Customizing Nexos Settings

32 min

Who is this for: Nexos users who want to personalize the chat platform's appearance, behavior, and data controls to suit their workflow.

Outcome: Adjust theme, language, chat layout, speech features, memory usage, and data controls through the Settings panel.

Overview

The Settings panel allows you to customize Nexos according to your preferences. You can adjust appearance, chat behavior, commands, speech features, personalization, and data controls.

Available Settings

Settings are organized into the following categories:

General Settings: Control theme, language, panels, and archived chats.

Chat Settings: Adjust message display, input behavior, chat layout, and advanced options.

Command Settings: Enable or disable quick command prefixes.

Speech Settings: Configure speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and conversation mode.

Personalization: Manage memory usage for tailored responses.

Data Controls: Manage profile, username display, authentication, and account deletion.

These options ensure Nexos adapts to your workflow.

Accessing Settings Section

To open the Nexos Settings:

Click your username in the bottom-left corner of the app.

Select Settings from the menu.

The Settings panel will open, where you can adjust preferences across all categories

General Settings

The General Settings control how Nexos looks and behaves during everyday use. These preferences let you customize the interface, chat behavior, and accessibility options.

Theme

Choose how Nexos appears by selecting a theme:

Light: Uses a light color scheme.

Dark: Uses a dark color scheme.

System: Automatically follows your device’s system theme (switches between dark and light based on your OS settings).

Language

Set the interface language for Nexos. The dropdown includes multiple options such as English, Arabic, Deutsch, and others.

Changing the language updates menus, labels, and tooltips.

Does not affect chat output; chat responses depend on the language you use in your messages.

Render User Messages as Markdown

Enable or disable rendering of your messages in Markdown format.

On: User messages with Markdown syntax (headings, bold, lists, code blocks) are rendered with proper formatting.

Off: Messages display as plain text.

This setting is useful if you regularly paste code snippets or structured content.

Auto-Scroll to Latest Message on Chat Open

Control whether Nexos automatically scrolls to the newest message when you open a chat.

On: Jumps directly to the most recent reply.

Off: Opens the chat at your previous scroll position, useful for reviewing earlier parts of a long conversation.

Hide Right-most Side Panel

The right-side panel contains tools such as Prompts, Memories, Attachments, and Bookmarks.

On: Hides the panel for a distraction-free workspace.

Off: Keeps the panel visible, allowing quick access to chat tools.

Archived Chats

Manage all chats that you’ve archived from your history.

Click Manage to view your archived conversations.

From here you can Restore, Keep archived, or Permanently delete chats.

Useful for decluttering your main chat history while still keeping access to older sessions.

Chat Settings

The Chat Settings control how conversations are displayed, written, and managed within Nexos. These options help you personalize your chat experience for readability, usability, and workflow efficiency.

Message Font Size

Select the size of text in the chat window from the dropdown:

Extra Small

Small

Medium (default)

Large

Extra Large

Chat Direction

Choose the preferred reading direction:

LTR (Left-to-Right): Standard for English and most languages.

RTL (Right-to-Left): Recommended for languages such as Arabic.

Press Enter to Send Messages

Decide how pressing Enter behaves:

On: Pressing Enter sends your message.

Off: Pressing Enter adds a new line. To send, press Ctrl + Enter (Windows/Linux) or ⌘ + Enter (Mac).

Maximize Chat Space

Enable or disable expanded chat view:

On: Expands the chat area by minimizing surrounding UI elements.

Off: Keeps the standard layout with all panels visible.

Center Chat Input on Welcome Screen

Toggle this setting to adjust the position of the chat input field on the Welcome Screen:

On: Input box is centered.

Off: Input box appears at the bottom of the screen.

Open Thinking Dropdowns by Default

When enabled, the Thinking/Reasoning section of Nexos is expanded automatically while generating responses.

On: Dropdown opens by default for each response.

Off: Dropdown remains collapsed until manually opened.

Always Show Code when Using Code Interpreter

Control whether generated code is always displayed:

On: Displays all code output by the Code Interpreter.

Off: Hides code output unless explicitly requested.

Parsing LaTeX in Messages

When enabled, LaTeX syntax in messages is rendered as formatted mathematical equations.

On: Math rendering is enabled.

Off: Displays LaTeX as plain text, which may improve performance.

Save Drafts Locally

Automatically save unfinished messages:

On: Text and attachments in the chat input are saved locally. Drafts persist even if you reload or switch conversations. They are cleared once the message is sent.

Off: Drafts are not saved.

Scroll-to-End Button

Adds a floating button that quickly scrolls to the latest message in long conversations.

