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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>5.10. User Preferences</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../style.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><meta name="keywords" content="Bugzilla, Guide, installation, FAQ, administration, integration, MySQL, Mozilla, webtools"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The Bugzilla Guide - 4.4.12 Release"><link rel="up" href="using.html" title="Chapter 5. Using Bugzilla"><link rel="prev" href="timetracking.html" title="5.9. Time Tracking Information"><link rel="next" href="reporting.html" title="5.11. Reports and Charts"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">5.10. User Preferences</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="timetracking.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 5. Using Bugzilla</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="reporting.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="userpreferences"></a>5.10. User Preferences</h2></div></div></div><p>
Once logged in, you can customize various aspects of
Bugzilla via the "Preferences" link in the page footer.
The preferences are split into five tabs:</p><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="generalpreferences"></a>5.10.1. General Preferences</h3></div></div></div><p>
This tab allows you to change several default settings of Bugzilla.
</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist compact" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>
Bugzilla's general appearance (skin) - select which skin to use.
Bugzilla supports adding custom skins.
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
Quote the associated comment when you click on its reply link - sets
the behavior of the comment "Reply" link. Options include quoting the
full comment, just reference the comment number, or turn the link off.
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
Language used in email - select which language email will be sent in,
from the list of available languages.
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
After changing a bug - This controls what page is displayed after
changes to a bug are submitted. The options include to show the bug
just modified, to show the next bug in your list, or to do nothing.
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
Zoom textareas large when in use (requires JavaScript) - enable or
disable the automatic expanding of text areas when text is being
entered into them.
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
Field separator character for CSV files -
Select between a comma and semi-colon for exported CSV bug lists.
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
Automatically add me to the CC list of bugs I change - set default
behavior of CC list. Options include "Always", "Never", and "Only
if I have no role on them".
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
When viewing a bug, show comments in this order -
controls the order of comments. Options include "Oldest
to Newest", "Newest to Oldest" and "Newest to Oldest, but keep the
bug description at the top".
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
Show a quip at the top of each bug list - controls
whether a quip will be shown on the Bug list page.
</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="emailpreferences"></a>5.10.2. Email Preferences</h3></div></div></div><p>
This tab allows you to enable or disable email notification on
specific events.
</p><p>
In general, users have almost complete control over how much (or
how little) email Bugzilla sends them. If you want to receive the
maximum amount of email possible, click the <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">Enable All
Mail</span>”</span> button. If you don't want to receive any email from
Bugzilla at all, click the <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">Disable All Mail</span>”</span> button.
</p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em"><table border="0" summary="Note"><tr><td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="../images/note.gif"></td><th align="left"></th></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>
A Bugzilla administrator can stop a user from receiving
bugmail by clicking the <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">Bugmail Disabled</span>”</span> checkbox
when editing the user account. This is a drastic step
best taken only for disabled accounts, as it overrides
the user's individual mail preferences.
</p></td></tr></table></div><p>
There are two global options -- <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">Email me when someone
asks me to set a flag</span>”</span> and <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">Email me when someone
sets a flag I asked for</span>”</span>. These define how you want to
receive bugmail with regards to flags. Their use is quite
straightforward; enable the checkboxes if you want Bugzilla to
send you mail under either of the above conditions.
</p><p>
If you'd like to set your bugmail to something besides
'Completely ON' and 'Completely OFF', the
<span class="quote">“<span class="quote">Field/recipient specific options</span>”</span> table
allows you to do just that. The rows of the table
define events that can happen to a bug -- things like
attachments being added, new comments being made, the
priority changing, etc. The columns in the table define
your relationship with the bug:
</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist compact" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>
Reporter - Where you are the person who initially
reported the bug. Your name/account appears in the
<span class="quote">“<span class="quote">Reporter:</span>”</span> field.
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
Assignee - Where you are the person who has been
designated as the one responsible for the bug. Your
name/account appears in the <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">Assigned To:</span>”</span>
field of the bug.
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
QA Contact - You are one of the designated
QA Contacts for the bug. Your account appears in the
<span class="quote">“<span class="quote">QA Contact:</span>”</span> text-box of the bug.
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
CC - You are on the list CC List for the bug.
Your account appears in the <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">CC:</span>”</span> text box
of the bug.
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
Voter - You have placed one or more votes for the bug.
Your account appears only if someone clicks on the
<span class="quote">“<span class="quote">Show votes for this bug</span>”</span> link on the bug.
</p></li></ul></div><div class="note" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em"><table border="0" summary="Note"><tr><td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="../images/note.gif"></td><th align="left"></th></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>
Some columns may not be visible for your installation, depending
on your site's configuration.
