# Colors and sounds

Note: Most of these options require that you restart DC++. (Fonts, colors and icons are loaded at startup only. Window settings are loaded when opening a new window.)

## Colors

You can preview the background color and text style before applying them.

Select window color
  This setting determines the background color of the windows in DC++.
Select text style
  This setting determines the color and font used in many DC++ windows.
Uploads
  This will set the coloring for the upload progress bars (default: RGB(205, 60, 55)).
Downloads
  This will set the coloring for the download progress bars (default: RGB(55, 170, 85)).

## Sounds

Every time a main chat message is received
  When set, the system's "Default Beep" sound will play when a main chat message is received.
Every time a private message is received
  When set, the system's "Default Beep" sound will play when a private message is received.
When a private message window is opened
  When set, the system's "Default Beep" sound will play when a private message window is opened.
Notification sound
  Instead of the system's beep sound, you can select a different beep or tune for all above options. To assign a custom sound to one of them select the option in the list and click Browse. You can add only Wave (embedded) sound files (typically with .wav extension).