Customize the interface with /ui, /theme and /layout

What it is

These commands change how the screen looks: the colour theme, the transcript style, the layout, and a few switches. A change applies at once and is saved in ui.toml in your profile folder.

What it is for

• Choosing a colour theme, or a transcript style.
• Choosing a screen layout, or showing the sidebar.
• Turning the status mascot or mouse capture on or off.

How

1. Type /ui to open the interface panel. /temas opens the same panel.
2. Or set one row directly, for example /ui layout minimal.
3. Or cycle quickly with /theme (colour theme) and /layout (layout).

Example

> /ui layout minimal
> /ui mouse off
> /theme

Panel rows

Row	Values	Default	Requires restart
theme	cloth, martty, mindfork, pawan, crush, mastracode, loomcoding	cloth	No
style	classic, flat	Set by the theme, with no override	No
layout	workspace, rail, minimal, cards	Set by the theme, with no override	No
carril (rail)	tree, dots, bar, box, tint, none	tree	No
mascot	on, off	on	No
sidebar	on, off	off	No
mouse	on, off	on	No

The effects row opens a submenu, which /ui effects also opens. The spinner row can only be changed in the panel, with /ui or /temas.

Commands

Command	What it does	Requires restart
/ui [row] [value]	Opens the panel, or sets one row.	No
/temas	Opens the interface panel.	No
/theme	Cycles the colour theme.	No
/layout	Cycles the layout through rail, minimal and cards.	No
/crush	Switches to the Crush look.	No
/classic	Goes back to the Cloth look.	No
/mouse	Toggles mouse capture. With it off, you can select text with the mouse.	No

The file is <profile>/.loomcoding/ui.toml. <profile> is your home folder, or the folder in LOOMCODING_HOME when that variable is set.

Result

The panel shows each row with its current value, and a change appears at once.

If it does not work

Symptom	Fix
"Unknown row" or "Unknown value" appears.	The message lists the valid names. Nothing changes, and your text stays in the input.
A "not saved" message appears.	The change applies to this session, but ui.toml could not be written. Check the folder permissions.
The settings are back after a restart.	The file was not written, or LOOMCODING_HOME points to another folder.

Next steps

• What happens on the first run
• Send your first prompt