The notch and island
Everything in Ledge opens from the top of the screen. On a MacBook it grows out of the camera notch; on other displays Ledge draws a notch, or a pill that floats under the menu bar.
Opening and closing
- Rest the pointer on the notch and it opens. With Open on hover off, click it instead.
- Dragging a file toward the top of the screen opens it either way, ready for the shelf.
- It closes once the pointer leaves, after a moment you can set. Turned off, it stays open until you click elsewhere.
- The tab pill under the open notch moves between its pages: the shelf, the player, and the Widgets page if it's on.
- On a Force Touch trackpad, you can feel a light tap as it opens.
Settings → General holds these, the open notch's width, and how fast it moves, from Relaxed to Instant.
Keeping it out of the way
- Right-click the closed notch to hide it; right-click the same spot to bring it back.
- It steps aside while an app you choose is in front, such as a game or a presentation.
- It hides while an app fills the screen and the menu bar is gone.
- With Hide from screenshots on, screenshots, recordings and screen sharing leave it out. You still see it.
Displays without a notch
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A display with a camera notch always uses it. External displays, and Macs without one, show a drawn notch at the top or a pill under the menu bar; you choose which in Settings → Theming. External displays, in Settings → General → Visibility, decides where it appears:
| External displays | Shows the notch |
|---|---|
| Never | Only on the built-in display |
| With pointer | On an external display while the pointer is on it |
| Always | On every display |
With the MacBook's lid closed, it always shows on the external display.
How it looks
| Setting | What it changes |
|---|---|
| Black | Solid black that blends into the camera housing |
| Dynamic Glass | Black at the top, melting into frosted glass lower down; you set where the melt starts |
| Liquid Glass | Clear glass all the way, closed and open, with an optional dark tint for readable text |
| Size | How wide and tall the notch is, and how wide the pill is |
| Glass | From clear Liquid Glass to frosted, and a soft blur of the desktop just past the open notch |
| Colours | The highlight, the volume and brightness bars, and the song's wave |
All of these are in Settings → Theming.