This page documents all 36 rows in the Theme Hub, one row per entry, grouped into the same nine
tabs as the Theme Hub. Two of those rows, the icon pack browser and the About
panel, aren't settings in the toggle-or-value sense (see Theme Hub: personal settings versus
shared settings); they're documented here
for completeness alongside the 34 actual settings. If you're new to the Theme Hub itself, its own
page explains where to find it, what the nine groups cover, and how personal settings differ
from shared ones, this page is the per-setting detail it points at, not a repeat of it.
Reading the Key column: each setting's first column is the name it's stored under. That's
the same name you'd see for that setting in an exported theme configuration, so if you're
comparing a backup, a support request, or Domoticz's own device debug output against what the
Theme Hub shows you, this is the name to search for.
Personal versus shared: most rows below are personal settings, some are shared. Rather than
repeat that explanation here, see Theme Hub: personal settings versus shared
settings for what the distinction means
and how to tell the two apart in the Theme Hub itself.
Parent and child settings: a handful of settings only matter when another setting is also
turned on, for example Standby after (minutes) only matters while Screen standby is on. Every
row below that depends on another one says so directly in its "What it does" column.
General
Key
Setting
What it does
Applies to
standby
Screen standby
After the configured number of minutes with no clicks, taps, or (on desktop) mouse movement, blanks the whole page to a plain dark screen showing a large clock and today's date. Any click or tap brings the dashboard straight back.
Whole UI
standby_after
Standby after (minutes)
Sets how many minutes of inactivity trigger screen standby. Only takes effect while Screen standby is also on.
Whole UI
check_update
Update notice
A few seconds after the page loads, checks Machinon's GitHub repository for a released version newer than the one installed, and shows a toast notification linking to the release page if one exists. It checks against the version that's actually been released, not whatever is mid-development, so it never nags you about a version that isn't out yet.
Navbar badge
notification
Device warnings
A timed-out or low-battery device already shows a small warning icon next to its name everywhere it appears; turning this on additionally pops up a toast notification for that timeout or low-battery condition as it happens.
Navbar / toasts
center_popups
Center popup dialogs
Forces every popup dialog to a fixed position centered in the browser window, instead of wherever Domoticz would otherwise place it (often near where you clicked).
All dialogs
footer_text_disabled
Hide the footer text
Hides the copyright line Domoticz prints at the bottom of every page.
Page footer
floorplan_popup_details
Expandable floorplan popups
Machinon hides Domoticz's own expand arrow on the small popup that opens when you click a device on a floorplan; turning this on restores that arrow, letting the popup expand to reveal Log and Notifications shortcuts and the favorite star.
Floorplan
Menus and navbar
Key
Setting
What it does
Applies to
custom_settings_menu
Settings menu as tile grid
Replaces the Setup dropdown with a full-page grid of icon tiles, one per settings page, instead of a plain text list.
Setup menu
navbar_icons
Navbar icons
Machinon hides the small icon next to each navbar item's label by default; turning this on shows it.
Navbar
navbar_icons_text
Icon-only navbar (hide text)
Hides each navbar item's text label, leaving just its icon. Only takes effect while Navbar icons is also on: the CSS rule that hides the label ships as part of that setting's stylesheet, so with it off there's no icon to leave behind either.
Navbar
custom_page_menu
Custom menu page
Adds an extra item to the navbar that opens an embedded frame of an external URL you provide, filling Domoticz's main content area in place of any Domoticz page.
Navbar + new page
button_name
Custom page button name
Sets the label text on the custom menu page's navbar button. Only takes effect while Custom menu page is also on.
Navbar + new page
custom_url
Custom page URL
Sets the URL the custom menu page's embedded frame loads. Only takes effect while Custom menu page is also on.
Navbar + new page
sidemenu
Side menu on desktop
Switches desktop screens to the same collapsible side menu phones already use: a hamburger icon in the corner that slides a menu panel out from the side, replacing the horizontal navbar across the top. See Mobile layouts for the phone behavior this reuses.
