User interface

Control theme, widget visibility, and UI protocol settings.

Choose which dashboard elements stay visible and how CrossWatch serves the UI.

Most changes apply after you click Save.

Theme and visibility changes apply immediately.

Protocol and TLS changes need a restart.

Visibility

User interface visibility settings for widgets, Recent Activity, and Quick Add.

These controls only change the UI.

They do not change sync, scrobble, or provider behavior.

Watchlist

Show or hide the Watchlist widget on the Main page.

This widget shows recently added active watchlist items.

A TMDb API key is required.

CrossWatch hides this widget when TMDb is not configured.

Recent history widget

Show or hide the Recent History widget on the Main page.

This widget shows the latest watched movies, shows, seasons, and episodes known to CrossWatch.

Latest ratings widget

Show or hide the Latest Ratings widget on the Main page.

This widget shows the most recent ratings known to CrossWatch.

Recent Scrobble widget

Show or hide the Recent Scrobble widget on the Main page.

This widget shows successful scrobble and watched activity with artwork, media details, and provider route icons.

This is separate from Recent Activity.

Hiding this widget does not hide the text-based Recent Activity list.

Playing card

Show or hide the footer Now Playing card.

This does not disable Watcher or playback tracking.

Recent activity

Show or hide the text-based Recent Activity list on the main dashboard.

Hiding it does not stop local activity logging.

Recent activity display

Choose how much Recent Activity the main dashboard shows.

Options:

• Last 3 items
• Last 4 items
• Last 5 items
• Last 24 hours, max 5
• Last 48 hours, max 5
• Last 72 hours, max 5

Default:

• Last 3 items

Guide: Recent Activity

Dashboard widget defaults

All four media widgets are shown by default unless you disable them.

Changes apply after you click Save.

CrossWatch does not need a restart.

These controls map to:

• ui.show_watchlist_preview
• ui.show_recent_history_widget
• ui.show_latest_ratings_widget
• ui.show_recent_scrobble_widget

Guide: Dashboard widgets

Recent syncs display

Choose how many recent sync items the dashboard shows.

Desktop Quick Add

Show or hide the desktop Quick Add entry in the UI.

Mobile Quick Add

Show or hide the mobile Quick Add entry in the UI.

Theme

Theme settings for the CrossWatch web interface.

Theme

Choose the theme for the full web interface.

Theme changes affect presentation only.

They do not change sync settings or provider behavior.

Options:

• Flat dark — default theme with dark backgrounds, flat panels, reduced effects, and clear contrast
• Flat light — light version of the flat theme with light backgrounds, dark text, and adjusted borders and status colors
• Original — restores the classic CrossWatch look and removes the flat-theme styling layer

To change the theme:

1. Open Settings.
2. Open UI settings → User interface.
3. Locate Theme.
4. Choose Flat dark, Flat light, or Original.
5. Click Save.

The selected theme applies immediately.

No page reload or CrossWatch restart is required.

CrossWatch also stores the current selection in the browser.

This keeps the same theme active when you open the page again.

Clicking Save writes the value to ui.theme in the CrossWatch configuration.

On startup, CrossWatch applies the stored theme before the main UI finishes loading.

This reduces visible theme switching while the page opens.

Missing or unsupported values fall back to Flat dark.

Protocol

Protocol and TLS settings for serving the CrossWatch web UI.

UI protocol

Choose how CrossWatch serves the web app.

• HTTP — best when a reverse proxy already handles HTTPS
• HTTPS (self-signed) — CrossWatch serves HTTPS directly with its own certificate

If you switch between HTTP and HTTPS, update any webhook or callback URL that points to CrossWatch.

TLS controls

Use Advanced next to the protocol setting for certificate controls.

That includes:

• self-signed vs custom certificate mode
• hostname and SAN values
• cert and key file paths
• certificate download and regeneration
• path validation and TLS status

Restart CrossWatch after changing protocol, certificate mode, hostname, SANs, or cert paths.

Use HTTPS/TLS for the full TLS guide, including certificate trust, reverse proxy setup, and troubleshooting.

Related topics

• Main dashboard
• Navigation
• Dashboard widgets
• Recent Activity
• Quick Add
• HTTPS/TLS