diff --git a/config/cms.php b/config/cms.php
index 74d924b76..3a173c4c4 100644
--- a/config/cms.php
+++ b/config/cms.php
@@ -38,6 +38,18 @@ return [
 
     'edgeUpdates' => false,
 
+    /*
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    | Back-end timezone
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    |
+    | This acts as the default setting for a back-end user's timezone. This can
+    | be changed by the user at any time using the backend preferences.
+    |
+    */
+
+    'backendTimezone' => 'UTC',
+
     /*
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     | Back-end Skin
diff --git a/modules/backend/ServiceProvider.php b/modules/backend/ServiceProvider.php
index f1d812b1a..06d0f50f8 100644
--- a/modules/backend/ServiceProvider.php
+++ b/modules/backend/ServiceProvider.php
@@ -206,26 +206,16 @@ class ServiceProvider extends ModuleServiceProvider
                     'context'     => 'mysettings',
                     'keywords'    => 'backend::lang.myaccount.menu_keywords'
                 ],
-                'backend_preferences' => [
+                'preferences' => [
                     'label'       => 'backend::lang.backend_preferences.menu_label',
                     'description' => 'backend::lang.backend_preferences.menu_description',
                     'category'    => SettingsManager::CATEGORY_MYSETTINGS,
                     'icon'        => 'icon-laptop',
-                    'class'       => 'Backend\Models\BackendPreferences',
+                    'url'         => Backend::URL('backend/preferences'),
                     'permissions' => ['backend.manage_preferences'],
                     'order'       => 510,
                     'context'     => 'mysettings'
                 ],
-                'editor' => [
-                    'label'       => 'backend::lang.editor.menu_label',
-                    'description' => 'backend::lang.editor.menu_description',
-                    'category'    => SettingsManager::CATEGORY_MYSETTINGS,
-                    'icon'        => 'icon-code',
-                    'url'         => Backend::URL('backend/editorpreferences'),
-                    'permissions' => ['backend.manage_editor'],
-                    'order'       => 520,
-                    'context'     => 'mysettings'
-                ],
                 'access_logs' => [
                     'label'       => 'backend::lang.access_log.menu_label',
                     'description' => 'backend::lang.access_log.menu_description',
diff --git a/modules/backend/assets/js/editorpreferences/editorpreferences.js b/modules/backend/assets/js/editorpreferences/editorpreferences.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 093d7c9eb..000000000
--- a/modules/backend/assets/js/editorpreferences/editorpreferences.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-$(document).ready(function(){
-
-    var editorEl = $('#editorpreferencesCodeeditor'),
-        editor = editorEl.codeEditor('getEditorObject'),
-        session = editor.getSession(),
-        renderer = editor.renderer
-
-    editorEl.height($('#editorSettingsForm').height() - 23)
-
-    $('#Form-field-EditorPreferences-theme').on('change', function(){
-        editorEl.codeEditor('setTheme', $(this).val())
-    })
-
-    $('#Form-field-EditorPreferences-font_size').on('change', function(){
-        editor.setFontSize(parseInt($(this).val()))
-    })
-
-    $('#Form-field-EditorPreferences-word_wrap').on('change', function(){
-        editorEl.codeEditor('setWordWrap', $(this).val())
-    })
-
-    $('#Form-field-EditorPreferences-code_folding').on('change', function(){
-        session.setFoldStyle($(this).val())
-    })
-
-    $('#Form-field-EditorPreferences-tab_size').on('change', function(){
-        session.setTabSize($(this).val())
-    })
-
-    $('#Form-field-EditorPreferences-show_invisibles').on('change', function(){
-        editor.setShowInvisibles($(this).is(':checked'))
-    })
-
-    $('#Form-field-EditorPreferences-enable_basic_autocompletion').on('change', function(){
-		editor.setOption('enableBasicAutocompletion', $(this).is(':checked'))
-    })
-
-    $('#Form-field-EditorPreferences-enable_snippets').on('change', function(){
-		editor.setOption('enableSnippets', $(this).is(':checked'))
-    })
-
-    $('#Form-field-EditorPreferences-enable_live_autocompletion').on('change', function(){
-		editor.setOption('enableLiveAutocompletion', $(this).is(':checked'))
-    })
-
-    $('#Form-field-EditorPreferences-display_indent_guides').on('change', function(){
-        editor.setDisplayIndentGuides($(this).is(':checked'))
-    })
-
-    $('#Form-field-EditorPreferences-show_print_margin').on('change', function(){
-        editor.setShowPrintMargin($(this).is(':checked'))
-    })
-	
-    $('#Form-field-EditorPreferences-highlight_active_line').on('change', function(){
-        editor.setHighlightActiveLine($(this).is(':checked'))
-    })
-
-    $('#Form-field-EditorPreferences-use_hard_tabs').on('change', function(){
-        session.setUseSoftTabs(!$(this).is(':checked'))
-    })
-
-    $('#Form-field-EditorPreferences-show_gutter').on('change', function(){
-        renderer.setShowGutter($(this).is(':checked'))
-    })
-
-})
-
diff --git a/modules/backend/assets/js/preferences/preferences.js b/modules/backend/assets/js/preferences/preferences.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d710cf075
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/backend/assets/js/preferences/preferences.js
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+$(document).ready(function(){
+
+    var editorEl = $('#editorpreferencesCodeeditor'),
+        editor = editorEl.codeEditor('getEditorObject'),
+        session = editor.getSession(),
+        renderer = editor.renderer
+
+    editorEl.height($('#editorSettingsForm').height() - 23)
+
+    $('#Form-field-Preferences-editor_theme').on('change', function(){
+        editorEl.codeEditor('setTheme', $(this).val())
+    })
+
+    $('#Form-field-Preferences-editor_font_size').on('change', function(){
+        editor.setFontSize(parseInt($(this).val()))
+    })
+
+    $('#Form-field-Preferences-editor_word_wrap').on('change', function(){
+        editorEl.codeEditor('setWordWrap', $(this).val())
+    })
+
+    $('#Form-field-Preferences-editor_code_folding').on('change', function(){
+        session.setFoldStyle($(this).val())
+    })
+
+    $('#Form-field-Preferences-editor_tab_size').on('change', function(){
