Tachiyomi

# Reader settings

This section relates to the reading experience in the app and navigating the reader.

# Default reading mode Right to left

This setting sets the reader's default direction when you open a manga.

Left to right

  • Swipe left for next page. Swipe right for previous page.

Right to left

  • Swipe right for next page. Swipe left for previous page. Default way of reading Manga.

Vertical

  • Swipe up for next page. Swipe down for previous.

Webtoon

  • Webtoon is like vertical but stitches all the images together into one stream.

Continuous vertical

  • Similar to webtoon but with a little space between pages.

You can change viewer for different series by going to the series, opening a chapter, tapping the middle of the screen, pressing the gear icon, and selecting a different viewer in Viewer for this series.

# Double tap animation speed Normal

Double tap animation speed changes the speed in which the zoom happens when double tapping.

# Show reading mode On

Briefly show current mode when reader is opened

# 32-bit color Off

This setting decodes images in ARGB888 format to allow the reader to display more colors.

This setting will only show up on devices running Android 8.0 or higher.

# Animate page transitions On

This setting applies a smooth transition when tapping to change page.

# Rotation Free

This allows you to control how the screen is going to be oriented.

  • Free lets you rotate the screen between portrait and landscape.
  • Lock will lock the orientation to whatever orientation you had before entering the reader.
  • Force Portrait forces the reader to be in portrait.
  • Force Landscape forces the reader to be in landscape.

# Background color Black

This allows you to control what color the background should be in reader. Background color can either be Black, Gray or White.

# Fullscreen On

This setting specifies if the notification and navigation bar are to be hidden while in the reader.

# Show content in cutout area On

Lets reader use all screen space even that around punch hole camera and camera notch

# Keep screen on On

This setting determines if the device should be allowed to go to sleep while reading a manga.

# Show page number On

This settings shows the page number at the bottom of the page in current page/total page format.

# Skip chapters marked read Off

This setting allows the chapters marked as read to be skipped during reading. This setting can be useful if a series has multiple scanlation groups and you want to hide one's chapters during reading.

# Skip filtered chapters On

This setting allows filtered chapters to be skipped during reading.

# Always show chapter transition On

Chapter transition is the area between chapters that shows the names of current and next chapters. When this option is disabled, the reader will hide this area only if the next chapter is loaded.

This changes how tapping behaves

# Invert Tapping None

Inverts the tapping position depending on which setting you choose.

None

  • Tapping left goes to the next page, and tapping right goes to the previous page
  • Tapping bottom goes to the next page, and tapping top goes to the previous page

Horizontal

  • Tapping left goes to the previous page, and tapping right goes to the next page

Vertical

  • Tapping bottom goes to the previous page, and tapping top goes to the next page

Both

  • Applies the two previous mentioned settings

This setting can only be used when Tapping is enabled.

# Scale type Fit screen

Scale type lets you choose how the page fits in your screen.

# Examples

All examples are illustrations and may not reflect what actually happens.

You can change scale type when reading a chapter. Tap the middle of the screen, press the gear icon at the top, select a different scale type under Scale type. This will change Scale type for all series.

# Zoom start position Automatic

Depending on your scale type the page can be wider than the screen, and with zoom start position you can choose where Tachiyomi will start on that zoomed in page.

# Examples

All examples are illustrations

# Crop borders Off

Tries to remove excess white borders

# Side padding Webtoon None

Adds a percentage side padding to the sides of the page

# Tapping On

This setting enables switching pages by tapping the sides of the screen.

# Long tap dialog On

If enabled, you can long tap on the screen to get the options to set the current page as cover, share it, or save it.

# Volume keys Off

This setting allows you to flip pages using the volume keys, with the volume up button going to the previous page, and volume down going to next page.

# Invert volume keys Off

Reverses the Volume keys function of volume up going to the next page and volume down going to the last page.

This setting can only be used when Volume keys setting is enabled.

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