Settings
All of Charta's settings on Mac, iPhone and iPad, with their defaults.
On the Mac: Charta › Settings… (⌘ ,), with the General, Editor and Preview tabs. On iPhone and iPad: Settings in a document’s toolbar menu or in a folder’s More menu, on a single page. Settings apply to every document; those of a single project are covered in Folders and linked notes.
General
| Setting | Values | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Open documents in | WYSIWYG, Code Editor | WYSIWYG |
| Open documents in tabs (Mac) | documents open as tabs of the active window | on |
| Appearance | System, Light, Dark | System |
| Language | System, Italiano, English | System |
| Reload Notes Changed by Other Apps (Mac) | in folders, a note with no unsaved changes reloads | on |
A new language takes effect at the next launch: on the Mac there’s Restart Now, on iPhone and iPad just close and reopen Charta.
WYSIWYG
| Setting | Values | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Font | System, Serif (New York), Rounded, Monospaced | System |
| Size | 10 to 32 pt on the Mac, 12 to 30 pt on iPhone and iPad | 16 pt |
| Line Spacing | 1 to 2 | 1.35 |
| Text Width (Mac) | Narrow, Medium, Wide, Full Window | Medium |
| Draw Formulas | drawn math or text | on |
| Draw Mermaid Diagrams | drawn diagrams or text | on |
| Always Show Front Matter | off: it only appears when the cursor reaches it | on |
Code Editor
| Setting | Values | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 10 to 28 pt on the Mac, 11 to 26 pt on iPhone and iPad | 14 pt |
| Line Numbers | on | |
| Highlight Current Line (Mac) | on |
On the Mac, ⌘ + and ⌘ - change both sizes together.
Writing
| Setting | Values | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Spell Checking | on | |
| Smart Quotes and Dashes | the system replaces straight quotes and dashes with typographic ones as you type | off |
| Image folder | folder next to the note for pasted or dropped images; empty: next to the note | assets |
Preview
| Setting | Values | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Style | GitHub, Paper, Compact | GitHub |
| In the Code Editor (Mac) | Editor Only, Editor and Preview Side by Side, Preview Only | side by side |
| Synchronized Scrolling | on |
The style is also used when exporting to HTML and PDF. On iPhone and iPad, choose the preview layout from the eye menu in the toolbar.
Acknowledgements
The licenses of KaTeX and Mermaid, the libraries bundled for math and diagrams, with version and website: on the Mac in Help › Acknowledgements, on iPhone and iPad at the bottom of Settings.
What stays on your device
Settings, project settings, pinned and recent projects and recent notes stay in the app’s preferences on your device; they don’t sync between devices. The privacy policy explains what the app handles.