+        session.setTabSize($(this).val())
+    })
+
+    $('#Form-field-Preferences-editor_show_invisibles').on('change', function(){
+        editor.setShowInvisibles($(this).is(':checked'))
+    })
+
+    $('#Form-field-Preferences-editor_enable_basic_autocompletion').on('change', function(){
+        editor.setOption('enableBasicAutocompletion', $(this).is(':checked'))
+    })
+
+    $('#Form-field-Preferences-editor_enable_snippets').on('change', function(){
+        editor.setOption('enableSnippets', $(this).is(':checked'))
+    })
+
+    $('#Form-field-Preferences-editor_enable_live_autocompletion').on('change', function(){
+        editor.setOption('enableLiveAutocompletion', $(this).is(':checked'))
+    })
+
+    $('#Form-field-Preferences-editor_display_indent_guides').on('change', function(){
+        editor.setDisplayIndentGuides($(this).is(':checked'))
+    })
+
+    $('#Form-field-Preferences-editor_show_print_margin').on('change', function(){
+        editor.setShowPrintMargin($(this).is(':checked'))
+    })
+    
+    $('#Form-field-Preferences-editor_highlight_active_line').on('change', function(){
+        editor.setHighlightActiveLine($(this).is(':checked'))
+    })
+
+    $('#Form-field-Preferences-editor_use_hard_tabs').on('change', function(){
+        session.setUseSoftTabs(!$(this).is(':checked'))
+    })
+
+    $('#Form-field-Preferences-editor_show_gutter').on('change', function(){
+        renderer.setShowGutter($(this).is(':checked'))
+    })
+
+})
+
diff --git a/modules/backend/classes/Controller.php b/modules/backend/classes/Controller.php
index a8ccd1da6..436a0a1fe 100644
--- a/modules/backend/classes/Controller.php
+++ b/modules/backend/classes/Controller.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use Response;
 use Exception;
 use BackendAuth;
 use Backend\Models\UserPreferences;
-use Backend\Models\BackendPreferences;
+use Backend\Models\Preferences as BackendPreferences;
 use Cms\Widgets\MediaManager;
 use System\Classes\ErrorHandler;
 use October\Rain\Exception\AjaxException;
@@ -218,13 +218,8 @@ class Controller extends Extendable
         /*
          * Set the admin preference locale
          */
-        if (Session::has('locale')) {
-            App::setLocale(Session::get('locale'));
-        }
-        elseif ($this->user && ($locale = BackendPreferences::get('locale'))) {
-            Session::put('locale', $locale);
-            App::setLocale($locale);
-        }
+        BackendPreferences::setAppLocale();
+        BackendPreferences::setAppFallbackLocale();
 
         /*
          * Execute AJAX event
diff --git a/modules/backend/controllers/EditorPreferences.php b/modules/backend/controllers/EditorPreferences.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 46ad3efa1..000000000
--- a/modules/backend/controllers/EditorPreferences.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-<?php namespace Backend\Controllers;
-
-use BackendMenu;
-use Backend\Classes\Controller;
-use System\Classes\SettingsManager;
-use Backend\Models\EditorPreferences as EditorPreferencesModel;
-
-/**
- * Editor Settings controller
- *
- * @package october\backend
- * @author Alexey Bobkov, Samuel Georges
- *
- */
-class EditorPreferences extends Controller
-{
-    public $implement = [
-        'Backend.Behaviors.FormController',
-    ];
-
-    public $formConfig = 'config_form.yaml';
-
-    public $requiredPermissions = ['backend.manage_editor'];
-
-    /**
-     * Constructor.
-     */
-    public function __construct()
-    {
-        parent::__construct();
-
-        $this->addCss('/modules/backend/formwidgets/codeeditor/assets/css/codeeditor.css', 'core');
-        $this->addJs('/modules/backend/formwidgets/codeeditor/assets/js/build-min.js', 'core');
-        $this->addJs('/modules/backend/assets/js/editorpreferences/editorpreferences.js', 'core');
-
-        BackendMenu::setContext('October.System', 'system', 'mysettings');
-        SettingsManager::setContext('October.Backend', 'editor');
-    }
-
-    public function index()
-    {
-        // Load the editor system settings
-        $editorSettings = EditorPreferencesModel::instance();
-
-        $this->vars['fontSize'] = $editorSettings->font_size;
-        $this->vars['wordWrap'] = $editorSettings->word_wrap;
-        $this->vars['codeFolding'] = $editorSettings->code_folding;
-        $this->vars['tabSize'] = $editorSettings->tab_size;
-        $this->vars['theme'] = $editorSettings->theme;
-        $this->vars['showInvisibles'] = $editorSettings->show_invisibles;
-        $this->vars['highlightActiveLine'] = $this->highlight_active_line;
-        $this->vars['useSoftTabs'] = !$editorSettings->use_hard_tabs;
-        $this->vars['showGutter'] = true;
-        $this->vars['language'] = 'css';
-        $this->vars['margin'] = 0;
-        $this->vars['enableBasicAutocompletion'] = $editorSettings->enable_basic_autocompletion;
-        $this->vars['enableLiveAutocompletion'] = $editorSettings->enable_live_autocompletion;
-        $this->vars['enableSnippets'] = $editorSettings->enable_snippets;
-        $this->vars['displayIndentGuides'] = $editorSettings->display_indent_guides;
-        $this->vars['showPrintMargin'] = $editorSettings->show_print_margin;
-        $this->asExtension('FormController')->update();
-        $this->pageTitle = 'backend::lang.editor.menu_label';
-    }
-
-    public function index_onSave()
-    {
-        return $this->asExtension('FormController')->update_onSave();
-    }
-
-    public function formFindModelObject()
-    {
-        return EditorPreferencesModel::instance();
-    }
-}
diff --git a/modules/backend/controllers/Preferences.php b/modules/backend/controllers/Preferences.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dfbf7639c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/backend/controllers/Preferences.php
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<?php namespace Backend\Controllers;
+
+use Backend;
+use BackendMenu;
+use Backend\Classes\Controller;
+use System\Classes\SettingsManager;
+use Backend\Models\Preferences as PreferencesModel;
+
+/**
+ * Editor Settings controller
+ *
+ * @package october\backend
+ * @author Alexey Bobkov, Samuel Georges
+ *
+ */
+class Preferences extends Controller
+{
+    public $implement = [
+        'Backend.Behaviors.FormController',
+    ];
+
+    public $formConfig = 'config_form.yaml';
+
+    public $requiredPermissions = ['backend.manage_preferences'];
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor.
