Display Tab - Environment Options

Configure visual and display settings for the SwissSys interface. Access via Options → Environment… → Display tab.

As of v11.78, rating calculation settings (K-value, post-event formulas) were moved to the Registration & Editing tab.

Section panels

Controls whether section panels appear at the top of the main window. Useful for quickly navigating between sections in multi-section tournaments.

Option	Default	Description
Section panels	On	Show/hide the section navigation panels
Show board ranges	Off	Display board number ranges in each section panel
Show round status	Off	Display round number and completion status in each section panel

When to disable Section panels: Single-section tournaments where the extra panel is not needed.

Show board ranges is an opt-in feature useful in team or scholastic events where many sections run simultaneously and you need to quickly identify which boards belong to each section.

Forced name format

Controls automatic formatting applied to all player names as they are entered.

Default: None

Option	Example	Notes
None	As entered	No automatic formatting (default)
Initial uppercase	Smith, John	Proper case
All uppercase (USCF)	SMITH, JOHN	Full caps
Last name uppercase	SMITH, John	Last name only capitalized

When to set: Before registering any players. The format applies automatically to new entries; existing names are not changed.

To reformat already-registered players: Use Players → Set uniform name format.

Initial uppercase does its best with hyphenated and complex names (e.g., “Thad McSuits III”), but you may need to correct an occasional edge case manually.

Key codes

Customize the single-character symbols SwissSys uses for game results and player colors. Useful when running tournaments in languages where L/D/W/B/W are not standard.

Code	Default	Meaning
Loss	L	Game result – loss
Draw	D	Game result – draw
Win	W	Game result – win
Black	B	Player color – black
White	W	Player color – white

Each code is a single character. Changes take effect for all displays after clicking OK.

Win and White share the default code “W” but apply in different columns — “W” in the result column means a win, while “W” in the color column means white.

Screen styles

Sets the visual theme (skin) for the SwissSys window. All Windows VCL themes installed on your system are available (e.g., “Amethyst Kamri,” “Windows,” “Carbon”).

Default: Amethyst Kamri

Theme changes apply immediately when you click OK. Save your tournament file before switching themes.

Maximized screen height adjustment

Fine-tunes the maximum window height when SwissSys is maximized. Use this if the status bar is cut off or the window overlaps the taskbar.

Default: 0 (no adjustment). Range: -50 to +50 pixels (in steps of 2).

Symptom	Adjustment
Status bar hidden by taskbar	Increase (positive value)
Window extends over taskbar	Decrease (negative value)

Start with small adjustments (±2 to 4 pixels) and test by maximizing the window.

Fees field labels

Customize the labels for the three fees columns in the registration form.

Defaults: Fees&1, Fees&2, Fees&3

The & character underlines the next letter, creating an Alt+key shortcut (e.g., Fees&1 → Alt+1).

Common customizations: USCF $, State$ , Event $, Club$

Set these before registration begins so staff see descriptive column headers.

Age/Grade label

Controls whether the column header reads “Age” or “Grd” (Grade).

Default: Age

This only changes the column header label. To show or hide the Age/Grade column itself, use Format Options (right-click on Wall Chart or Standings → Format Options → Wall Chart tab or Standings tab).

Registration & Editing – Player registration settings and post-event rating options
Files & Databases – File operations and settings linking
Format Options – Wall chart and standings display configuration
Environment Options – Overview of all environment settings tabs