Prompt style

When Choosy prompts you to select a browser (based on your rules settings) there are two different prompt styles available.

In both prompt styles the opacity of the icon indicates whether or not the browser is running: If the icon is solid that indicates that the browser is running, if it is semi-transparent the browser is not running.

Display browser icons in a row

The row prompt displays the icons for the browsers in a row. The icons are displayed in the same order as your browsers list. The first icon will appear directly under the mouse pointer, so selecting your favourite browser is just a single click without moving the mouse at all. The further down your browser list a browser is, the further you have to move the mouse to click on it.

Display browser icons in a circle

The circle prompt appears with the centre of the circle directly under the mouse pointer. The main benefit of this style is that you have to move the mouse the same distance to get to each browser. The one exception to this is the browser at the top of your browser list, the button for this browser extends into the centre of the circle so you can select this browser without moving the mouse.

Text in the prompt

There are two options for the amount of text information that can be displayed in the prompt:

• Display the URL in the prompt
• Display browser names in the prompt

If the “display the URL in the prompt” is switched on and the URL is too long to be displayed in the prompt, moving the mouse over the URL will cause it to expand and show the complete text:

The screenshots below show the two different prompt styles with all the text options switched off:

Icon size

The icon size slider allows you to change the size of the icons in the prompts.