+     */
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        parent::__construct();
+
+        $this->addCss('/modules/backend/formwidgets/codeeditor/assets/css/codeeditor.css', 'core');
+        $this->addJs('/modules/backend/formwidgets/codeeditor/assets/js/build-min.js', 'core');
+        $this->addJs('/modules/backend/assets/js/preferences/preferences.js', 'core');
+
+        BackendMenu::setContext('October.System', 'system', 'mysettings');
+        SettingsManager::setContext('October.Backend', 'preferences');
+    }
+
+    public function index()
+    {
+        $this->pageTitle = 'backend::lang.backend_preferences.menu_label';
+        $this->asExtension('FormController')->update();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Remove the code editor tab if there is no permission.
+     */
+    public function formExtendFields($form)
+    {
+        if (!$this->user->hasAccess('backend.manage_editor')) {
+            $form->removeTab('backend::lang.backend_preferences.code_editor');
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function index_onSave()
+    {
+        return $this->asExtension('FormController')->update_onSave();
+    }
+
+    public function index_onResetDefault()
+    {
+        $model = $this->formFindModelObject();
+        $model->resetDefault();
+
+        return Backend::redirect('backend/preferences');
+    }
+
+    public function formFindModelObject()
+    {
+        return PreferencesModel::instance();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/modules/backend/controllers/editorpreferences/config_form.yaml b/modules/backend/controllers/editorpreferences/config_form.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 192d0f093..000000000
--- a/modules/backend/controllers/editorpreferences/config_form.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# ===================================
-#  Form Behavior Config
-# ===================================
-
-form: ~/modules/backend/models/editorpreferences/fields.yaml
-modelClass: Backend\Models\EditorPreferences
-defaultRedirect: system/mailtemplates
diff --git a/modules/backend/controllers/editorpreferences/index.htm b/modules/backend/controllers/editorpreferences/index.htm
deleted file mode 100644
index 05fb57317..000000000
--- a/modules/backend/controllers/editorpreferences/index.htm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-<?php if (!$this->fatalError): ?>
-
-    <?= Form::open(['class'=>'layout']) ?>
-
-        <div class="layout-row">
-            <div class="row">
-                <div class="col-md-5" id="editorSettingsForm">
-                    <div class="form-preview">
-                        <?= $this->formRender() ?>
-                    </div>
-                </div>
-                <div class="col-md-7">
-
-                    <div
-                        id="editorpreferencesCodeeditor"
-                        class="field-codeeditor size-large layout-relative"
-                        data-control="codeeditor"
-                        data-font-size="<?= $fontSize ?>"
-                        data-word-wrap="<?= $wordWrap ?>"
-                        data-code-folding="<?= $codeFolding ?>"
-                        data-tab-size="<?= $tabSize ?>"
-                        data-theme="<?= $theme ?>"
-                        data-show-invisibles="<?= $showInvisibles ?>"
-                        data-enable-basic-autocompletion="<?= $enableBasicAutocompletion ?>"
-                        data-enable-live-autocompletion="<?= $enableLiveAutocompletion ?>"
-                        data-enable-snippets="<?= $enableSnippets ?>"
-                        data-display-indent-guides="<?= $displayIndentGuides ?>"
-                        data-show-print-margin="<?= $showPrintMargin ?>"
-                        data-highlight-active-line="<?= $highlightActiveLine ?>"
-                        data-use-soft-tabs="<?= $useSoftTabs ?>"
-                        data-show-gutter="<?= $showGutter ? 'true' : 'false' ?>"
-                        data-language="<?= $language ?>"
-                        data-margin="<?= $margin ?>"
-                        data-vendor-path="<?= URL::to('/modules/backend/formwidgets/codeeditor/assets/vendor/ace') ?>/">
-                        <textarea name="editorpreferences_codeeditor"><?= e($this->makePartial('example_code')) ?></textarea>
-                    </div>
-
-                </div>
-            </div>
-        </div>
-
-        <div class="form-buttons">
-            <div class="loading-indicator-container">
-                <button
-                    type="submit"
-                    data-request="onSave"
-                    data-request-data="redirect:0"
-                    data-hotkey="ctrl+s, cmd+s"
-                    data-load-indicator="<?= e(trans('backend::lang.form.saving')) ?>"
-                    class="btn btn-primary">
-                    <?= e(trans('backend::lang.form.save')) ?>
-                </button>
-
-                <span class="btn-text">
-                    <?= e(trans('backend::lang.form.or')) ?> <a href="<?= Backend::url('system/settings') ?>"><?= e(trans('backend::lang.form.cancel')) ?></a>
-                </span>
-            </div>
-        </div>
-    <?= Form::close() ?>
-
-<?php else: ?>
-    <p class="flash-message static error"><?= e(trans($this->fatalError)) ?></p>
-    <p><a href="<?= Backend::url('system/settings') ?>" class="btn btn-default"><?= e(trans('system::lang.settings.return')) ?></a></p>
-<?php endif ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/backend/controllers/editorpreferences/_example_code.htm b/modules/backend/controllers/preferences/_example_code.htm
similarity index 76%
rename from modules/backend/controllers/editorpreferences/_example_code.htm
rename to modules/backend/controllers/preferences/_example_code.htm
index dfffe5018..0f95acced 100644
--- a/modules/backend/controllers/editorpreferences/_example_code.htm
+++ b/modules/backend/controllers/preferences/_example_code.htm
@@ -11,12 +11,3 @@ body {
 p {
     font-size: 12px;
 }
-
-optgroup {
-    font-style: normal;
-    color: #333;
-}
-
-option {