</p></td></tr></table></div><p>
To fine-tune your bugmail, decide the events for which you want
to receive bugmail; then decide if you want to receive it all
the time (enable the checkbox for every column), or only when
you have a certain relationship with a bug (enable the checkbox
only for those columns). For example: if you didn't want to
receive mail when someone added themselves to the CC list, you
could uncheck all the boxes in the <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">CC Field Changes</span>”</span>
line. As another example, if you never wanted to receive email
on bugs you reported unless the bug was resolved, you would
un-check all boxes in the <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">Reporter</span>”</span> column
except for the one on the <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">The bug is resolved or
verified</span>”</span> row.
</p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em"><table border="0" summary="Note"><tr><td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="../images/note.gif"></td><th align="left"></th></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>
Bugzilla adds the <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">X-Bugzilla-Reason</span>”</span> header to
all bugmail it sends, describing the recipient's relationship
(AssignedTo, Reporter, QAContact, CC, or Voter) to the bug.
This header can be used to do further client-side filtering.
</p></td></tr></table></div><p>
Bugzilla has a feature called <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">Users Watching</span>”</span>.
When you enter one or more comma-delineated user accounts (usually email
addresses) into the text entry box, you will receive a copy of all the
bugmail those users are sent (security settings permitting).
This powerful functionality enables seamless transitions as developers
change projects or users go on holiday.
</p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em"><table border="0" summary="Note"><tr><td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="../images/note.gif"></td><th align="left"></th></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>
The ability to watch other users may not be available in all
Bugzilla installations. If you don't see this feature, and feel
that you need it, speak to your administrator.
</p></td></tr></table></div><p>
Each user listed in the <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">Users watching you</span>”</span> field
has you listed in their <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">Users to watch</span>”</span> list
and can get bugmail according to your relationship to the bug and
their <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">Field/recipient specific options</span>”</span> setting.
</p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="savedsearches"></a>5.10.3. Saved Searches</h3></div></div></div><p>
On this tab you can view and run any Saved Searches that you have
created, and also any Saved Searches that other members of the group
defined in the "querysharegroup" parameter have shared.
Saved Searches can be added to the page footer from this screen.
If somebody is sharing a Search with a group she or he is allowed to
<a class="link" href="groups.html" title="3.15. Groups and Group Security">assign users to</a>, the sharer may opt to have
the Search show up in the footer of the group's direct members by default.
</p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="accountpreferences"></a>5.10.4. Name and Password</h3></div></div></div><p>On this tab, you can change your basic account information,
including your password, email address and real name. For security
reasons, in order to change anything on this page you must type your
<span class="emphasis"><em>current</em></span> password into the <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">Password</span>”</span>
field at the top of the page.
If you attempt to change your email address, a confirmation
email is sent to both the old and new addresses, with a link to use to
confirm the change. This helps to prevent account hijacking.</p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="permissionsettings"></a>5.10.5. Permissions</h3></div></div></div><p>
This is a purely informative page which outlines your current
permissions on this installation of Bugzilla.
</p><p>
A complete list of permissions is below. Only users with
<span class="emphasis"><em>editusers</em></span> privileges can change the permissions
of other users.
</p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term">
admin
</span></dt><dd><p>
Indicates user is an Administrator.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
bz_canusewhineatothers
</span></dt><dd><p>
Indicates user can configure whine reports for other users.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
bz_canusewhines
</span></dt><dd><p>
Indicates user can configure whine reports for self.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
bz_quip_moderators
</span></dt><dd><p>
Indicates user can moderate quips.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
bz_sudoers
</span></dt><dd><p>
Indicates user can perform actions as other users.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
bz_sudo_protect
</span></dt><dd><p>
Indicates user cannot be impersonated by other users.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
canconfirm
</span></dt><dd><p>
Indicates user can confirm a bug or mark it a duplicate.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
creategroups
</span></dt><dd><p>
Indicates user can create and destroy groups.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
editbugs
</span></dt><dd><p>
Indicates user can edit all bug fields.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
editclassifications
</span></dt><dd><p>
Indicates user can create, destroy, and edit classifications.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
editcomponents
</span></dt><dd><p>
Indicates user can create, destroy, and edit components.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
editkeywords
</span></dt><dd><p>
Indicates user can create, destroy, and edit keywords.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
editusers
</span></dt><dd><p>
Indicates user can edit or disable users.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
tweakparams
</span></dt><dd><p>
Indicates user can change Parameters.
</p></dd></dl></div><div class="note" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em"><table border="0" summary="Note"><tr><td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="../images/note.gif"></td><th align="left"></th></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>
For more information on how permissions work in Bugzilla (i.e. who can
change what), see <a class="xref" href="cust-change-permissions.html" title="6.4. Customizing Who Can Change What">Section 6.4, “Customizing Who Can Change What”</a>.
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