These settings are provided for users coming from Spark 1, who would prefer the least number of changes.
Enabling any of these options will cause Spark to differ from its documentation.
Spark 2 has light and dark modes.
Set this option to go back to the old colours.
Spark 2 uses scalable fonts to draw sharp text on high-DPI displays with arbitrary scaling.
Spark 1 used hand drawn fonts that can look better on low resolution displays.
Set this option to use the original Spark 1 fonts on non-high-DPI monitors and on monitors with 200% scaling. i.e. older monitors or most MacOS retina monitors.
If the old font can't be drawn at the monitor's scale, Spark 2 will use the system's Tahoma font.
Spark 2 changed some keyboard shortcuts to be more uniform and to make room for shortcuts related to trading.
Set this option to go back to the old shortcuts.
Note that new features will therefore not be available through keyboard shortcuts.
Spark 2 has narrower gaps between the tools to show more information.
Spark 2 has narrower gaps between the desktops in the minibar to show more information.
Spark 2 shows the code in a bold font so decrease distraction.
Set this option to go back to the old way of highlighting the whole row.
Spark 2 highlights the current row as you move your mouse to help read off columns on wide displays.
Spark 2 shows buy/sell ratios in smartlists, in the trades section of depth, and in the trades tool when grouping.
Set this option to go back to showing the movements of the last 20 trades.
Remove the menubar.
This requires that the window have a normal operating system titlebar.
Spark 2 shows the auction bar behind the orders and slightly wider, along with a faded out bar extending to the top of the chart so you can see the auction price quickly.
Set this option to go back to a transparent auction bar in front of the orders.
Spark 2 allows you to save configs for all tools.
Set this option to remove the menu and save space.
Spark 2 adds alert menus to more tools to make them quickly accessible.
Set this option to remove the menu and save space.
Spark 2 lets you show quotes for the stocks in the speedlist and to expand the speedlist to the height of the window.
Set this option to only show the 3x3 grid of stock codes.
Set this option to remove all chart drawing menus and functionality.
Spark 2 adds the option to show tool settings in one place, which avoids the problem with tool windows that are tool small to show settings.
Set this option allow settings to be shown in the tool windows.