# Default Diff Display for New Monitors - Visual, Text, Source

**URL:** <https://forums.distill.io/t/default-diff-display-for-new-monitors-visual-text-source/2574>\
**Category:** Help and Support\
**Tags:** feature-request\
**Created:** [October 7, 2023, 7:27am UTC](https://forums.distill.io/t/default-diff-display-for-new-monitors-visual-text-source/2574 "2023-10-07T07:27:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![CyberSimon](https://forums.distill.io/user_avatar/forums.distill.io/cybersimon/32/1373_2.png) [@CyberSimon](https://forums.distill.io/u/CyberSimon)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2023, 7:27am UTC](https://forums.distill.io/t/default-diff-display-for-new-monitors-visual-text-source/2574/1 "2023-10-07T07:27:13Z")

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How can I change the default diff selection for new monitors from Visual to Text or Source? When new monitors are created, they all default to Visual diff display when clicking them on the main watchlist page.

 ![Diff-Visual,Text,Source](https://forums.distill.io/uploads/default/original/1X/6aa8a23d365b2d3ac51830385fd5168e721f5078.png)

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**Author:** ![ajitk](https://forums.distill.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@ajitk](https://forums.distill.io/u/ajitk)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2023, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.distill.io/t/default-diff-display-for-new-monitors-visual-text-source/2574/2 "2023-10-08T13:37:20Z")

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Hi Simon, it is not possible to set a global default for diff mode for new monitors. Once changed for an existing monitor, the setting is persisted for that monitor. Do you prefer using text mode for all monitors or do you use visual for some?

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**Author:** ![CyberSimon](https://forums.distill.io/user_avatar/forums.distill.io/cybersimon/32/1373_2.png) [@CyberSimon](https://forums.distill.io/u/CyberSimon)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2023, 11:44pm UTC](https://forums.distill.io/t/default-diff-display-for-new-monitors-visual-text-source/2574/3 "2023-10-08T23:44:51Z")

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I prefer using text mode for all monitors. Can you please add an option to change the default for newly created monitors so every monitor does not need to be changed manually? Thank you!