You can choose how your community looks and reads for you: light mode, dark mode, or your device's setting, and the language of Mateflow's menus and buttons. These are personal settings. They change only your own view, not what other members see.
Who can do this: Any signed-in member. · Where: Web (Settings → Appearance) and the Mateflow app for iOS and Android (Settings and privacy → Appearance). · Plan: Not plan-dependent.
Your community's admins set the default theme and language. Until you choose your own, you see their defaults. See Set your community's language and region for the admin side.
Choose light mode, dark mode, or your device setting
On the web:
- Click your avatar and choose Appearance, or go to Settings → Appearance.
- Under Theme, click one of the four options:
- Follow community: use the mode your community's admins chose. The option shows which mode that is, for example Dark.
- System: switch between light and dark along with your device.
- Light or Dark: always use that mode.
The theme changes right away. You can also press Ctrl+K (⌘K on a Mac), type >, and choose Switch to dark mode or Switch to light mode.
In the app, open the menu (☰), tap Settings and privacy, then Appearance. Under Theme, choose Match community, Match system, Light, or Dark.
Change your display language
On the web:
- Go to Settings → Appearance.
- Under Language, open Display Language and choose a language. Each language is listed by its own name, for example Español or 日本語.
- To go back to your community's language, choose Follow community. It shows the community's current language in parentheses.
In the app, go to Settings and privacy → Appearance, tap Language, and choose a language or Match community.
Mateflow is available in English, Español, Français, Deutsch, Português (Brasil), 日本語, 한국어, and 中文.
Where your display language and theme apply
Your choices are saved to your account, so they follow you when you sign in on another browser, another device, or the Mateflow app. If you choose Follow community (or Match community in the app) and your admins later change the default, your view changes with it.
The display language changes Mateflow's own text: menus, buttons, labels, and system messages. It doesn't translate what people write. Posts, comments, space names, and your community's name stay in the language they were written in.
Your account belongs to one community. If you're a member of several Mateflow communities, set your language and theme in each one.
Accessibility: text size, motion, and keyboard shortcuts
Mateflow doesn't have separate accessibility settings, such as a font size, contrast, or reduced-motion switch. It follows your device's settings instead:
- Text size: on the web, use your browser's zoom (Ctrl and + or −, or ⌘ and + or − on a Mac). In the app, text follows your phone's text size setting.
- Motion: on the web, when your device's "reduce motion" setting is on, Mateflow turns off most animations and transitions.
- Light and dark: choose System under Theme to match your device's display setting.
On the web, you can move around with keyboard shortcuts. Press ? anywhere, or click your avatar and choose Keyboard Shortcuts, to see the full list. For example:
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+K (⌘K on a Mac) | Open the command palette to search and run commands |
| N | Open the new post composer |
| G, then H | Go to Home (G then S, M, N, or P for Spaces, Messages, Notifications, or your profile) |
| Ctrl+Enter (⌘+Enter) | Submit a post or comment |
| Esc | Close the current dialog or drawer |
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