The panel and the window

Attached or detached

Chunk is either attached or detached.

Attached, it's a panel that opens from the menu bar at the top right of your screen, over whatever app you're in, and hides again when you're done. You can't resize it. Instead it has two fixed sizes, standard and compact.

Detached, it's an ordinary Mac window. It stays where you put it, and you can move it, resize it or make it full screen.

Open and hide Chunk

1. Click Chunk's icon in the menu bar, or press ⌘/ in any app. While a block runs, its countdown stands in for the icon.
2. Click it or press ⌘/ again to hide Chunk.

The attached panel also hides when you click outside it. To keep it open, turn off Auto-hide panel in Settings → General.

Switch between the two sizes

Attached, Chunk is standard or compact. Standard has the sidebar and the Tasks, Plan and Calendar layouts. Compact is a slim column with Tasks and one day of Calendar.

1. To go compact, click Shrink panel at the right end of the toolbar.
2. To go back to standard, click Widen panel in the bar along the foot of the compact panel.

The compact panel is too narrow for the toolbar's buttons, so they sit in the bar along its foot.

Detach Chunk into a window

1. Click Detach window: at the right end of the toolbar, or in the bar along the foot of the compact panel.
2. Move the window and drag its edges to resize it. It can't be narrower than the standard panel.
3. To attach Chunk again, click Attach window at the right end of the window's toolbar. It goes back to the size it had.

When the window is wide, Tasks shows today's calendar beside your list. Drag the line between them to share out the space.

The window keeps its size and place for next time. Its red button hides Chunk; it doesn't quit.

Shortcuts

⌘/ opens and hides Chunk. In Settings → Shortcuts you can also give keys to Mini panel (the compact size at today's calendar), to Tasks layout, Plan layout and Calendar layout, and to Detach or attach window. They have none to begin with: Keyboard shortcuts shows how to record some.

Choose how Chunk starts

1. Open Settings → General.
2. Turn on Launch at login to start Chunk when you sign in to your Mac.
3. Turn off Show in Dock to keep Chunk out of the Dock and the app switcher. Its icon stays in the menu bar.

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