The boxes (tool, profiles) are not changed.

Type: NETworkManager.Models.Appearance.AccentGlowIntensity

Default: Medium

Possible values:

• Off
• Subtle
• Medium
• Strong

Use custom themes

Enables or disables the custom themes.

Type: Boolean

Default: Disabled

Custom themes can be placed in the Themes folder in the application folder (e.g. C:\Program Files\NETworkManager\Themes). The file name has the format <THEME>.<ACCENT>.xaml. For instructions on how to create custom themes, see the MahApp.Metro documentation.

note

Custom themes override the Accent and Theme settings.

Animations

Animations of the application: dialogs zoom and fade in when they are opened (the run command slides down), the indicator of the selected tool in the navigation grows in, expanders rotate their arrow and fade in their content, notifications slide in and the progress of the scanners moves smoothly.

Short fades of colors (e.g. the mouse over background of buttons and the navigation, tooltips, the darkened background behind a dialog) are always shown - they don't move anything.

Type: NETworkManager.Models.Appearance.AnimationMode

Default: System

Possible values:

• System - Follow the Windows setting Animation effects (Windows 11: Settings > Accessibility > Visual effects, Windows 10: Settings > Ease of Access > Display > Show animations in Windows). It is often turned off on terminal servers, in virtual machines and in Remote Desktop sessions.
• On - Always show animations.
• Off - Don't show animations.

System-Wide Policy

This setting can be controlled by administrators using a system-wide policy. See System-Wide Policies for more information.

Policy Property: Appearance_Animations

Values:

• true - Force enable animations for all users
• false - Force disable animations for all users (e.g. on a terminal server)
• Omit the property - Allow users to control this setting themselves

Example:

{
  "Appearance_Animations": false
}

Apply theme to PowerShell console

Apply the current application theme to the PowerShell console global profile(s).

Type: Boolean

Default: Disabled

If enabled, the PowerShell console global profile(s) are modified in the registry under Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console (HKCU:\Console). This adjusts the background of the console and some other settings so that the console window integrates better with the NETworkManager application.

The profiles are changed for the PowerShell consoles configured in the PowerShell tools. Both Windows PowerShell and PowerShell 7 and later are supported.

Example paths under HKCU:\Console:

PowerShell path	Registry profile path
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe	%SystemRoot%_System32_WindowsPowerShell_v1.0_powershell.exe
C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\pwsh.exe	C:_Program Files_PowerShell_7_pwsh.exe

The following registry keys are created, modified or deleted in the registry profile path:

Name	Type	Action	Value	Value basis
REG_DWORD	Add/Modify	CursorType	1	Hex
REG_DWORD	Add/Modify	FontFamiliy	36	Hex
REG_DWORD	Add/Modify	FontSize	120000	Hex
REG_DWORD	Add/Modify	FontWeight	400	Hex
REG_DWORD	Add/Modify	DefaultBackground	252525 (Dark) or FFFFFF (Light)	Hex
REG_DWORD	Add/Modify	ColorTable00	252525 (Dark) or FFFFFF (Light)	Hex
REG_DWORD	Add/Modify	ColorTable07	252525 (Dark) or 252525 (Light)	Hex
REG_SZ	Add/Modify	FaceName	Consolas	String
REG_DWORD	Delete	ScreenColors

If disabled, the Powershell console global profile(s) are no longer modified. But the original values are not restored.

note

Colors may not be set correctly when Use custom themes is enabled.