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jubnl 59c2624fa9 docs(wiki): explain the three currencies and how they relate
Trip currency, expense currency and display currency answer three different
questions, and nothing said so: the trip currency wasn't documented at all (it
had no picker until now), and Budget-Tracking conflated the other two while
still claiming 47 currencies and a display currency that always came from
Settings.

Add a Currencies page as the one place they're defined together — the trip
currency as the accounting base, the expense currency as the receipt with its
rate frozen at entry, the display currency as presentation-only — plus what
happens when a trip's currency changes, which currency a public share renders
in, and what belongs to the Costs addon versus the trip itself.

Rewrite Budget-Tracking's currency section against it, document the currency
field in Creating-a-Trip and the display currency in Display-Settings (which
never mentioned it), and note the sharer-or-trip fallback in Public-Share-Links.
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# Display Settings
The Display tab (Settings → Display) controls the visual appearance and locale preferences of the app. All changes save immediately to your account and persist across devices.
<!-- TODO: screenshot: appearance settings panel -->
![Display Settings](assets/UsrSettings.png)
## Color mode
Choose between three options:
| Option | Behaviour |
|--------|-----------|
| Light | Always uses the light theme |
| Dark | Always uses the dark theme |
| Auto | Follows your operating system / browser preference |
## Currency
Your **display currency** — the currency you want to *read* amounts in on the Costs tab (totals, the category chart, balances, settle-up). It is presentation only: it never changes what is stored, and two members of the same trip can read it in different currencies and both see correct balances.
| Option | Behaviour |
|--------|-----------|
| **Trip currency** (default) | Each trip is shown in **its own** currency — a Tokyo trip in yen, a Moscow trip in roubles. |
| A specific currency (e.g. `USD`) | **Every** trip is converted into that currency for you, whatever its own currency is. |
165 currencies are available. Conversion uses live rates, so a converted total can shift slightly from day to day while the trip's actual balances stay fixed.
> This is **not** the trip's currency, which is set on the trip itself and is the base its balances are calculated in. The distinction matters — see [Currencies](Currencies).
An administrator can set the instance-wide default for new users in Admin → Default User Settings. Choosing **Trip currency** yourself overrides it.
## Language
Select your preferred language from the button grid (desktop) or dropdown (mobile). The change takes effect immediately without a page reload. See [Languages](Languages) for the full list of supported languages.
## Temperature unit
Affects the weather widget on trip days.
| Option | Display |
|--------|---------|
| °C Celsius | Metric |
| °F Fahrenheit | Imperial |
## Time format
Affects all time displays throughout the app.
| Option | Example |
|--------|---------|
| 24h | 14:30 |
| 12h | 2:30 PM |
## Route calculation
Toggles automatic route calculation between places on the trip map. Set to **On** or **Off**.
## Booking route labels
Shows or hides labels on booking-related route segments on the map. Set to **On** or **Off**.
## Blur booking codes
When enabled, confirmation codes and reference numbers are blurred until you hover or tap. Set to **On** or **Off**.
## See also
- [Currencies](Currencies)
- [Languages](Languages)
- [User-Settings](User-Settings)