User Preferences

You can set preferences to personalize your Rancher experience. To change preference settings:

  1. Click on your user avatar in the upper right corner.

  2. Click Preferences.

Language

Choose your language for the Rancher UI. Options include:

  • English

  • 简体中文 (Simplified Chinese)

Theme

Choose your background color for the Rancher UI. If you choose Auto, the background color changes from light to dark at 6 PM, and then changes back at 6 AM.

Login Landing Page

Choose the page displayed after logging in. Options include:

  • The home page.

  • The area you last visited.

  • A specific cluster of your choosing.

Display Settings

Choose how certain information is displayed:

  • Date format

  • Time format

  • Table rows per page

  • Number of clusters to show in side menu

Confirmation Setting

Choose whether to ask for confirmation when scaling down node pools.

Advanced Features

  • Enable "View in API".

  • Show system Namespaces managed by Rancher (not intended for editing or deletion).

  • Enable Dark/Light Theme keyboard shortcut toggle (shift+T).

  • Hide All Type Descriptions.

  • Enable Extension developer features.

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YAML Editor Key Mapping

  • Normal human (Sublime)

  • Emacs

  • Vim

Helm Charts

Choose whether to display released Helm charts only or to include prerelease versions as well. A version is considered to be a prerelease if it adheres to the specification defined by Semantic Versioning 2.0.0. For example, a Helm chart with a version of 0.1.3-dev.12ab4f requires Include Prerelease Versions to be selected in order to be displayed.