feat(settings): quick wins from the settings audit (#453)

- #456 Copy pass: sentence case for every setting title and section,
  plainer names ("Hide joins and leaves", "Link previews", "Emoji
  style: Twemoji", "Rejoin calls after a restart", "Also use the
  browser's noise suppression", "Push-to-talk key"...) and grammar fixes
  ("when messages arrive", "Play a sound when a new message arrives",
  blocked users "Enter their Matrix ID"). Labels only: no setting is
  renamed in storage.
- #455 One theme control: Theme: System / Light / Dark. System shows the
  light and dark variant pickers, Light or Dark one picker of that kind.
  Replaces the System switch plus a Theme dropdown that was greyed out
  whenever the switch was on. Uses the existing settings (no migration);
  picking a variant also remembers it for System.
- #457 Remove the "Block Messages" stub from Notifications; the GIF
  picker row only appears in builds with a GIF key.
- #458 (part 1) "Export/Import Messages Data" -> "Export/Import
  encryption keys", with a sentence on when you need it.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_017PCb59uY3UKqDqt7B6hzd5

src/app/features/settings/about/About.tsx

@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ export function About({ requestClose }: AboutProps) {
                   gap="400"
                 >
                   <SettingTile
-                    title="Clear Cache & Reload"
+                    title="Clear cache and reload"
                     description="Clear all your locally stored data and reload from server. This also deletes this device's encryption keys — older encrypted messages stay unreadable here unless key backup is set up."
                     after={
                       <Button

src/app/features/settings/account/ContactInfo.tsx

@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ export function ContactInformation() {
 
   return (
     <Box direction="Column" gap="100">
-      <Text size="L400">Contact Information</Text>
+      <Text size="L400">Contact information</Text>
       <SequenceCard
         className={SequenceCardStyle}
         variant="SurfaceVariant"
         direction="Column"
         gap="400"
       >
-        <SettingTile title="Email Address" description="Email address attached to your account.">
+        <SettingTile title="Email address" description="Email address attached to your account.">
           <Box>
             {emailIds?.map((email) => (
               <Chip key={email.address} as="span" variant="Secondary" radii="Pill">

src/app/features/settings/account/IgnoredUserList.tsx

@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ export function IgnoredUserList() {
   return (
     <Box direction="Column" gap="100">
       <Box alignItems="Center" justifyContent="SpaceBetween" gap="200">
-        <Text size="L400">Blocked Users</Text>
+        <Text size="L400">Blocked users</Text>
       </Box>
       <SequenceCard
         className={SequenceCardStyle}
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ export function IgnoredUserList() {
         gap="400"
       >
         <SettingTile
-          title="Select User"
-          description="Prevent receiving messages or invites from user by adding their userId."
+          title="Block someone"
+          description="Stop someone's messages and invites reaching you. Enter their Matrix ID, e.g. @name:server."
         >
           <Box direction="Column" gap="300">
             <IgnoreUserInput userList={ignoredUsers} />

src/app/features/settings/account/OidcManageAccount.tsx

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export function OidcManageAccount() {
 
   return (
     <Box direction="Column" gap="100">
-      <Text size="L400">Account Management</Text>
+      <Text size="L400">Account management</Text>
       <SequenceCard
         className={SequenceCardStyle}
         variant="SurfaceVariant"

src/app/features/settings/developer-tools/DevelopTools.tsx

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export function DeveloperTools({ requestClose }: DeveloperToolsProps) {
                   gap="400"
                 >
                   <SettingTile
-                    title="Enable Developer Tools"
+                    title="Enable developer tools"
                     after={
                       <Switch
                         variant="Primary"
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export function DeveloperTools({ requestClose }: DeveloperToolsProps) {
                     gap="400"
                   >
                     <SettingTile
-                      title="Access Token"
+                      title="Access token"
                       description="Copy access token to clipboard."
                       after={
                         <Button

src/app/features/settings/developer/CryptoDiagnostics.tsx

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export function CryptoDiagnostics() {
 
   return (
     <Box direction="Column" gap="100">
-      <Text size="L400">Crypto Diagnostics</Text>
+      <Text size="L400">Crypto diagnostics</Text>
       <SequenceCard
         className={SequenceCardStyle}
         variant="SurfaceVariant"
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ export function CryptoDiagnostics() {
         gap="400"
       >
         <SettingTile
-          title="Crypto Diagnostics — captures E2EE error signatures this session"
-          description="Ring-buffers up to 200 matched console warnings/errors for the KE-1..KE-4 bug cluster. Local only — no network calls. The downloaded report includes the matched log lines as evidence."
+          title="Crypto diagnostics"
+          description="Captures encryption error signatures from this session. Ring-buffers up to 200 matched console warnings/errors for the KE-1..KE-4 bug cluster. Local only — no network calls. The downloaded report includes the matched log lines as evidence."
           after={
             <Box alignItems="Center" gap="200" shrink="No">
               <Badge variant={count > 0 ? 'Critical' : 'Secondary'} fill="Solid" radii="Pill">

src/app/features/settings/devices/Devices.tsx

@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ export function Devices({ requestClose }: DevicesProps) {
                   gap="400"
                 >
                   <SettingTile
-                    title="Device Verification"
-                    description="To verify device identity and grant access to encrypted messages."
+                    title="Device verification"
+                    description="Verify this device so it can read your encrypted messages and others can trust it."
                     after={
                       <>
                         <EnableVerification visible={!crossSigningActive} />

