Every Scrivener Preference in Scrivener > Preferences listed sort of alphabetically with the Category each is in. If you are searching for a setting but can’t quite remember where it lives, try searching on this list.
| Preference | Section |
| Allow drop ons Index cards | Corkboard |
| Allow two lines in title areas | Corkboard |
| Always crate new items as siblings | Navigation |
| Always show ynopsis rather than image by default in inspector | Corkboard |
| Arrange cards from right to left | Corkboard |
| Auto save after <x> seconds of inactivity | General |
| Automatically check for updates <when?> | General |
| Automatically detect web addresses | Corrections |
| Automatically detect web addresses and Scrivener links | Corrections |
| Automatically name untitled text documents upon saving | General |
| Back up on project close | Backup |
| Back up on project open | Backup |
| Back up with each manual save | Backup |
| Background colour | Compose |
| Backup location | Backup |
| Bibliogaphy Manager | General |
| Binder Fonts | Appearance |
| Binder selection affects other editor when focussed editor is locked | Navigation |
| Binder shows subdocument counts | Appearance |
| Binder Uses source list style | Appearance |
| Blank out other screens | Compose |
| Bring Scrivener to front when using Services | General |
| Capitalise ‘i’ | Corrections |
| Check spelling as you type in new projects | Corrections |
| Check spelling with grammar check | Corrections |
| Collapse auto-expanded outline items after drag and drop | Navigation |
| Compress automatic backups as zip files | Backup |
| Convert brackets to inline notes when syncing plain text files | Import and Export |
| Convert HTML files to … | Import and Export |
| Convert imported WebArchives and web pages to text | Import and Export |
| Corkboard and Outliner Space Key Behaviour | Navigation |
| Corkboard background | Corkboard |
| Corkboard shadows | Corkboard |
| Corrections | Corrections |
| Crate folder to hold imported OPML items | Import and Export |
| Create back-link references when creating Scrivener Links and references | Navigation |
| Custom Page Size | Editor |
| Default text zoom | Editor |
| Disable insertion point blinking | Compose |
| Disable insertion point blinking | Editor |
| Disable smart quote, em-dash and ellipsis substitution in script mode | Corrections |
| Display imags as photographs | Corkboard |
| Do not colour the text of inline annotations | Formatting |
| Double-clicking corkboard background does? | Corkboard |
| Draw lines in index cards | Corkboard |
| Editors – Customisable Colours | Appearance |
| Embolden all titles in outliner when showing synopses | Appearance |
| Embolden document groups | Appearance |
| Embolden folders | Appearance |
| Excape key closes composition screen | Compose |
| Export Microsoft .doc as RTF based .doc files | Import and Export |
| Fade between Composition modes | Compose |
| Fix capitalisation of sentences | Corrections |
| Freeform background | Corkboard |
| Full screen uses secondary screen | Compose |
| Header bar Fonts | Appearance |
| Hide main window in composition mode | Compose |
| Highlight current line | Editor |
| Highlight current line Editing | Compose |
| HTML version export | Import and Export |
| Import OPML notes into … | Import and Export |
| Import supported file types only | Import and Export |
| Imported plain text files use default text formatting | Import and Export |
| Imported plain text files use this font | Import and Export |
| Include folder text when selected from search results | Navigation |
| Include image file names for Nisus Writer in RTF | Import and Export |
| Index card Status stamp opacity | Corkboard |
| Index card theme | Corkboard |
| Index Cards – Customisable Colours | Appearance |
| Index cards Small text Fonts | Corkboard |
| Index cards Status stamp Fonts | Corkboard |
| Index cards text Fonts | Corkboard |
| Index cards title Fonts | Corkboard |
| Inspector comments font | Formatting |
| Italicize document groups | Appearance |
| Italicize folders | Appearance |
| Main Text Style | Formatting |
| MultiMarkdown SmartyPants language | Import and Export |
| Notepad Lines In document notes | Appearance |
| Notepad Lines In project notes | Appearance |
| Notepad Lines Keep text on lines in index cards and notes | Appearance |
| Notes background colour | Compose |
| Notes font | Formatting |
| Notes location | General |
| Only keep x most recent backups | Backup |
| Only sugest completions from custom auto-complete lists | Corrections |
| Open clicked Scrivener Links in | Navigation |
| Open newly created Scrivener Links in | Navigation |
| Open references in | Navigation |
| Option-dragging creates duplicates | Navigation |
| Outliner Has horizontal grid lines | Appearance |
| Outliner Has vertical grid lines | Appearance |
| Outliner title Fonts | Appearance |
| Outliner Users alternating row colours | Appearance |
| Paper Colour | Compose |
| Paper Margins | Compose |
| Photographs title Fonts | Corkboard |
| Position index card pins | Corkboard |
| Printed Page Size uses | Editor |
| QuickReference – Customisable Colours | Appearance |
| QuickReference panels use black translucent “HUD” style | Appearance |
| Reopen projects that were open on quit | General |
| Reopen QuickReference panels when opening projects | General |
| Replace double hypens with em-dashes | Corrections |
| Replace triple periods with ellipses | Corrections |
| Resolution for PDF images converted to PNG | Import and Export |
| Return key Creates new item in list, outline and corkboard views | Navigation |
| Return key Ends editing synopsis in corkboard and outliner | Navigation |
| Revision Colours – Customisable Colours | Appearance |
| Rewind media when paused | Navigation |
| RTF import comments as inline annotations | Import and Export |
| RTF import footnotes and endnotes as inline footnotes | Import and Export |
| Ruler units | Editor |
| Scratch pad Hot Key | General |
| Scrivening Titles colour | Compose |
| Scrivenings title font | Formatting |
| Scroller type | Compose |
| Separate scrivenings with single line breaks | Formatting |
| Separators | General |
| Set Opacity of label colours when used in backgrounds | Appearance |
| Show folder text when selected from search results | Navigation |
| Show Growl notifications when saving | Compose |
| Show start panel when there are no projects open | General |
| Show title prompt when using clipping Services | General |
| Smart copy/paste | Editor |
| Smooth text and line art in PDF documents | Appearance |
| Snapshots – Customisable Colours | Appearance |
| Suggest completions as you type | Corrections |
| Suggest completions as you type in script mode only | Corrections |
| Superscript ordinals (1st, 2nd etc) | Corrections |
| Symbol and text substitution | Corrections |
| Synopsis background colour | Compose |
| Synopsis Fonts | Appearance |
| Target Progress Bars – Customisable Colours | Appearance |
| Target progress bars use smooth transition between colours | Appearance |
| Text Color | Compose |
| Treat all documents with subdocuments as folders | Navigation |
| Turn on automatic backup | Backup |
| Typewriter scroll line position | Editor |
| Typing clears search highlights | Editor |
| Underline links | Formatting |
| Use block insertion point size | Compose |
| Use current composition settings for new projects | Compose |
| Use date in backup file names | Backup |
| Use different footnotes font | Formatting |
| Use fine kerning | Editor |
| Use hyphenation | Editor |
| Use smart quotes | Corrections |
| Views – Customisable Colours | Appearance |
| Warnings | General |
| Wrap to Editor Mode Default width | Editor |
| Wrap to editor Mode Margins | Editor |
| Wrap to Page Mode Center pages | Editor |
| Wrap to Page Mode Draw shadow around pages | Editor |
| Wrap to Page Mode Show margin guides | Editor |
| Wrap to Page Mode Show page view in new projects | Editor |
| Wrap to Page Mode Use facing pages in new projects | Editor |
| Writing direction | Formatting |