Using Side Whisper

Sidebar and workspaces

The rail holds your saved web apps. This guide covers apps, groups, templates and monitors.

#The rail

• Docks to the left or right edge of the monitor you choose. The rail is 48 px wide, and Settings, under Appearance, sets its height, opacity and icon size.
• Each tile shows a running pill, a longer pill for the active app, an audio chip and an unread badge.
• Window mode and Quick Search sit at the top. Add and Tools (Templates, Voice, Themes, Settings) sit at the bottom.
• The tray menu has Show or Hide, Quick Search, Templates, Settings, Voice settings, the window modes, Help and Quit.

#Apps, dividers and pinning

• Save web apps and links, add dividers to group them, and drag to reorder. Dragging moves up or down only.
• Pin to top keeps an app in a leading group, separated by a hairline.
• Mute and Unmute apply to every current and future tab of an app.
• Removed an app or a divider by mistake? Undo works for 10 seconds, or press Ctrl+Z while the sidebar has focus.

Icons

Side Whisper fetches an app’s icon only from the saved site’s own address and caches it on your PC. If there is none, it shows a monogram. You can upload an image, use an image address from the same site, or pick a letter.

#Templates

Open Templates with Ctrl+Alt+Shift+O. A template shows exactly what it adds, for example “Adds 2 apps. 3 are already in your sidebar.” Then add the missing apps, or replace the sidebar with a confirmation and Undo. See Templates and themes.

#Multiple monitors

The rail and its windows follow the sidebar across monitors, and re-fit when you change the edge or the monitor in Settings, under General.

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