src/app/features/settings/devices/LocalBackup.tsx

@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ function ExportKeysTile() {
   return (
     <>
       <SettingTile
-        title="Export Messages Data"
-        description="Save password protected copy of encryption data on your device to decrypt messages later."
+        title="Export encryption keys"
+        description="Save a password-protected file of your encryption keys. Useful when moving to a device without key backup, or as an offline copy."
         after={
           <Box>
             <Button
@@ -260,8 +260,8 @@ function ImportKeysTile() {
   return (
     <>
       <SettingTile
-        title="Import Messages Data"
-        description="Load password protected copy of encryption data from device to decrypt your messages."
+        title="Import encryption keys"
+        description="Load a password-protected encryption key file to read older encrypted messages on this device."
         after={
           <Box>
             {file ? (
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ function ImportKeysTile() {
 export function LocalBackup() {
   return (
     <Box direction="Column" gap="100">
-      <Text size="L400">Local Backup</Text>
+      <Text size="L400">Encryption key backup file</Text>
       <SequenceCard
         className={SequenceCardStyle}
         variant="SurfaceVariant"

src/app/features/settings/devices/OtherDevices.tsx

@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ export function OtherDevices({ devices, refreshDeviceList, showVerification }: O
             gap="400"
           >
             <SettingTile
-              title="Device Dashboard"
+              title="Device dashboard"
               description="Manage your devices on OIDC dashboard."
               after={
                 <Button

src/app/features/settings/emojis-stickers/GlobalPacks.tsx

@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ export function GlobalPacks({ onViewPack }: GlobalPacksProps) {
   return (
     <>
       <Box direction="Column" gap="100">
-        <Text size="L400">Favorite Packs</Text>
+        <Text size="L400">Favourite packs</Text>
         <SequenceCard
           className={SequenceCardStyle}
           variant="SurfaceVariant"
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ export function GlobalPacks({ onViewPack }: GlobalPacksProps) {
           gap="400"
         >
           <SettingTile
-            title="Select Pack"
+            title="Add a pack"
             description="Pick emojis and stickers pack from rooms to use in all rooms."
             after={
               <>

src/app/features/settings/emojis-stickers/UserPack.tsx

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export function UserPack({ onViewPack }: UserPackProps) {
 
   return (
     <Box direction="Column" gap="100">
-      <Text size="L400">Default Pack</Text>
+      <Text size="L400">Default pack</Text>
       <SequenceCard
         className={SequenceCardStyle}
         variant="SurfaceVariant"

src/app/features/settings/general/General.tsx

@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ function DesktopChromeSetting() {
   return (
     <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
       <SettingTile
-        title="Custom Window Chrome (Beta)"
+        title="Custom window chrome (beta)"
         description="Replace the system title bar with a Lotus-styled one. Desktop only — reloads to apply."
         after={<Switch variant="Primary" value={customChrome} onChange={handleToggle} />}
       />
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ function KeychainMirrorSetting() {
   }
   return (
     <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
-      <SettingTile title="Login in the system keychain" description={description} />
+      <SettingTile title="Keep your sign-in in the system keychain" description={description} />
     </SequenceCard>
   );
 }
@@ -294,12 +294,18 @@ const ThemeSelector = as<'div', ThemeSelectorProps>(
   ),
 );
 
-function SelectTheme({ disabled }: { disabled?: boolean }) {
-  const themes = useThemes();
+function SelectTheme({ disabled, kind }: { disabled?: boolean; kind?: ThemeKind }) {
+  const allThemes = useThemes();
+  const themes = kind ? allThemes.filter((theme) => theme.kind === kind) : allThemes;
   const themeNames = useThemeNames();
   const [themeId, setThemeId] = useSetting(settingsAtom, 'themeId');
+  const [, setLightThemeId] = useSetting(settingsAtom, 'lightThemeId');
+  const [, setDarkThemeId] = useSetting(settingsAtom, 'darkThemeId');
   const [menuCords, setMenuCords] = useState<RectCords>();
-  const selectedTheme = themes.find((theme) => theme.id === themeId) ?? LightTheme;
+  const selectedTheme =
+    themes.find((theme) => theme.id === themeId) ??
+    themes[0] ??
+    (kind === ThemeKind.Dark ? DarkTheme : LightTheme);
 
   const handleThemeMenu: MouseEventHandler<HTMLButtonElement> = (evt) => {
     setMenuCords(evt.currentTarget.getBoundingClientRect());
@@ -307,6 +313,10 @@ function SelectTheme({ disabled }: { disabled?: boolean }) {
 
   const handleThemeSelect = (theme: Theme) => {
     setThemeId(theme.id);
+    // [Gitea #455] Also remember it as this kind's variant, so switching to
+    // System later keeps the user's pick.
+    if (theme.kind === ThemeKind.Light) setLightThemeId(theme.id);
+    else setDarkThemeId(theme.id);
     setMenuCords(undefined);
   };
 
