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5.0 menu bar updates

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@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ The menu bar located at the top of the 86Box window provides controls for the em
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* **Auto-pause on focus loss:** automatically pause emulation while the 86Box window is not focused.
* **Keyboard requires capture:** require the mouse to be captured for keypresses to be forwarded to the emulated machine. Enabling this option allows the use of keyboard combinations (such as Alt+Tab) on the host system while the 86Box window is focused.
* **Right CTRL is left ALT:** let the right Ctrl key act as a left Alt key, to simulate some special keyboards where the Alt key is located on the right side of the space bar.
* **Update mouse every CPU frame:** force the emulated mouse to send movements as fast as possible, ignoring any polling rate set by the emulated operating system.
* **Auto-pause on focus loss:** automatically pause emulation while the 86Box window is not focused.
* **Pause:** pause emulation of the machine. Uncheck this option to resume emulation. You can alternatively press *Ctrl+Alt+F1* (:ref:`customizable <settings/input:Key bindings>`) to pause or resume emulation.
* **Hard Reset:** force a reset of the emulated machine. Requires confirmation, which can be disabled by checking the *Don't show this message again* box. You can alternatively press *Ctrl+Alt+F12* (:ref:`customizable <settings/input:Key bindings>`) to hard reset.
* **Ctrl+Alt+Del:** send a *Ctrl+Alt+Del* key combination to the emulated machine. You can alternatively press *Ctrl+F12* (:ref:`customizable <settings/input:Key bindings>`) to send that combination.
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* **4:3 integer scale:** stretch the emulated display to a 4:3 aspect ratio, then scale it to the largest integer scale factor to fit the host display.
* **Apply fullscreen stretch mode when maximized:** apply the picture mode selected above in windowed mode if *Resizeable window* is enabled and the window is maximized.
* **CGA composite settings:** adjust the picture's hue, saturation, brightness, contrast and sharpness. Only available when emulating a composite CGA monitor.
* **EGA/(S)VGA settings:** contains display settings specific to EGA, VGA and Super VGA video hardware.
* **Inverted VGA monitor:** emulate a VGA monitor with inverted colors.
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* **Language:** select a language for the 86Box user interface.
* **Mouse sensitivity:** adjust the emulated mouse's tracking sensitivity.
* **Select media images from program working directory:** if checked, starts any file open/save prompts on the emulated machine's directory. This option is particularly useful for macOS users.
* **Inhibit multimedia keys:** if checked, multimedia keys such as **Volume Up/Down** will not be passed through to the emulated machine. This option is only available on Windows.
* **Inhibit multimedia keys:** if checked, multimedia keys such as **Volume Up/Down** will not be passed through to the emulated machine.
* **Ask for confirmation before saving settings / quitting / hard resetting:** enable confirmation messages for certain actions. These options can reenable confirmations after they have been disabled through the *Don't show this message again* box.
.. note:: The *Preferences* window options are **saved system-wide** and apply to all machines on all copies of 86Box 5.0 and newer. Any changes made with previous versions (saved per-machine) have been reset.
* **MCA devices**: open the *MCA devices* window, which lists the IDs and required `Adapter Definition Files <https://ardent-tool.com/adapters/ADF.html>`_ of all Micro Channel devices installed on the emulated machine. This option will only be available when emulating a Micro Channel Architecture-based machine.
* **Open printer tray**: open the host system's file browser on the directory where documents printed by :ref:`emulated printers <settings/ports:LPT1-4 Device>` are saved.
* **Open screenshots folder**: open the host system's file browser on the directory where screenshots of this emulated machine are saved.