Settings

Mitra’s settings live in one unified dialog. Open it from the gear icon on your account card at the bottom of the sidebar (or the Settings row in single-user mode), from the command palette (/, Ctrl+K, or Ctrl+P), or with Ctrl+, from anywhere.

All settings are optional. An untouched setting follows Mitra’s built-in default — so when a default improves in a later release, your experience updates automatically. Selecting a value that matches the current default leaves no override stored in the database.

Find a setting

The search box at the top of the settings rail searches pages and settings simultaneously. For example, typing "calendar" surfaces the whole Calendar page along with the Default calendar row from Entries, grouped by page. Each matching result is interactive right in the search view.

The same keywords work in the command palette:

• Direct toggles & options: Type "dark" to select Theme: Dark, or "snap" to select Snap to: 30 min. The palette only offers values you have not already selected.
• Deep links: Settings that cannot be toggled in one step (such as the default view picker or browser permission prompts) offer a Change … action that opens the settings dialog focused directly on that row.

Account settings vs. device settings

Preferences in Mitra are partitioned based on their scope:

Scope	Settings	Persistence
Account	Default view, default calendar, default duration, grid snap, default reminder	Stored on the server in your user profile; syncs across all devices and browsers you sign in from.
Device	Theme, language, view connector lines, browser notifications	Stored locally in your current browser (localStorage); allows separate settings on phones, laptops, and workstations.

Setting categories

General

• Theme — Match the system, Light, or Dark. Match the system adapts dynamically to your operating system’s dark/light mode preference.
• Language — Select from any of the built-in languages (English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian). Interface updates apply instantly without reloading.

Calendar

• Default view — Which calendar view Mitra opens on initial load: Week, Month, Year, Timeline, or Table.
• Connector lines — Toggles visual lines between linked and dependent tasks separately for the Week view, Month view, and Timeline.

Entries

• Default calendar — The target calendar for newly created events and tasks (syncs with the primary calendar marker in the sidebar). When unset, entries default to the first visible calendar.
• Default duration — Default time span for new entries created without an explicit duration (e.g., clicking on the grid, dragging an unscheduled task, or disabling all-day).
• Snap to — Time step granularity that dragging, resizing, and creation gestures snap to (5, 10, 15, or 30 minutes).

Notifications

• Reminder notifications — Whether the current browser can display Web Push reminders. Reminders you configure are always stored on the server; this only determines whether your active browser alerts you.
• Default reminder — Pre-set reminder interval for newly created timed entries, or None. All-day entries do not receive timed reminders.

Mitra can request permission when undecided. If notifications are blocked, you can re-enable them in your browser’s site permissions settings. See Reminders & notifications for background daemon setup.

NOTE

In multi-user mode, signing out is located under the ⋯ menu beside the gear icon on the account card.

NOTE

Direct-manipulation controls (such as zoom level, sidebar tab/collapse state, and time-zone lane folding) are saved automatically in your browser as you use them. Background synchronization intervals pace themselves automatically based on user presence and active connections.