@@ -391,7 +401,7 @@ function SystemThemePreferences() {
   return (
     <Box wrap="Wrap" gap="400">
       <SettingTile
-        title="Light Theme:"
+        title="Light theme:"
         after={
           <Chip
             variant={themeKind === ThemeKind.Light ? 'Primary' : 'Secondary'}
@@ -432,7 +442,7 @@ function SystemThemePreferences() {
         }
       />
       <SettingTile
-        title="Dark Theme:"
+        title="Dark theme:"
         after={
           <Chip
             variant={themeKind === ThemeKind.Dark ? 'Primary' : 'Secondary'}
@@ -534,6 +544,26 @@ function PageZoomInput() {
 
 function Appearance() {
   const [systemTheme, setSystemTheme] = useSetting(settingsAtom, 'useSystemTheme');
+  const allThemes = useThemes();
+  const [themeId, setThemeId] = useSetting(settingsAtom, 'themeId');
+  const [lightThemeId] = useSetting(settingsAtom, 'lightThemeId');
+  const [darkThemeId] = useSetting(settingsAtom, 'darkThemeId');
+  const currentKind = allThemes.find((t) => t.id === themeId)?.kind ?? ThemeKind.Light;
+  let themeMode: 'system' | 'light' | 'dark' = 'system';
+  if (!systemTheme) themeMode = currentKind === ThemeKind.Dark ? 'dark' : 'light';
+  const chooseThemeMode = (mode: 'system' | 'light' | 'dark') => {
+    if (mode === 'system') {
+      setSystemTheme(true);
+      return;
+    }
+    setSystemTheme(false);
+    // Use the variant already chosen for that kind (or the default one).
+    const kind = mode === 'dark' ? ThemeKind.Dark : ThemeKind.Light;
+    if (allThemes.find((t) => t.id === themeId)?.kind === kind) return;
+    const preferred = mode === 'dark' ? darkThemeId : lightThemeId;
+    const fallback = mode === 'dark' ? DarkTheme.id : LightTheme.id;
+    setThemeId(allThemes.find((t) => t.id === preferred && t.kind === kind)?.id ?? fallback);
+  };
   const [monochromeMode, setMonochromeMode] = useSetting(settingsAtom, 'monochromeMode');
   const [twitterEmoji, setTwitterEmoji] = useSetting(settingsAtom, 'twitterEmoji');
   const [perMessageProfiles, setPerMessageProfiles] = useSetting(
@@ -575,38 +605,64 @@ function Appearance() {
         direction="Column"
         gap="400"
       >
-        <SettingTile
-          title="System Theme"
-          description="Choose between light and dark theme based on system preference."
-          after={<Switch variant="Primary" value={systemTheme} onChange={setSystemTheme} />}
-        />
-        {systemTheme && <SystemThemePreferences />}
-      </SequenceCard>
-
-      <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
+        {/* [Gitea #455] One control instead of a System switch plus a Theme
+            dropdown that was greyed out whenever the switch was on. */}
         <SettingTile
           title="Theme"
-          description="Theme to use when system theme is not enabled."
-          after={<SelectTheme disabled={systemTheme} />}
+          description={
+            themeMode === 'system'
+              ? "Follows your device's light or dark setting."
+              : 'Always use this theme, whatever your device is set to.'
+          }
+          after={
+            <Box gap="100" role="radiogroup" aria-label="Theme" shrink="No" wrap="Wrap">
+              {(
+                [
+                  ['system', 'System'],
+                  ['light', 'Light'],
+                  ['dark', 'Dark'],
+                ] as const
+              ).map(([mode, label]) => (
+                <Chip
+                  key={mode}
+                  role="radio"
+                  aria-checked={themeMode === mode}
+                  variant={themeMode === mode ? 'Primary' : 'Secondary'}
+                  outlined={themeMode === mode}
+                  radii="Pill"
+                  onClick={() => chooseThemeMode(mode)}
+                >
+                  <Text size="B300">{label}</Text>
+                </Chip>
+              ))}
+            </Box>
+          }
         />
+        {themeMode === 'system' && <SystemThemePreferences />}
+        {themeMode !== 'system' && (
+          <SettingTile
+            title={themeMode === 'light' ? 'Light theme:' : 'Dark theme:'}
+            after={<SelectTheme kind={themeMode === 'light' ? ThemeKind.Light : ThemeKind.Dark} />}
+          />
+        )}
       </SequenceCard>
 
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
-          title="Monochrome Mode"
+          title="Monochrome mode"
           after={<Switch variant="Primary" value={monochromeMode} onChange={setMonochromeMode} />}
         />
       </SequenceCard>
 
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
-          title="Twitter Emoji"
+          title="Emoji style: Twemoji"
           after={<Switch variant="Primary" value={twitterEmoji} onChange={setTwitterEmoji} />}
         />
       </SequenceCard>
 
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
-        <SettingTile title="Page Zoom" after={<PageZoomInput />} />
+        <SettingTile title="Page zoom" after={<PageZoomInput />} />
       </SequenceCard>
 
       <SequenceCard
@@ -616,7 +672,7 @@ function Appearance() {
         gap="200"
       >
         <SettingTile
-          title="Chat Background"
+          title="Chat background"
           description="Pattern applied behind the message timeline."
         />
         <Box style={{ padding: `0 ${config.space.S400} ${config.space.S300}` }}>
@@ -626,7 +682,7 @@ function Appearance() {
 
