Header
The tools in the top row work the same from every menu.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Hide side panes (⌘B · Windows Ctrl+B) | The leftmost icon. Hides the sidebar and list pane together and shows them again |
| Search | Finds project documents, chats and diagrams and jumps to the spot |
| Screens kept in the background | Screens left as they were when you moved away (chat, files and a few recent ones) appear as pills. Click to go back instantly; × closes one so it loads fresh next time |
| Meeting bar | Only while you are in a team meeting — meeting name, elapsed time, people, mic, leave. Click to return to the meeting screen |
| AI control pill | Only while AI is moving the app screen or a web page — “AI is moving the app screen” or “AI is working on a web page” (“AI working” while it pauses) with “Stop”. Click to go to that chat (or the browser’s “AI” tab for web work) |
| Host PC pill | While another PC or a phone is connected to this PC (“Connected from …”, “Disconnect”), or while this PC is connected to a host PC, its connection state |
| Sign in · name | A “Sign in” button before you sign in; your display name after |
| Notifications (bell) | Things that just finished — chat answers, jobs that finished, failed or wait for you, image generation, team messages that mention you, values arriving for a secure-sharing request. The unread count sits on the bell; clicking a row takes you there (switching project if needed) — a workflow run opens that run’s details in the Workflows “Run” tab. “Mark all read” · “Clear”. Work on the screen you are looking at is not added, and the list empties when the app quits |
| Notes (⌘⇧M · Windows Ctrl+M) | Sticky notes — see below |
| Files (folder icon) | The files drawer on the right — see below |
Sticky notes
Turning them on lays a translucent layer over the whole monitor the app is on, with notes on top.
- “New note” and “Hide” at the top right. Drag the top of a note to move it, the bottom-right corner to resize, × to delete (it asks if there is text).
- Pictures can be pasted between lines — a copied picture or screenshot, a picture file, or base64 text (
data:image/…). Text copied from elsewhere comes in without formatting. - (macOS) Click a picture to select it; a handle appears at its bottom-right corner — drag it to resize (keeps proportions). Copy (⌘C) a single selected picture and it pastes into other apps as a picture (with text selected too, only the text is copied). Right-click a picture for “Copy image” and “Original size”.
- ⌘⇧M (Ctrl+M on Windows) or Esc hides the layer.
- Moving to another app or desktop hides it; coming back to Gradient shows it again.
- Only the current text is saved (no history). There is one set of notes, regardless of project.
Files drawer
A list for checking and moving files that opens on the right from any menu (no creating, importing or moving between folders). It has the same two views as the Files tab (structure · list; most recent first inside each folder), filtered by name search and extension tags (All · MD · HTML …).
- Clicking a row opens a preview (view only, Esc closes — copy content or path).
- Drag a row into the chat input or onto an open diagram canvas.