-    color: #000;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/backend/controllers/preferences/_field_editor_preview.htm b/modules/backend/controllers/preferences/_field_editor_preview.htm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4578395b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/backend/controllers/preferences/_field_editor_preview.htm
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<div
+      id="editorpreferencesCodeeditor"
+      class="field-codeeditor size-large layout-relative"
+      data-control="codeeditor"
+      data-font-size="<?= $model->editor_font_size ?>"
+      data-word-wrap="<?= $model->editor_word_wrap ?>"
+      data-code-folding="<?= $model->editor_code_folding ?>"
+      data-tab-size="<?= $model->editor_tab_size ?>"
+      data-theme="<?= $model->editor_theme ?>"
+      data-show-invisibles="<?= $model->editor_show_invisibles ?>"
+      data-highlight-active-line="<?= $model->editor_highlight_active_line ?>"
+      data-use-soft-tabs="<?= !$model->editor_use_hard_tabs ?>"
+      data-enable-basic-autocompletion="<?= $model->editor_enable_basic_autocompletion ?>"
+      data-enable-live-autocompletion="<?= $model->editor_enable_live_autocompletion ?>"
+      data-enable-snippets="<?= $model->editor_enable_snippets ?>"
+      data-display-indent-guides="<?= $model->editor_display_indent_guides ?>"
+      data-show-print-margin="<?= $model->editor_show_print_margin ?>"
+      data-show-gutter="<?= $model->editor_show_gutter ? 'true' : 'false' ?>"
+      data-language="css"
+      data-margin="0"
+      data-vendor-path="<?= URL::to('/modules/backend/formwidgets/codeeditor/assets/vendor/ace') ?>/">
+      <textarea name="editorpreferences_codeeditor"><?= e($this->makePartial('example_code')) ?></textarea>
+</div>
diff --git a/modules/backend/controllers/preferences/config_form.yaml b/modules/backend/controllers/preferences/config_form.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7f3b457d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/backend/controllers/preferences/config_form.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# ===================================
+#  Form Behavior Config
+# ===================================
+
+form: ~/modules/backend/models/preferences/fields.yaml
+modelClass: Backend\Models\Preferences
+defaultRedirect: system/settings
diff --git a/modules/backend/controllers/preferences/index.htm b/modules/backend/controllers/preferences/index.htm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b3061a2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/backend/controllers/preferences/index.htm
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?php if (!$this->fatalError): ?>
+
+    <?= Form::open(['class'=>'layout']) ?>
+
+        <div class="layout-row">
+            <?= $this->formRender() ?>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="form-buttons">
+            <div class="loading-indicator-container">
+                <button
+                    type="submit"
+                    data-request="onSave"
+                    data-request-data="redirect:0"
+                    data-hotkey="ctrl+s, cmd+s"
+                    data-load-indicator="<?= e(trans('backend::lang.form.saving')) ?>"
+                    class="btn btn-primary">
+                    <?= e(trans('backend::lang.form.save')) ?>
+                </button>
+
+                <span class="btn-text">
+                    <?= e(trans('backend::lang.form.or')) ?> <a href="<?= Backend::url('system/settings') ?>"><?= e(trans('backend::lang.form.cancel')) ?></a>
+                </span>
+
+                <button
+                    type="button"
+                    class="btn btn-danger pull-right"
+                    data-request="onResetDefault"
+                    data-load-indicator="<?= e(trans('backend::lang.form.resetting')) ?>"
+                    data-request-confirm="<?= e(trans('backend::lang.form.action_confirm')) ?>">
+                    <?= e(trans('backend::lang.form.reset_default')) ?>
+                </button>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    <?= Form::close() ?>
+
+<?php else: ?>
+    <p class="flash-message static error"><?= e(trans($this->fatalError)) ?></p>
+    <p><a href="<?= Backend::url('system/settings') ?>" class="btn btn-default"><?= e(trans('system::lang.settings.return')) ?></a></p>
+<?php endif ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/backend/formwidgets/CodeEditor.php b/modules/backend/formwidgets/CodeEditor.php
index e59b7d988..f471f8c68 100644
--- a/modules/backend/formwidgets/CodeEditor.php
+++ b/modules/backend/formwidgets/CodeEditor.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php namespace Backend\FormWidgets;
 
-use Backend\Models\EditorPreferences;
+use Backend\Models\Preferences as BackendPreferences;
 use Backend\Classes\FormWidgetBase;
 
 /**
@@ -74,29 +74,29 @@ class CodeEditor extends FormWidgetBase
 
     /**
      * @var boolean If true, the editor activate Basic Autocompletion if press Ctrl+Space
-     */	
-	public $enableBasicAutocompletion = true;
-	
+     */
+    public $enableBasicAutocompletion = true;
+
     /**
      * @var boolean If true, the editor activate use Snippets
-     */	
-	public $enableSnippets = true;
-	
+     */
+    public $enableSnippets = true;
+
     /**
      * @var boolean If true, the editor activate Live Autocompletion mode
-     */	
-	public $enableLiveAutocompletion = true;
-	
+     */
+    public $enableLiveAutocompletion = true;
+    
     /**
      * @var boolean If true, the editor show Indent Guides
-     */	
-	public $displayIndentGuides = true;
-	
+     */
+    public $displayIndentGuides = true;
+
     /**
      * @var boolean If true, the editor show Print Margin
-     */	
-	public $showPrintMargin = false;	
-	
+     */
+    public $showPrintMargin = false;
+
     //
     // Object properties
     //
@@ -125,11 +125,11 @@ class CodeEditor extends FormWidgetBase
             'margin',
             'theme',
             'readOnly',
-	    'enableBasicAutocompletion',
-	    'enableSnippets',
-	    'enableLiveAutocompletion',
-	    'displayIndentGuides',
-	    'showPrintMargin'
+            'enableBasicAutocompletion',
+            'enableSnippets',
+            'enableLiveAutocompletion',
+            'displayIndentGuides',
+            'showPrintMargin'
         ]);
     }
 