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
-          title="Pause Background Animations"
+          title="Pause background animations"
           description="Stop background animation to reduce motion or improve performance."
           after={<Switch variant="Primary" value={pauseAnimations} onChange={setPauseAnimations} />}
         />
@@ -639,7 +695,7 @@ function Appearance() {
         gap="200"
       >
         <SettingTile
-          title="Seasonal Theme"
+          title="Seasonal theme"
           description="Decorative overlays for holidays and events. “Auto” follows the calendar — each theme below shows the dates it turns on. Click to select."
         />
         <Box style={{ padding: `0 ${config.space.S400} ${config.space.S300}` }}>
@@ -659,7 +715,7 @@ function Appearance() {
 
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
-          title="Show Profile on Every Message"
+          title="Show name and avatar on every message"
           description="Display avatar and name on each message instead of grouping consecutive messages."
           after={
             <Switch variant="Primary" value={perMessageProfiles} onChange={setPerMessageProfiles} />
@@ -673,7 +729,7 @@ function Appearance() {
         gap="200"
       >
         <SettingTile
-          title="Night Light"
+          title="Night light"
           description="Reduce blue light with a warm orange tint overlay."
           after={
             <Switch variant="Primary" value={nightLightEnabled} onChange={setNightLightEnabled} />
@@ -753,7 +809,7 @@ function Appearance() {
 
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
-          title="Glassmorphism Sidebar"
+          title="Glass sidebar"
           description="Semi-transparent sidebar with frosted glass effect. Works best with custom chat backgrounds."
           after={
             <Switch
@@ -767,8 +823,8 @@ function Appearance() {
 
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
-          title="Lotus Terminal Mode"
-          description="LotusGuild Terminal Design System: Anduril Orange + Ice Cyan + Matrix Green, dot-grid background, CRT scanlines, and boot sequence animation (press Escape to skip)."
+          title="Lotus Terminal mode"
+          description="A retro terminal look: orange and cyan on a dot grid, CRT scanlines and a boot animation (press Esc to skip)."
           after={
             <Box direction="Row" gap="200" alignItems="Center">
               {lotusTerminal && (
@@ -802,7 +858,7 @@ function Appearance() {
       </SequenceCard>
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
-          title="UI Font"
+          title="Interface font"
           description="Font used throughout the interface."
           after={
             <SettingsSelect
@@ -822,7 +878,7 @@ function Appearance() {
       </SequenceCard>
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
-          title="@Mention Highlight Color"
+          title="@mention highlight colour"
           description="Color used to highlight messages that mention you. Leave empty to use the theme default."
           after={
             <HexColorPickerPopOut
@@ -866,7 +922,7 @@ function Appearance() {
       </SequenceCard>
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
-          title="Custom Accent Color"
+          title="Custom accent colour"
           description={
             lotusTerminal
               ? 'Only applies to non-TDS themes. Disable Lotus Terminal Mode to use a custom accent.'
@@ -1240,7 +1296,7 @@ function SelectDateFormat() {
   return (
     <>
       <SettingTile
-        title="Date Format"
+        title="Date format"
         description={customDateFormat ? dayjs().format(dateFormatString) : ''}
         after={<PresetDateFormat value={selectedDateFormat} onChange={handlePresetChange} />}
       />
@@ -1256,10 +1312,10 @@ function DateAndTime() {
 
