Settings

Press F1 from the main window to open Help/About and Settings.

Help and About window

Settings window

Appearance

Minimised Colour

Changes the minimized window background color.

Text Colour

Changes the minimized window text color.

Time display

Show time in main form

Shows elapsed time beside each task in the main list.

Show time when minimised

Shows elapsed time on the minimized label.

Show tooltips

Turns the in-app help tooltips on or off.

Startup and focus

Start TinyTracker when Windows starts

Adds TinyTracker to your Windows startup list.

Global Hotkey to gain focus

Lets you bring TinyTracker to the front from anywhere in Windows.

Examples:

  • Win+A
  • Ctrl+F8
  • Alt+Shift+Q

After changing this setting, restart TinyTracker.

File and path settings

Path

Sets the parent folder for TinyTracker data.

TinyTracker always creates and uses a TinyTracker subfolder inside that location.

Default path location

Shows the Windows local app-data location TinyTracker uses when Path is blank.

Max minutes before creating new line in output file

Sets how long TinyTracker keeps extending the current CSV row before it starts a new row for the same task.

  • 15 is the default.
  • -1 removes the limit.

Summary settings

Summary - Last X days

Sets the default value used by the Last box in Summary.

Working minutes per day

Used by Summary and Summary Calculator when they show remaining time.

Lunch break minutes per day

Used by Summary when it calculates daily time left or time over.

Summary Calculator settings

Summary calculator - add task minutes

Controls how much time the + button adds in each group calculator.

Summary calculator - rounding minutes

Controls the Round and Round All buttons.

  • Positive numbers round up.
  • Negative numbers round down.

Summary calculator rows

Sets the starting number of calculator rows.

Summary calculator columns

Sets the starting number of calculator columns.

Summary calculator copy mode

Controls whether copied totals use:

  • decimal hours
  • HH:MM

Updates and custom functions

Check for updates

Checks whether a newer version of TinyTracker is available.

Custom functions available

Shows any optional F2 to F12 actions that have been configured for your installation.