The customisation field contains custom setup data that overwrites or extends all other settings. The format is like KEY=VALUE and each entry is separated by a ;
Following will set custom colors to the background and foreground: col_bg=ff0000;col_fg=00ff00
If you change a color setting, be aware that not all devices do support all colors. Only AMOLED devices do support 16 bit colors, other devices mostly only support 64 colors.
To find out which colors your device supports please do following:
| Type | Name | Key | Values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLORS | ||||
| COLOR | Color Background | col_bg | Any valid hex value from 000000 to FFFFFF | Set a custom color as background color - this will overwrite the color defined in the normal settings |
| COLOR | Color Foreground | col_fg | Any valid hex value from 000000 to FFFFFF | Set a custom color as foreground color - this will overwrite the color defined in the normal settings |
| COLOR | Color Accent | col_ac | Any valid hex value from 000000 to FFFFFF | Set a custom color as accent color - this will overwrite the color defined in the normal settings |
| COLOR | Tinting | tint | c (circle lines) or s (circle separators) | By default, the circle separators are tinted in accent color and the circle lines are not tinted in accent color. If this key's value contains a c, the circle lines tinting mode will be toggled, if the key's value contains a s the circle separators tinting mode will be toggled. |
| ICONS | ||||
| ICONS | Hide Icons | hid_ico | r (ring), c (content), b (bluetooth state) or d (DND state) or any combination of those letters | If this key's value contains a r, ring icons will be hidden, if the key's value contains a c, content icons will be hidden, if the key's value contains a b, the blootooth state icon will be hidden and if the key's value contains a d, the DND state icon will be hidden |
| ICONS | Invert Wind Icons | inv_wind | 0 (= disabled), 1 (= enabled) | Defines if wind direction icons show the direction the wind is coming from or the inverted direction which means the direction the wind is blowing to - if not set, inversion is disabled |
| STYLES | ||||
| STYLE | Circle Progress Style | stl_c | 0 (= disabled), 1 (= line) or 2 (= line steps) | Set a custom style for the progress representation for cirlce fields - if not set, line style will be used |
| STYLE | Line Graph Style | stl_l | 0 (= line style) or 1 (= filled line style) | Set a custom style for the line graph - if not set the line style will be used |
| STYLE | Bar Graph Style | stl_b | 0 (= bar outline style) or 1 (= bar filled style) | Set a custom style for the line graph - if not set the bar outline style will be used |
| STYLE | Hide Heart Rate Style | hid_hr | l (level) or c (color) or lc (both) | If this key's value contains a l, the heart rate will hide the heart rate level (none or level 1 to 5), if the key's value contains a c the heart rate will not be colored according to the heart rate level (1 = gray, 2 = blue, 3 = green, 4 = orange, 5 = red) |
| CIRCLE and LINES | ||||
| LINES | Hide Circle Lines | hid_cl | 1 or 0 | If this key's value is set to 1, the circle lines will be hidden, otherwise they will be drawn - if not set, they will be drawn as well |
| LINES | Hide Graph Lines | hid_gl | 1 or 0 | If this key's value is set to 1, the graph box lines will be hidden, otherwise they will be drawn - if not set, they will be drawn as well |
| LINES | Hide Circle Separators | hid_sl | 1 or 0 | If this key's value is set to 1, the separators in the circle will be hidden, otherwise they will be drawn - if not set, they will be drawn as well |
| CIRCLE | Hide Circle Units | hid_cu | 1 or 0 | If this key's value is set to 1, the units inside the circle fields will be hidden, otherwise they will be drawn - if not set, they will be drawn as well |
| FORMATS | ||||
| FORMAT | GPS Format | gps | 0 (= lat/long) or 1 (= MGRS) | Set a custom gps position format - if not set, the common lat/long system is used |
| FORMAT | Screen Saver Date Format | ssdf | 0 (= YYYY-MM-DD) or 1 (= DD-MM-YYYY) | Set a custom date format for the screensaver - if not set, the YYYY-MM-DD format is used |
| FORMAT | Short Units | su | 0 (= disabled) or 1 (= enabled) | If this key's value is set to 1, long units will be shortened (like e.g. "mins" to "m") to save space on small devices. |
| OTHERS | ||||
| OPTIMISATION | Circle Field Update Optimisation | opt | 0 (= disabled) or 1 (= enabled) | If enabled, only one circle field is updated every second. This has the advantage, that you see a remarkable smaller delay when starting an activity. If this field is not set, optimisation is enabled. |
I try to add all “common” settings as normal settings. But garmin devices do have very limited memory and by reducing the number of normal settings and using this technique for rare/advanced features I can on the one side offer more customisation options and on the other side keep the watchfaces memory usage below the garmin limits.
If you need help with this settings, please just try them once. If you can’t figure out how they work don’t hesitate to contact me and I’ll help you.