   return (
     <Box direction="Column" gap="100">
-      <Text size="L400">Date & Time</Text>
+      <Text size="L400">Date and time</Text>
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
-          title="24-Hour Time Format"
+          title="24-hour time"
           after={<Switch variant="Primary" value={hour24Clock} onChange={setHour24Clock} />}
         />
       </SequenceCard>
@@ -1471,7 +1527,7 @@ function Editor() {
       <Text size="L400">Editor</Text>
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
-          title="ENTER for Newline"
+          title="Enter for a new line"
           description={`Use ${
             isMacOS() ? KeySymbol.Command : 'Ctrl'
           } + ENTER to send message and ENTER for newline.`}
@@ -1480,20 +1536,20 @@ function Editor() {
       </SequenceCard>
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
-          title="Markdown Formatting"
+          title="Markdown formatting"
           after={<Switch variant="Primary" value={isMarkdown} onChange={setIsMarkdown} />}
         />
       </SequenceCard>
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
-          title="Offer to Format Pasted Code"
+          title="Offer to format pasted code"
           description="When something you paste looks like code, offer to turn it into a code block. Nothing changes unless you accept."
           after={<Switch variant="Primary" value={offerCodePaste} onChange={setOfferCodePaste} />}
         />
       </SequenceCard>
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
-          title="Formatting Toolbar"
+          title="Formatting toolbar"
           description="Show bold, italic, code and other formatting buttons above the message input."
           after={<Switch variant="Primary" value={editorToolbar} onChange={setEditorToolbar} />}
         />
@@ -1505,7 +1561,7 @@ function Editor() {
         gap="300"
       >
         <SettingTile
-          title="Composer Toolbar"
+          title="Composer toolbar"
           description="Drag to reorder buttons, and tap a button to show or hide it in the message composer."
         />
         <Box direction="Column" style={{ paddingBottom: config.space.S200 }}>
@@ -1540,28 +1596,28 @@ function Privacy() {
       <Text size="L400">Privacy</Text>
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
-          title="Strip Tracking Parameters from Links"
+          title="Strip tracking parameters from links"
           description="Remove utm_, fbclid, YouTube si= and other ad/analytics identifiers from links you paste or send, and from links shown in chat. Runs entirely on this device."
           after={<Switch variant="Primary" value={stripTracking} onChange={setStripTracking} />}
         />
       </SequenceCard>
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
-          title="Remove Photo Metadata Before Sending"
+          title="Remove photo metadata before sending"
           description="Strip location, camera model and timestamp (EXIF/XMP) from JPEG, PNG and WebP images you send or set as an avatar. Pixels are untouched; the rotation is kept. Videos and GIFs are not covered."
           after={<Switch variant="Primary" value={stripImageMeta} onChange={setStripImageMeta} />}
         />
       </SequenceCard>
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
-          title="Hide Typing & Read Receipts"
+          title="Hide typing and read receipts"
           description="Turn off both typing status and read receipts to keep your activity private."
           after={<Switch variant="Primary" value={hideActivity} onChange={setHideActivity} />}
         />
       </SequenceCard>
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
-          title="Private Read Receipts"
+          title="Private read receipts"
           description="Send read receipts only to you and the server — other users won't see when you've read messages."
           after={
             <Switch
@@ -1574,7 +1630,7 @@ function Privacy() {
       </SequenceCard>
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
-          title="Hide Online Status"
+          title="Hide online status"
           description="Appear offline to everyone while still using the app. Disables online, away, and idle indicators."
           after={<Switch variant="Primary" value={hidePresence} onChange={setHidePresence} />}
         />
@@ -1656,7 +1712,7 @@ function SettingsSyncSection() {
       <Text size="L400">Sync</Text>
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
-          title="Sync Settings Across Devices"
+          title="Sync settings across devices"
           description="Keep your preferences (theme, composer toolbar, notifications, quiet hours, call keys…) the same on every device, stored as account data on your own homeserver. Device-specific settings such as zoom, media auto-load, noise suppression and volumes stay local."
           after={<Switch variant="Primary" value={settingsSync} onChange={setSettingsSync} />}
         />
@@ -1664,7 +1720,7 @@ function SettingsSyncSection() {
       {settingsSync && (
         <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
           <SettingTile
-            title="Use This Device's Settings Everywhere"
+            title="Use this device's settings everywhere"
             description="Push this device's current preferences so every other device adopts them, even ones that changed something more recently."
             // [Gitea #273] On phones the two buttons squeezed the text into a
             // narrow column; put them under the description there.
@@ -1799,14 +1855,14 @@ function Calls() {
       <Text size="L400">Calls</Text>
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
-          title="Join with Camera On"
+          title="Join with camera on"
           description="Enable camera automatically when joining a voice or video call. Camera is off by default."
           after={<Switch variant="Primary" value={cameraOnJoin} onChange={setCameraOnJoin} />}
         />
       </SequenceCard>
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
-          title="Noise Suppression"
+          title="Noise suppression"
           description={
             <Box direction="Column" gap="200">
               {/* [Gitea #271] T200 like every other setting description. */}
@@ -1863,7 +1919,7 @@ function Calls() {
             <Box direction="Column" gap="200">
               <Text size="L400">Model</Text>
               <SettingTile
-                title="ML Model"
+                title="ML model"
                 description="Choose the machine learning model used for noise removal. Heavier models clean more aggressively at a higher CPU cost."
                 after={
                   <SettingsSelect<DenoiseModelId>
@@ -1979,7 +2035,7 @@ function Calls() {
             >
               <Text size="L400">Enhancements</Text>
               <SettingTile
-                title="Series Suppression"
+                title="Also use the browser's noise suppression"
                 description="Run the browser's native stationary noise filter before the ML model. Recommended for eliminating fan hum."
                 after={
                   <Switch
@@ -1991,7 +2047,7 @@ function Calls() {
               />
 