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class CodeEditor extends FormWidgetBase
         $this->vars['name'] = $this->formField->getName();
         $this->vars['readOnly'] = $this->readOnly;
         $this->vars['enableBasicAutocompletion'] = $this->enableBasicAutocompletion;
-	$this->vars['enableSnippets'] = $this->enableSnippets;
+        $this->vars['enableSnippets'] = $this->enableSnippets;
         $this->vars['enableLiveAutocompletion'] = $this->enableLiveAutocompletion;
         $this->vars['displayIndentGuides'] = $this->displayIndentGuides;
         $this->vars['showPrintMargin'] = $this->showPrintMargin;
@@ -189,23 +189,23 @@ class CodeEditor extends FormWidgetBase
     protected function applyEditorPreferences()
     {
         // Load the editor system settings
-        $editorSettings = EditorPreferences::instance();
+        $preferences = BackendPreferences::instance();
 
-        $this->fontSize = $editorSettings->font_size;
-        $this->wordWrap = $editorSettings->word_wrap;
-        $this->codeFolding = $editorSettings->code_folding;
-        $this->autoClosing = $editorSettings->auto_closing;
-        $this->tabSize = $editorSettings->tab_size;
-        $this->theme = $editorSettings->theme;
-        $this->showInvisibles = $editorSettings->show_invisibles;
-        $this->highlightActiveLine = $editorSettings->highlight_active_line;
-        $this->useSoftTabs = !$editorSettings->use_hard_tabs;
-        $this->showGutter = $editorSettings->show_gutter;
-        $this->enableBasicAutocompletion = $editorSettings->enable_basic_autocompletion;
-	$this->enableSnippets = $editorSettings->enable_snippets;
-        $this->enableLiveAutocompletion = $editorSettings->enable_live_autocompletion;
-        $this->displayIndentGuides = $editorSettings->display_indent_guides;
-	$this->showPrintMargin = $editorSettings->show_print_margin;
+        $this->fontSize = $preferences->editor_font_size;
+        $this->wordWrap = $preferences->editor_word_wrap;
+        $this->codeFolding = $preferences->editor_code_folding;
+        $this->autoClosing = $preferences->editor_auto_closing;
+        $this->tabSize = $preferences->editor_tab_size;
+        $this->theme = $preferences->editor_theme;
+        $this->showInvisibles = $preferences->editor_show_invisibles;
+        $this->highlightActiveLine = $preferences->editor_highlight_active_line;
+        $this->useSoftTabs = !$preferences->editor_use_hard_tabs;
+        $this->showGutter = $preferences->editor_show_gutter;
+        $this->enableBasicAutocompletion = $preferences->editor_enable_basic_autocompletion;
+        $this->enableSnippets = $preferences->editor_enable_snippets;
+        $this->enableLiveAutocompletion = $preferences->editor_enable_live_autocompletion;
+        $this->displayIndentGuides = $preferences->editor_display_indent_guides;
+        $this->showPrintMargin = $preferences->editor_show_print_margin;
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/modules/backend/lang/en/lang.php b/modules/backend/lang/en/lang.php
index a5f6f2045..ce47fd36b 100644
--- a/modules/backend/lang/en/lang.php
+++ b/modules/backend/lang/en/lang.php
@@ -281,11 +281,11 @@ return [
         'auto_closing' => 'Auto close tags and special characters',
         'show_invisibles' => 'Show invisible characters',
         'show_gutter' => 'Show gutter',
-	'enable_basic_autocompletion'=> 'Enable Basic Autocompletion(Ctrl+Space)',
-	'enable_snippets'=> 'Enable use of Snippets',
-	'enable_live_autocompletion'=> 'Enable Live Autocompletion',
-	'display_indent_guides'=> 'Show Display Indent Guides',
-	'show_print_margin'=> 'Show Print Margin',
+        'enable_basic_autocompletion'=> 'Enable Basic Autocompletion (Ctrl+Space)',
+        'enable_snippets'=> 'Enable use of Snippets',
+        'enable_live_autocompletion'=> 'Enable Live Autocompletion',
+        'display_indent_guides'=> 'Show Display Indent Guides',
+        'show_print_margin'=> 'Show Print Margin',
         'theme' => 'Color scheme'
     ],
     'tooltips' => [
@@ -311,17 +311,24 @@ return [
         'app_tagline' => 'App Tagline',
         'app_tagline_description' => 'This name is shown on the sign in screen for the back-end.',
         'colors' => 'Colors',
-        'appearance' => 'Appearance',
         'primary_color' => 'Primary color',
         'secondary_color' => 'Secondary color',
         'accent_color' => 'Accent color',
         'styles' => 'Styles',
-        'custom_stylesheet' => 'Custom stylesheet'
+        'custom_stylesheet' => 'Custom stylesheet',
+        'navigation' => 'Navigation',
+        'menu_mode' => 'Menu style',
+        'menu_mode_inline' => 'Inline',
+        'menu_mode_tile' => 'Tiles',
+        'menu_mode_collapsed' => 'Collapsed',
     ],
     'backend_preferences' => [
         'menu_label' => 'Back-end preferences',
         'menu_description' => 'Manage your account preferences such as desired language.',
-        'locale' => 'Language',
+        'region' => 'Region',
+        'code_editor' => 'Code editor',
+        'timezone' => 'Timezone',
+        'locale' => 'Locale',
         'locale_comment' => 'Select your desired locale for language use.'
     ],
     'access_log' => [
diff --git a/modules/backend/models/BackendPreferences.php b/modules/backend/models/BackendPreferences.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f4282adf..000000000
--- a/modules/backend/models/BackendPreferences.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-<?php namespace Backend\Models;
-
-use Lang;
-use Model;
-use Config;
-use Session;
-use DirectoryIterator;
-
-/**
- * Backend preferences for the backend user
- *
- * @package october\backend
- * @author Alexey Bobkov, Samuel Georges
- */
-class BackendPreferences extends Model
-{
-    public $implement = ['Backend.Behaviors.UserPreferencesModel'];
-    public $settingsCode = 'backend::backend.preferences';
-    public $settingsFields = 'fields.yaml';
-
-    public function initSettingsData()
-    {
-        $this->locale = Config::get('app.locale', 'en');
-    }
-
-    public static function applyConfigValues()
-    {
-        $settings = self::instance();
-        Config::set('app.locale', $settings->locale);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns available options for the "locale" attribute.