Save Badges State

Control whether badge visibility persists across chats:

On: Badge state (enabled/disabled) is remembered for new chats.

Off: Badges reset to default each time you start a new chat.

Enable Switching Endpoints Mid-Conversation

When enabled, you can switch between different models or endpoints during an active conversation without starting a new chat.

Use Default Fork Option

Enables forking behavior to follow your default configuration automatically.

Start Fork from Target Message by Default

When enabled, forks begin at the selected target message and include all replies up to the latest message, following your fork preferences.

Commands Settings

The Commands Settings let you enable or disable special prefixes that trigger quick actions inside the chat. These prefixes provide shortcuts for switching models, presets, or prompts.

You can disable them if you frequently use these characters to start your own messages.

@ Command

When enabled, typing @at the start of a message opens a quick selector for:

Switching between endpoints

Changing the active model

Applying a saved preset

+ Command

When enabled, typing +at the beginning of your message allows you to request multiple responses at once.

/ Command

When enabled, typing /at the start of your message lets you quickly select a saved prompt using your keyboard.

Specch Settings

The Speech Settings control how the application handles speech-to-text (voice input) and text-to-speech (voice output).

You can configure both basic speech features for everyday use and advanced options for fine-tuned control.

Simple Specch Settings

These options cover the most common speech features:

Speech to Text: Enable or disable speech-to-text, When enabled, you can speak directly into the app, and your words will be transcribed into text for chatting with the agent.

Language: Select the language you want to speak in. The recognition engine will adapt to your selected language for better accuracy.

Text to Speech: Enable or disable text-to-speech. When enabled, the agent’s responses will be spoken aloud instead of just displayed as text.

Voice: Choose from a variety of available voices. Options may include male/female tones or regional accents depending on the supported voice packs.

Advance Specch Settings

These options give you more precise control over speech input/output:

Conversation Mode: Enable or disable Conversation Mode. When enabled, the app will automatically:

Transcribe audio continuously.

Apply a default decibel sensitivity of -45 (to filter out background noise).

Speech to Text: Toggle advanced speech-to-text functionality (separate from the simple toggle above for fine-grained control).

Language: Select the speech recognition language for advanced speech input.

Auto Transcribe Audio: Enable or disable automatic transcription of all incoming audio.

Auto Send Text: Specify the delay (in seconds) for automatically sending transcribed text.

Default: 3 seconds.

Set to -1 to disable auto-send (manual sending only).

Decibel Sensitivity: Adjust microphone sensitivity (default: -45).

Lower values make the mic more sensitive to quiet sounds.

Higher values reduce background noise pickup.

Text to Speech: Enable advanced text-to-speech features.

Autoplay Latest Message: When enabled, the most recent response from the agent will play automatically.

Voice: Select the preferred output voice for text-to-speech.

Use Cloud-Based Voices: Enable this option to use higher-quality cloud voices instead of local voices.

Audio Playback Rate: Adjust the playback speed of spoken responses.

Default: 1.0 (normal speed).

Lower values slow down speech; higher values speed it up.

Enable Cache TTS: Toggle caching for text-to-speech.When enabled, previously generated audio is cached locally for faster playback.

Personalization

Memory

Toggle this option to control whether the assistant can reference your saved memories.

When enabled: The assistant will be able to use your stored memories to provide more personalized and context-aware responses.

When disabled: The assistant will not access or reference stored memories, and all responses will be generated without personalization.

Data Controls

Manage your stored data, conversations, and credentials. These settings give you control over what Nexos keeps and allow you to clear or revoke data when needed.

Import Conversations

Upload a JSON file containing previously saved conversations to restore them into your chat history. Click Import to select and upload your file.

Shared Links

View and manage all chats you’ve shared via links. Click Manage to review or remove shared links.

Revoke Credentials

Revoke all user-provided API keys, tokens, or login credentials stored in the system. Click Revoke to immediately remove them.

Delete TTS Cache

Remove all cached text-to-speech audio files stored locally. Click Delete to clear the cache.

Clear All Chats

Delete your entire chat history from the system. This action is permanent and cannot be undone.

Account

Manage your Nexos account preferences, profile, and security.

Display username in messages

Toggle this option on/off to show or hide your username alongside your messages.

Profile Picture

Click Change Picture to upload or update your profile image.Change picture

Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)

Enable 2FA to add an extra layer of security. Once enabled, you’ll need to provide a verification code (from your authenticator app) in addition to your password when signing in.

Delete account

Permanently remove your Nexos account and all associated data. This action cannot be undone.

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