               <SettingTile
-                title="Noise Gate"
+                title="Noise gate"
                 description="Hard-cut audio when you aren't speaking to ensure absolute silence between sentences."
                 after={
                   <Switch variant="Primary" value={callDenoiseGate} onChange={setCallDenoiseGate} />
@@ -2027,7 +2083,7 @@ function Calls() {
                 borderTop: `${config.borderWidth.B300} solid ${color.Surface.ContainerLine}`,
               }}
             >
-              <Text size="L400">Test &amp; calibrate</Text>
+              <Text size="L400">Test and calibrate</Text>
               <Text size="T200" priority="300">
                 Audition the selected model and tune the gate without joining a call. Changes to the
                 settings above apply the next time you start a monitor or play a clip.
@@ -2049,7 +2105,7 @@ function Calls() {
         gap="400"
       >
         <SettingTile
-          title="After a Restart"
+          title="Rejoin calls after a restart"
           description="If Lotus crashes, reloads or restarts for an update while you are in a voice room, put you back in."
           after={
             <SettingsSelect<'ask' | 'auto' | 'off'>
@@ -2064,7 +2120,7 @@ function Calls() {
           }
         />
         <SettingTile
-          title="Summary After Calls"
+          title="Summary after calls"
           description="When a call ends, show how long it was and how the connection held up, with a Details button for who was there, network numbers and your own talk/mute time."
           after={
             <Switch variant="Primary" value={callSummaryToast} onChange={setCallSummaryToast} />
@@ -2072,19 +2128,19 @@ function Calls() {
         />
         {hapticsSupported() && (
           <SettingTile
-            title="Haptic Feedback"
+            title="Haptic feedback"
             description="A short vibration when push-to-talk engages or releases and when you send a reaction. Off automatically when your system prefers reduced motion."
             after={<Switch variant="Primary" value={haptics} onChange={setHaptics} />}
           />
         )}
         <SettingTile
-          title="Push to Talk"
+          title="Push to talk"
           description="Mute your microphone by default. Hold the PTT key to speak."
           after={<Switch variant="Primary" value={pttMode} onChange={setPttMode} />}
         />
         {pttMode && (
           <SettingTile
-            title="PTT Key"
+            title="Push-to-talk key"
             description={pttBind.error ?? 'Press a key to bind it as your push-to-talk key.'}
             after={
               <Button
@@ -2102,7 +2158,7 @@ function Calls() {
           />
         )}
         <SettingTile
-          title="Push to Deafen"
+          title="Push to deafen"
           description={
             deafenBind.error ??
             (deafenHotkey
@@ -2143,7 +2199,7 @@ function Calls() {
         />
         {isTauriEnv() && (
           <SettingTile
-            title="Hotkeys Work Outside the Window"
+            title="Hotkeys work outside the window"
             description="Keep Push to Talk and Push to Deafen working while a game or another app has focus. The keys are only watched during a call and are never blocked from other apps. Windows only; some anti-cheat systems may prevent it."
             after={
               <Switch variant="Primary" value={globalCallHotkeys} onChange={setGlobalCallHotkeys} />
@@ -2165,13 +2221,13 @@ function Calls() {
           }
         />
         <SettingTile
-          title="AFK Auto-Mute"
+          title="AFK auto-mute"
           description="Automatically mute your microphone when you have been silent in a call."
           after={<Switch variant="Primary" value={afkAutoMute} onChange={setAfkAutoMute} />}
         />
         {afkAutoMute && (
           <SettingTile
-            title="Idle Timeout"
+            title="Idle timeout"
             description="How long to wait before auto-muting."
             after={
               <SettingsSelect
@@ -2203,7 +2259,7 @@ function Calls() {
         />
       </SequenceCard>
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
-        <SettingTile title="Ringtone Volume" description="Volume of the incoming call ringtone." />
+        <SettingTile title="Ringtone volume" description="Volume of the incoming call ringtone." />
         <Box
           direction="Row"
           alignItems="Center"
@@ -2227,7 +2283,7 @@ function Calls() {
       </SequenceCard>
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
-          title="Join & Leave Sounds"
+          title="Join and leave sounds"
           description="Play a sound when someone joins or leaves a call you are in. Selecting an option plays a preview."
           after={
             <SettingsSelect
@@ -2246,7 +2302,7 @@ function Calls() {
 
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
-          title="Microphone Bitrate"
+          title="Microphone bitrate"
           description="Cap the audio bitrate your mic sends in calls. Lower saves bandwidth; higher is clearer. Auto lets Element Call decide."
           after={
             <SettingsSelect<CallAudioBitrate>
@@ -2260,7 +2316,7 @@ function Calls() {
 
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
-          title="Screenshare Bitrate"
+          title="Screen share bitrate"
           description="Cap the bitrate used when you share your screen. Lower is smoother on poor connections; higher is sharper."
           after={
             <SettingsSelect<ScreenshareBitrate>
@@ -2274,7 +2330,7 @@ function Calls() {
 