-     * @return array
-     */
-    public function getLocaleOptions()
-    {
-        $locales = Config::get('app.localeOptions', [
-            'cs' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.cs'), 'flag-cz'],
-            'en' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.en'), 'flag-gb'],
-            'de' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.de'), 'flag-de'],
-            'es' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.es'), 'flag-es'],
-            'es-ar' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.es-ar'), 'flag-ar'],
-            'fa' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.fa'), 'flag-ir'],
-            'fr' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.fr'), 'flag-fr'],
-            'hu' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.hu'), 'flag-hu'],
-            'id' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.id'), 'flag-id'],
-            'it' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.it'), 'flag-it'],
-            'ja' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.ja'), 'flag-jp'],
-            'lv' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.lv'), 'flag-lv'],
-            'nl' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.nl'), 'flag-nl'],
-            'pt-br' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.pt-br'), 'flag-br'],
-            'ro' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.ro'), 'flag-ro'],
-            'ru' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.ru'), 'flag-ru'],
-            'sv' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.sv'), 'flag-se'],
-            'tr' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.tr'), 'flag-tr'],
-            'pl' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.pl'), 'flag-pl'],
-            'sk' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.sk'), 'flag-sk'],
-            'zh-cn' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.zh-cn'), 'flag-cn'],
-            'zh-tw' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.zh-tw'), 'flag-tw'],
-            'nb-no' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.nb-no'), 'flag-no'],
-            'el' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.el'), 'flag-gr'],
-        ]);
-
-        // Sort locales alphabetically
-        asort($locales);
-
-        return $locales;
-    }
-
-    public function afterSave()
-    {
-        Session::put('locale', $this->locale);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/modules/backend/models/EditorPreferences.php b/modules/backend/models/EditorPreferences.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 05d8aa491..000000000
--- a/modules/backend/models/EditorPreferences.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-<?php namespace Backend\Models;
-
-use App;
-use Model;
-use DirectoryIterator;
-
-/**
- * Code editor preferences for the backend user\
- *
- * @package october\backend
- * @author Alexey Bobkov, Samuel Georges
- */
-class EditorPreferences extends Model
-{
-    public $implement = ['Backend.Behaviors.UserPreferencesModel'];
-    public $settingsCode = 'backend::editor.preferences';
-    public $settingsFields = 'fields.yaml';
-
-    const DEFAULT_THEME = 'twilight';
-
-    public function initSettingsData()
-    {
-        $config = App::make('config');
-        $this->font_size = $config->get('editor.font_size', 12);
-        $this->word_wrap = $config->get('editor.word_wrap', 'fluid');
-        $this->code_folding = $config->get('editor.code_folding', 'manual');
-        $this->tab_size = $config->get('editor.tab_size', 4);
-        $this->theme = $config->get('editor.theme', static::DEFAULT_THEME);
-        $this->show_invisibles = $config->get('editor.show_invisibles', true);
-        $this->highlight_active_line = $config->get('editor.highlight_active_line', true);
-        $this->use_hard_tabs = $config->get('editor.use_hard_tabs', false);
-        $this->show_gutter = $config->get('editor.show_gutter', true);
-        $this->auto_closing = $config->get('editor.auto_closing', true);
-        $this->enable_basic_autocompletion = $config->get('editor.enable_basic_autocompletion', true);
-        $this->enable_snippets = $config->get('editor.enable_snippets', true);
-        $this->enable_live_autocompletion = $config->get('editor.enable_live_autocompletion', true);
-        $this->display_indent_guides = $config->get('editor.display_indent_guides', true);
-        $this->show_print_margin = $config->get('editor.show_print_margin', true);
-    }
-
-    public static function applyConfigValues()
-    {
-        $config = App::make('config');
-        $settings = self::instance();
-        $config->set('editor.font_size', $settings->font_size);
-        $config->set('editor.word_wrap', $settings->word_wrap);
-        $config->set('editor.code_folding', $settings->code_folding);
-        $config->set('editor.tab_size', $settings->tab_size);
-        $config->set('editor.theme', $settings->theme);
-        $config->set('editor.show_invisibles', $settings->show_invisibles);
-        $config->set('editor.highlight_active_line', $settings->highlight_active_line);
-        $config->set('editor.use_hard_tabs', $settings->use_hard_tabs);
-        $config->set('editor.show_gutter', $settings->show_gutter);
-        $config->set('editor.auto_closing', $settings->auto_closing);
-        $config->set('editor.enable_basic_autocompletion', $settings->enable_basic_autocompletion);
-        $config->set('editor.editor.enable_snippets', $settings->enable_snippets);
-        $config->set('editor.enable_live_autocompletion', $settings->enable_live_autocompletion);
-        $config->set('editor.display_indent_guides', $settings->display_indent_guides);
-        $config->set('editor.show_print_margin', $settings->show_print_margin);
-    }
-
-    public function getThemeOptions()
-    {
-        $themeDir = new DirectoryIterator("modules/backend/formwidgets/codeeditor/assets/vendor/ace/");
-        $themes = [];
-
-        // Iterate through the themes
-        foreach ($themeDir as $node) {
-
-            // If this file is a theme (starting by "theme-")
-            if (!$node->isDir() && substr($node->getFileName(), 0, 6) == 'theme-') {
-                // Remove the theme- prefix and the .js suffix, create an user friendly and capitalized name
-                $themeId = substr($node->getFileName(), 6, -3);
-                $themeName = ucwords(str_replace("_", " ", $themeId));
-
-                // Add the values to the themes array
-                if ($themeId != static::DEFAULT_THEME) {
-                    $themes[$themeId] = $themeName;
-                }
-            }
-
-        }
-
-        // Sort the theme alphabetically, and push the default theme
-        asort($themes);
-        return [static::DEFAULT_THEME => ucwords(static::DEFAULT_THEME)] + $themes;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/modules/backend/models/Preferences.php b/modules/backend/models/Preferences.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..155107450
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/backend/models/Preferences.php
@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+<?php namespace Backend\Models;
+
+use App;
+use Lang;
+use Model;
+use Config;
+use Session;
+use BackendAuth;
+use DirectoryIterator;
+use DateTime;
+use DateTimeZone;
+use Carbon\Carbon;
+
+/**
+ * Backend preferences for the backend user
+ *
+ * @package october\backend
+ * @author Alexey Bobkov, Samuel Georges
+ */
+class Preferences extends Model
+{
+    use \October\Rain\Database\Traits\Validation;
+
+    public $implement = ['Backend.Behaviors.UserPreferencesModel'];
+    public $settingsCode = 'backend::backend.preferences';
+    public $settingsFields = 'fields.yaml';
+
+    const DEFAULT_THEME = 'twilight';
+
+    /**
+     * Validation rules
+     */
+    public $rules = [];
+
+    public function initSettingsData()
+    {
+        $this->locale = Config::get('app.locale', 'en');