Desktop layout
Dashboard
The five settings below only affect the classic Domoticz dashboard, the grid-of-cards layout
that predates Domoticz's newer drag-and-drop dashboard. Current Domoticz installations default
to the drag-and-drop dashboard, so on a fresh install these five settings have no visible effect
at all until you switch back: open My Profile (from the Other menu, or your username menu
on an admin login) and turn off Use dynamic dashboard. Confirmed against the running test
instance: with the dynamic dashboard on, none of these five settings changes anything visible;
switching to the classic dashboard makes all five apply exactly as described below.
Key
Setting
What it does
Applies to
dashboard_show_last_update
Last-seen line on dashboard cards
Shows each device's last-updated time as a small line on its dashboard card; without it, that line exists in the markup but stays hidden.
Classic dashboard
dashboard_columns
Column layout on wide screens
On screens 1200px and wider, arranges the dashboard's category sections (Lights and switches, Weather, and so on) into a row of side-by-side columns sharing the available width, instead of stacking every section full width down the page.
Classic dashboard
dashboard_camera
Camera previews on the dashboard
Adds live camera thumbnails to the dashboard, refreshed on an interval. Its own two settings below control where they appear and how often they refresh.
Classic dashboard
dashboard_camera_refresh
Camera preview refresh (seconds)
Sets how many seconds pass between refreshes of each camera thumbnail. Only takes effect while Camera previews on the dashboard is also on.
Classic dashboard
dashboard_camera_section
Dedicated cameras section
When on, groups every enabled camera into its own "Cameras" section at the top of the dashboard. When off, each camera's preview instead replaces that device's own status text wherever the device already appears on the dashboard. Only takes effect while Camera previews on the dashboard is also on.
Classic dashboard
Device cards
Key
Setting
What it does
Applies to
time_ago
Relative times
Shows a device's last-updated timestamp as a relative phrase like "5 minutes ago" instead of the raw date and time.
All device pages
fade_off_items
Dim off devices
Fades the card of any device that's currently off to a dimmer opacity, so devices that are on stand out at a glance.
All device pages
switch_instead_of_bigtext
Toggles instead of status text
Replaces the plain "On"/"Off" status text on a simple switch's card with a slider-style toggle you can flip directly from the card.
Device + scene cards
switch_instead_of_bigtext_scenes
Also toggles on scene cards
Extends the same slider toggle to Scene and Group cards. Only takes effect while Toggles instead of status text is also on: the code and styling that build the toggle ship together as one feature, so with the parent off, no toggle is built for scene cards either. Confirmed live: with the parent off and this setting on, scene cards fall back to plain status text and the browser's console logs a script error, rather than the toggle silently failing to appear.
Device + scene cards
wind_direction
Wind arrow points where the wind goes
Domoticz reports the direction wind comes FROM and points its arrow that way by default; turning this on swaps in Machinon's own mirrored arrow art so the arrow instead points at where the wind is blowing TO, while the compass label (N, SW, and so on) keeps showing the reported origin.
Wind device cards
icon_image
Device photos instead of icons
For an individual device that has a custom photo assigned (a per-device choice made elsewhere, not a global one), shows that photo as its card icon instead of the normal on/off icon.
Device cards
card_min_width
Card min width
Sets the narrowest a device card is allowed to shrink to, in pixels, before the grid wraps to fewer columns.
All card grids
card_max_width
Card max width
Sets the widest a device card is allowed to stretch to, in pixels, when there's spare room in the row.
All card grids
Charts and log
Key
Setting
What it does
Applies to
log_plot_bands
Range bands in log graphs
Draws the colored threshold bands you configured in a device's Bar Ranges dialog onto its Log page chart as well. Domoticz itself only draws those bands on the card strip and Dynamic Dashboard widgets, never on the chart. See Bar ranges.
Device log charts
Background and branding
Key
Setting
What it does
Applies to
background_img
Background image
Sets the image used as the whole UI's page background, painted behind every page. Leave it empty for no background image.
Whole UI
background_type
Background type
Chooses how the background image is displayed: stretched and cropped to fill the whole screen (cover), or tiled at its original size to repeat as a pattern.
Whole UI
logo
Custom logo
Sets an alternate image to use as the navbar logo, in place of Machinon's default.
Navbar
hide_logo
Hide logo
Hides the navbar logo image entirely, leaving that space empty.