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
-          title="Screenshare Framerate"
+          title="Screen share frame rate"
           description="Cap the frames-per-second of your screenshare. 60 fps suits motion/gaming; 15 fps suits slides and saves bandwidth."
           after={
             <SettingsSelect<ScreenshareFramerate>
@@ -2300,7 +2356,7 @@ function Calls() {
         />
         {soundboardEnabled && (
           <>
-            <SettingTile title="Soundboard Volume" />
+            <SettingTile title="Soundboard volume" />
             <Box
               alignItems="Center"
               gap="200"
@@ -2645,14 +2701,14 @@ function Messages() {
     <Box direction="Column" gap="100">
       <Text size="L400">Messages</Text>
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
-        <SettingTile title="Message Layout" after={<SelectMessageLayout />} />
+        <SettingTile title="Message layout" after={<SelectMessageLayout />} />
       </SequenceCard>
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
-        <SettingTile title="Message Spacing" after={<SelectMessageSpacing />} />
+        <SettingTile title="Message spacing" after={<SelectMessageSpacing />} />
       </SequenceCard>
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
-          title="Legacy Username Color"
+          title="Legacy username colour"
           after={
             <Switch
               variant="Primary"
@@ -2664,7 +2720,7 @@ function Messages() {
       </SequenceCard>
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
-          title="Hide Membership Change"
+          title="Hide joins and leaves"
           after={
             <Switch
               variant="Primary"
@@ -2676,7 +2732,7 @@ function Messages() {
       </SequenceCard>
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
-          title="Hide Profile Change"
+          title="Hide name and avatar changes"
           after={
             <Switch
               variant="Primary"
@@ -2688,7 +2744,7 @@ function Messages() {
       </SequenceCard>
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
-          title="Disable Media Auto Load"
+          title="Don't load media automatically"
           after={
             <Switch
               variant="Primary"
@@ -2700,14 +2756,14 @@ function Messages() {
       </SequenceCard>
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
-          title="URL Preview"
+          title="Link previews"
           description="Your homeserver fetches and caches link previews. It will see the URLs of all links you preview."
           after={<Switch variant="Primary" value={urlPreview} onChange={setUrlPreview} />}
         />
       </SequenceCard>
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
-          title="URL Preview in Encrypted Rooms"
+          title="Link previews in encrypted rooms"
           description={
             <Box direction="Column" gap="100">
               <Text size="T200" priority="300">
@@ -2731,34 +2787,29 @@ function Messages() {
       </SequenceCard>
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
-          title="Inline Media Players"
+          title="Inline media players"
           description="Play YouTube, Vimeo, TikTok, Twitch, Spotify and more right in the chat. Nothing loads from the third-party site until you press play."
           after={
             <Switch variant="Primary" value={inlineMediaEmbeds} onChange={setInlineMediaEmbeds} />
           }
         />
       </SequenceCard>
+      {/* [Gitea #457] Only where this build has a GIF key: a disabled switch
+          with a paragraph about missing configuration helps nobody. */}
+      {gifAvailable && (
+        <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
+          <SettingTile
+            title="GIF picker"
+            description="Every search term (and your IP address) is sent directly to Giphy, not through your homeserver. Off by default."
+            after={
+              <Switch variant="Primary" value={gifPickerEnabled} onChange={setGifPickerEnabled} />
+            }
+          />
+        </SequenceCard>
+      )}
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
-          title="GIF Picker"
-          description={
-            gifAvailable
-              ? 'Every search term (and your IP address) is sent directly to Giphy, not through your homeserver. Off by default.'
-              : "GIF search isn't set up for this version of the app (no Giphy key in its configuration), so there is no GIF button even when this is on."
-          }
-          after={
-            <Switch
-              variant="Primary"
-              value={gifPickerEnabled && gifAvailable}
-              onChange={setGifPickerEnabled}
-              disabled={!gifAvailable}
-            />
-          }
-        />
-      </SequenceCard>
-      <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
-        <SettingTile
-          title="Show Hidden Events"
+          title="Show hidden events"
           after={
             <Switch variant="Primary" value={showHiddenEvents} onChange={setShowHiddenEvents} />
           }
@@ -2766,7 +2817,7 @@ function Messages() {
       </SequenceCard>
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <SettingTile
-          title="Enforce Message Retention"
+          title="Enforce message retention"
           description="Permanently delete your own messages once a room's retention window (Room Settings → Message Retention) has passed. Off by default; only affects your own messages."
           after={
             <Switch
@@ -2783,7 +2834,7 @@ function Messages() {
         direction="Column"
       >
         <SettingTile
-          title="Translate Messages Into"
+          title="Translate messages into"
           description={
             translationSupported
               ? 'Translate messages written in other languages into this one. Runs entirely on your device — message text never leaves your computer or touches a cloud service.'
@@ -2801,7 +2852,7 @@ function Messages() {
         />
         {translationSupported && (
           <SettingTile
-            title="Auto-translate Incoming Messages"
+            title="Auto-translate incoming messages"
             description="Automatically translate messages that aren’t already in your language. When off, translate individual messages from their menu. The first time a language is used, its model downloads once (a few MB)."
             after={<Switch variant="Primary" value={autoTranslate} onChange={setAutoTranslate} />}
           />
@@ -2962,9 +3013,9 @@ function AppUpdates() {
 
   return (
     <Box direction="Column" gap="100">
-      <Text size="L400">App Updates</Text>
+      <Text size="L400">App updates</Text>
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
-        <SettingTile title="Check for Updates" description={description} after={after} />
+        <SettingTile title="Check for updates" description={description} after={after} />
         {packageUpdate && packageHelp && <PackageUpdate help={packageHelp} />}
         {status.state === 'error' && !packageUpdate && (
           <Text size="T200" priority="300" style={{ wordBreak: 'break-word' }}>

src/app/features/settings/notifications/AllMessages.tsx

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export function AllMessagesNotifications() {
   return (
     <Box direction="Column" gap="100">
       <Box alignItems="Center" justifyContent="SpaceBetween" gap="200">
-        <Text size="L400">All Messages</Text>
+        <Text size="L400">All messages</Text>
         <Box gap="100">
           <Text size="T200">Badge: </Text>
           <Badge radii="300" variant="Secondary" fill="Solid">
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export function AllMessagesNotifications() {
         gap="400"
       >
         <SettingTile
-          title="1-to-1 Chats"
+          title="1-to-1 chats"
           after={<AllMessagesModeSwitcher pushRules={pushRules} ruleId={RuleId.DM} oneToOne />}
         />
       </SequenceCard>
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export function AllMessagesNotifications() {
         gap="400"
       >
         <SettingTile
-          title="1-to-1 Chats (Encrypted)"
+          title="1-to-1 chats (encrypted)"
           after={
             <AllMessagesModeSwitcher
               pushRules={pushRules}
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ export function AllMessagesNotifications() {
         gap="400"
       >
         <SettingTile
-          title="Rooms (Encrypted)"
+          title="Rooms (encrypted)"
           after={
             <AllMessagesModeSwitcher
               pushRules={pushRules}