+        $this->fallback_locale = $this->getFallbackLocale($this->locale);
+        $this->timezone = Config::get('cms.backendTimezone', 'UTC');
+
+        $config = App::make('config');
+        $this->editor_font_size = $config->get('editor.font_size', 12);
+        $this->editor_word_wrap = $config->get('editor.word_wrap', 'fluid');
+        $this->editor_code_folding = $config->get('editor.code_folding', 'manual');
+        $this->editor_tab_size = $config->get('editor.tab_size', 4);
+        $this->editor_theme = $config->get('editor.theme', static::DEFAULT_THEME);
+        $this->editor_show_invisibles = $config->get('editor.show_invisibles', true);
+        $this->editor_highlight_active_line = $config->get('editor.highlight_active_line', true);
+        $this->editor_use_hard_tabs = $config->get('editor.use_hard_tabs', false);
+        $this->editor_show_gutter = $config->get('editor.show_gutter', true);
+        $this->editor_auto_closing = $config->get('editor.auto_closing', true);
+        $this->editor_enable_basic_autocompletion = $config->get('editor.enable_basic_autocompletion', true);
+        $this->editor_enable_live_autocompletion = $config->get('editor.enable_live_autocompletion', true);
+        $this->editor_enable_snippets = $config->get('editor.enable_snippets', true);
+        $this->editor_display_indent_guides = $config->get('editor.display_indent_guides', true);
+        $this->editor_show_print_margin = $config->get('editor.show_print_margin', true);
+    }
+
+    public static function setAppLocale()
+    {
+        if (Session::has('locale')) {
+            App::setLocale(Session::get('locale'));
+        }
+        elseif (
+            ($user = BackendAuth::getUser()) &&
+            ($locale = static::get('locale'))
+        ) {
+            Session::put('locale', $locale);
+            App::setLocale($locale);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static function setAppFallbackLocale()
+    {
+        if (Session::has('fallback_locale')) {
+            Lang::setFallback(Session::get('fallback_locale'));
+        }
+        elseif (
+            ($user = BackendAuth::getUser()) &&
+            ($locale = static::get('fallback_locale'))
+        ) {
+            Session::put('fallback_locale', $locale);
+            Lang::setFallback($locale);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function beforeValidate()
+    {
+        $this->fallback_locale = $this->getFallbackLocale($this->locale);
+    }
+
+    public function afterSave()
+    {
+        Session::put('locale', $this->locale);
+        Session::put('fallback_locale', $this->fallback_locale);
+    }
+
+    public function resetDefault()
+    {
+        parent::resetDefault();
+        Session::forget('locale');
+        Session::forget('fallback_locale');
+    }
+
+    public static function applyConfigValues()
+    {
+        $settings = self::instance();
+        Config::set('app.locale', $settings->locale);
+        Config::set('app.fallback_locale', $this->getFallbackLocale($settings->locale));
+    }
+
+    protected function getFallbackLocale($locale)
+    {
+        if ($position = strpos($locale, '-')) {
+            return substr($locale, 0, $position);
+        }
+
+        return Config::get('app.fallback_locale');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns available options for the "locale" attribute.
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function getLocaleOptions()
+    {
+        $locales = Config::get('app.localeOptions', [
+            'cs' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.cs'), 'flag-cz'],
+            'en' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.en'), 'flag-gb'],
+            'en-au' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.en-au'), 'flag-au'],
+            'de' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.de'), 'flag-de'],
+            'es' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.es'), 'flag-es'],
+            'es-ar' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.es-ar'), 'flag-ar'],
+            'fa' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.fa'), 'flag-ir'],
+            'fr' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.fr'), 'flag-fr'],
+            'fr-ca' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.fr-ca'), 'flag-fr'],
+            'hu' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.hu'), 'flag-hu'],
+            'id' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.id'), 'flag-id'],
+            'it' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.it'), 'flag-it'],
+            'ja' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.ja'), 'flag-jp'],
+            'lv' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.lv'), 'flag-lv'],
+            'nl' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.nl'), 'flag-nl'],
+            'pt-br' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.pt-br'), 'flag-br'],
+            'ro' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.ro'), 'flag-ro'],
+            'ru' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.ru'), 'flag-ru'],
+            'sv' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.sv'), 'flag-se'],
+            'tr' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.tr'), 'flag-tr'],
+            'pl' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.pl'), 'flag-pl'],
+            'sk' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.sk'), 'flag-sk'],
+            'zh-cn' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.zh-cn'), 'flag-cn'],
+            'zh-tw' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.zh-tw'), 'flag-tw'],
+            'nb-no' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.nb-no'), 'flag-no'],
+            'el' => [Lang::get('system::lang.locale.el'), 'flag-gr'],
+        ]);
+
+        // Sort locales alphabetically
+        asort($locales);
+
+        return $locales;
+    }
+
+    public function getTimezoneOptions()
+    {
+        $timezoneIdentifiers = DateTimeZone::listIdentifiers();
+        $utcTime = new DateTime('now', new DateTimeZone('UTC'));
+
+        $tempTimezones = [];
+        foreach ($timezoneIdentifiers as $timezoneIdentifier) {
+            $currentTimezone = new DateTimeZone($timezoneIdentifier);
+
+            $tempTimezones[] = [
+                'offset' => (int) $currentTimezone->getOffset($utcTime),
+                'identifier' => $timezoneIdentifier
+            ];
+        }
+
+        // Sort the array by offset, identifier ascending
+        usort($tempTimezones, function($a, $b) {
+            return $a['offset'] === $b['offset']
+                ? strcmp($a['identifier'], $b['identifier'])
+                : $a['offset'] - $b['offset'];
+        });
+
+        $timezoneList = [];
+        foreach ($tempTimezones as $tz) {
+            $sign = $tz['offset'] > 0 ? '+' : '-';
+            $offset = gmdate('H:i', abs($tz['offset']));
+            $timezoneList[$tz['identifier']] = '(UTC ' . $sign . $offset . ') ' . $tz['identifier'];
+        }
+
+        return $timezoneList;
+    }
+
+    public function getEditorThemeOptions()
+    {
+        $themeDir = new DirectoryIterator("modules/backend/formwidgets/codeeditor/assets/vendor/ace/");
+        $themes = [];
+
+        // Iterate through the themes
+        foreach ($themeDir as $node) {
+
+            // If this file is a theme (starting by "theme-")
+            if (!$node->isDir() && substr($node->getFileName(), 0, 6) == 'theme-') {
+                // Remove the theme- prefix and the .js suffix, create an user friendly and capitalized name
+                $themeId = substr($node->getFileName(), 6, -3);
+                $themeName = ucwords(str_replace("_", " ", $themeId));
+
+                // Add the values to the themes array
+                if ($themeId != static::DEFAULT_THEME) {
+                    $themes[$themeId] = $themeName;
+                }
+            }
+
+        }
+
