Settings & theming

The Settings screen holds app-wide preferences. They're persisted to settings.json in your config directory (see Configuration & data).

Available settings

Setting	Values	Notes
Theme	system, light, dark	system follows your OS appearance.
Default profile	any AWS profile, or none	Pre-selected in the top bar on launch.
Default region	any region, or none	Pre-selected in the top bar on launch.
Download directory	a path, or none	Default destination for file downloads. Empty uses ~/Downloads.
SSH keys folder	a path, or none	Folder scanned for the SSH key picker's suggestions. Empty uses ~/.ssh.
Log level	error, warn, info, debug	How verbose the engine logs are.

The Download directory and SSH keys folder fields each have a Browse button that opens your native file dialog, so you can pick a folder instead of typing or pasting a path.

Theming

SSM Dojo ships light and dark themes built on CSS-variable design tokens, with a teal accent color. Choosing system matches your OS appearance automatically and switches live when your OS toggles between light and dark.

Defaults

Setting a default profile and default region pre-selects them in the top bar on launch, so you do not need to re-pick them each time. Set them right after installing.

Where settings are stored is covered in Your data & settings.