src/app/features/settings/notifications/KeywordMessages.tsx

@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ export function KeywordMessagesNotifications() {
   return (
     <Box direction="Column" gap="100">
       <Box alignItems="Center" justifyContent="SpaceBetween" gap="200">
-        <Text size="L400">Keyword Messages</Text>
+        <Text size="L400">Keyword messages</Text>
         <Box gap="100">
           <Text size="T200">Badge: </Text>
           <Badge radii="300" variant="Success" fill="Solid">
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ export function KeywordMessagesNotifications() {
         gap="400"
       >
         <SettingTile
-          title="Select Keyword"
+          title="Add a keyword"
           description="Set a notification preference for message containing given keyword."
         >
           <KeywordInput />

src/app/features/settings/notifications/Notifications.tsx

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { KeywordMessagesNotifications } from './KeywordMessages';
 import { PushRuleEditor } from './PushRuleEditor';
 import { SequenceCard } from '../../../components/sequence-card';
 import { SequenceCardStyle } from '../styles.css';
-import { SettingTile } from '../../../components/setting-tile';
 import { settingsAtom, Settings } from '../../../state/settings';
 import { notificationSnoozeUntilAtom } from '../../../state/notificationSnooze';
 
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ function NotificationPresets() {
 
   return (
     <Box direction="Column" gap="100">
-      <Text size="L400">Quick Presets</Text>
+      <Text size="L400">Quick presets</Text>
       <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
         <Box gap="300" style={{ padding: config.space.S300, flexWrap: 'wrap' }}>
           {PRESETS.map((preset) => (
@@ -150,17 +149,6 @@ export function Notifications({ requestClose }: NotificationsProps) {
               <SpecialMessagesNotifications />
               <KeywordMessagesNotifications />
               <PushRuleEditor />
-              <Box direction="Column" gap="100">
-                <Text size="L400">Block Messages</Text>
-                <SequenceCard
-                  className={SequenceCardStyle}
-                  variant="SurfaceVariant"
-                  direction="Column"
-                  gap="400"
-                >
-                  <SettingTile description='This option has been moved to "Account > Block Users" section.' />
-                </SequenceCard>
-              </Box>
             </Box>
           </PageContent>
         </Scroll>

src/app/features/settings/notifications/PushRuleEditor.tsx

@@ -333,10 +333,10 @@ export function PushRuleEditor() {
 
   return (
     <Box direction="Column" gap="100">
-      <Text size="L400">Advanced Push Rules</Text>
-      <RuleSection title="Override Rules" kind={PushRuleKind.Override} rules={overrideRules} />
+      <Text size="L400">Advanced push rules</Text>
+      <RuleSection title="Override rules" kind={PushRuleKind.Override} rules={overrideRules} />
       <RuleSection
-        title="Room Rules"
+        title="Room rules"
         kind={PushRuleKind.RoomSpecific}
         rules={roomRules}
         addForm={
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ export function PushRuleEditor() {
         }
       />
       <RuleSection
-        title="Sender Rules"
+        title="Sender rules"
         kind={PushRuleKind.SenderSpecific}
         rules={senderRules}
         addForm={
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ export function PushRuleEditor() {
           />
         }
       />
-      <RuleSection title="Underride Rules" kind={PushRuleKind.Underride} rules={underrideRules} />
+      <RuleSection title="Underride rules" kind={PushRuleKind.Underride} rules={underrideRules} />
     </Box>
   );
 }

src/app/features/settings/notifications/SpecialMessages.tsx

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ export function SpecialMessagesNotifications() {
   return (
     <Box direction="Column" gap="100">
       <Box alignItems="Center" justifyContent="SpaceBetween" gap="200">
-        <Text size="L400">Special Messages</Text>
+        <Text size="L400">Special messages</Text>
         <Box gap="100">
           <Text size="T200">Badge: </Text>
           <Badge radii="300" variant="Success" fill="Solid">

src/app/features/settings/notifications/SystemNotification.tsx

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ function EmailNotification() {
 
   return (
     <SettingTile
-      title="Email Notification"
+      title="Email notifications"
       description={
         <>
           {result && !result.email && (
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ function PauseNotifications() {
 
   return (
     <SettingTile
-      title="Pause Notifications"
+      title="Pause notifications"
       description={<span style={active ? { color: color.Warning.Main } : undefined}>{status}</span>}
       after={
         active ? (
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ export function SystemNotification() {
         gap="400"
       >
         <SettingTile
-          title="Desktop Notifications"
+          title="Desktop notifications"
           description={
             notifPermission === 'denied' ? (
               <Text as="span" style={{ color: color.Critical.Main }} size="T200">
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ export function SystemNotification() {
                   : 'Notifications are not supported by the system.'}
               </Text>
             ) : (
-              <span>Show desktop notifications when message arrive.</span>
+              <span>Show desktop notifications when messages arrive.</span>
             )
           }
           after={
@@ -263,8 +263,8 @@ export function SystemNotification() {
         gap="400"
       >
         <SettingTile
-          title="Notification Sound"
-          description="Play sound when new message arrive."
+          title="Notification sound"
+          description="Play a sound when a new message arrives."
           after={<Switch value={isNotificationSounds} onChange={setIsNotificationSounds} />}
         />
         {isNotificationSounds && (
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ export function SystemNotification() {
         gap="400"
       >
         <SettingTile
-          title="Quiet Hours"
+          title="Quiet hours"
           description="Notifications are silenced between these times. Handles overnight (e.g. 11:00 PM – 8:00 AM)."
           after={<Switch value={quietHoursEnabled} onChange={setQuietHoursEnabled} />}
         />