+        // Sort the theme alphabetically, and push the default theme
+        asort($themes);
+        return [static::DEFAULT_THEME => ucwords(static::DEFAULT_THEME)] + $themes;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/modules/backend/models/backendpreferences/fields.yaml b/modules/backend/models/backendpreferences/fields.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index ab5c4bd73..000000000
--- a/modules/backend/models/backendpreferences/fields.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-# ===================================
-#  Field Definitions
-# ===================================
-
-fields:
-    locale:
-        label: backend::lang.backend_preferences.locale
-        comment: backend::lang.backend_preferences.locale_comment
-        type: dropdown
-        span: left
diff --git a/modules/backend/models/editorpreferences/fields.yaml b/modules/backend/models/editorpreferences/fields.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c360d061..000000000
--- a/modules/backend/models/editorpreferences/fields.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-# ===================================
-#  Field Definitions
-# ===================================
-
-fields:
-
-    font_size:
-        label: backend::lang.editor.font_size
-        span: auto
-        type: dropdown
-        options:
-            11: 11px
-            12: 12px
-            13: 13px
-            14: 14px
-            15: 15px
-            16: 16px
-
-    word_wrap:
-        label: backend::lang.editor.word_wrap
-        type: dropdown
-        span: auto
-        options:
-            off: Off
-            40: 40 Characters
-            80: 80 Characters
-            fluid: Fluid
-
-    code_folding:
-        label: backend::lang.editor.code_folding
-        type: dropdown
-        span: auto
-        options:
-            manual: Off
-            markbegin: Mark begin
-            markbeginend: Mark begin and end
-
-    tab_size:
-        label: backend::lang.editor.tab_size
-        span: auto
-        type: dropdown
-        options:
-            2: 2
-            3: 3
-            4: 4
-            5: 5
-            6: 6
-            7: 7
-            8: 8
-
-    theme:
-        label: backend::lang.editor.theme
-        type: dropdown
-
-    auto_closing:
-        label: backend::lang.editor.auto_closing
-        type: checkbox
-
-    show_invisibles:
-        label: backend::lang.editor.show_invisibles
-        type: checkbox
-
-    highlight_active_line:
-        label: backend::lang.editor.highlight_active_line
-        type: checkbox
-
-    use_hard_tabs:
-        label: backend::lang.editor.use_hard_tabs
-        type: checkbox
-
-    show_gutter:
-        label: backend::lang.editor.show_gutter
-        type: checkbox
-
-    enable_basic_autocompletion:
-        label: backend::lang.editor.enable_basic_autocompletion
-        type: checkbox
-
-    enable_snippets:
-        label: backend::lang.editor.enable_snippets
-        type: checkbox
-
-    enable_live_autocompletion:
-        label: backend::lang.editor.enable_live_autocompletion
-        type: checkbox
-
-    display_indent_guides:
-        label: backend::lang.editor.display_indent_guides
-        type: checkbox
-
-    show_print_margin:
-        label: backend::lang.editor.show_print_margin
-        type: checkbox
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diff --git a/modules/backend/models/preferences/fields.yaml b/modules/backend/models/preferences/fields.yaml
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+# ===================================
+#  Field Definitions
+# ===================================
+#
+tabs:
+    fields:
+
+        locale:
+            tab: backend::lang.backend_preferences.region
+            label: backend::lang.backend_preferences.locale
+            comment: backend::lang.backend_preferences.locale_comment
+            type: dropdown
+            span: left
+
+        timezone:
+            tab: backend::lang.backend_preferences.region
+            label: backend::lang.backend_preferences.timezone
+            comment: Adjust displayed dates to this timezone.
+            type: dropdown
+            span: left
+
+        editor_preview:
+            type: partial
+            tab: backend::lang.backend_preferences.code_editor
+            path: field_editor_preview
+
+        editor_font_size:
+            label: backend::lang.editor.font_size
+            tab: backend::lang.backend_preferences.code_editor
+            span: auto
+            type: dropdown
+            options:
+                11: 11px
+                12: 12px
+                13: 13px
+                14: 14px
+                15: 15px
+                16: 16px
+
+        editor_word_wrap:
+            label: backend::lang.editor.word_wrap
+            tab: backend::lang.backend_preferences.code_editor
+            type: dropdown
+            span: auto
+            options:
+                off: Off
+                40: 40 Characters
+                80: 80 Characters
+                fluid: Fluid
+
+        editor_code_folding:
+            label: backend::lang.editor.code_folding
+            tab: backend::lang.backend_preferences.code_editor
+            type: dropdown
+            span: auto
+            options:
+                manual: Off
+                markbegin: Mark begin
+                markbeginend: Mark begin and end
+
+        editor_tab_size:
+            label: backend::lang.editor.tab_size
+            tab: backend::lang.backend_preferences.code_editor
+            span: auto
+            type: dropdown
+            options:
+                2: 2
+                3: 3
+                4: 4
+                5: 5
+                6: 6
+                7: 7
+                8: 8
+
+        editor_theme:
+            label: backend::lang.editor.theme
+            tab: backend::lang.backend_preferences.code_editor
+            type: dropdown
+
+        editor_auto_closing:
+            label: backend::lang.editor.auto_closing
+            tab: backend::lang.backend_preferences.code_editor
+            type: checkbox
+            span: auto
+
+        editor_show_invisibles:
+            label: backend::lang.editor.show_invisibles
+            tab: backend::lang.backend_preferences.code_editor
+            type: checkbox
+            span: auto
+
+        editor_highlight_active_line:
+            label: backend::lang.editor.highlight_active_line
+            tab: backend::lang.backend_preferences.code_editor
+            type: checkbox
+            span: auto
+
+        editor_use_hard_tabs:
+            label: backend::lang.editor.use_hard_tabs
+            tab: backend::lang.backend_preferences.code_editor
+            type: checkbox
+            span: auto
+
+        editor_show_gutter:
+            label: backend::lang.editor.show_gutter
+            tab: backend::lang.backend_preferences.code_editor
+            type: checkbox
+            span: auto
+
+        editor_enable_basic_autocompletion:
+            label: backend::lang.editor.enable_basic_autocompletion
+            tab: backend::lang.backend_preferences.code_editor
+            type: checkbox
+            span: auto
+
+        editor_enable_snippets:
+            label: backend::lang.editor.enable_snippets
+            tab: backend::lang.backend_preferences.code_editor
+            type: checkbox
+            span: auto
+
+        editor_enable_live_autocompletion:
+            label: backend::lang.editor.enable_live_autocompletion
+            tab: backend::lang.backend_preferences.code_editor
+            type: checkbox
+            span: auto
+
+        editor_display_indent_guides:
+            label: backend::lang.editor.display_indent_guides
+            tab: backend::lang.backend_preferences.code_editor
+            type: checkbox
+            span: auto
+
+        editor_show_print_margin:
+            label: backend::lang.editor.show_print_margin
+            tab: backend::lang.backend_preferences.code_editor
+            type: checkbox
+            span: auto