ZEITLICHT
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Basics

Layout and navigation

I want to …

… understand how Zeitlicht is laid out and move between Board, Notes, Focus, Activity, and Settings.

Before you start

  • You are signed in and inside a workspace.
  • On a wide screen the destinations sit in a left rail. On a phone they sit in a bottom bar.

Here's how

  1. Open the app at start.zeitlicht.app or in the iOS or Android app.
  2. Look at the main navigation. It has five destinations: Board, Notes, Focus, Activity, and Settings.
  3. On desktop: the destinations sit in the left NavigationRail. The Zeitlicht logo is at the top. Tap the logo to slide in the workspace switcher. The app bar title is the current board name, with a down arrow. Tap it to switch boards.
  4. On a phone: the five destinations sit in the bottom NavigationBar. Above it sits the focus bar with play and Let's focus, or your focus task with its time; it is hidden on the Focus tab. The logo and the board name sit in the top app bar. Tap the logo for the workspace switcher, and the board name for the board menu.
  5. Switch to Notes, then Focus, then back to Board. You stay in the same workspace. If a note or task still has unsaved text, Unsaved changes appears first.
  6. When a timer is running, a small light appears in the left rail. Tap it to jump to the Focus tab. On Focus itself it stays hidden, unless the task is open as a window: then it burns along until you close that window.
  7. When Hyperfocus is on and you have a focus task, navigation shrinks to Focus. On a phone the bottom bar disappears. Everything returns when you press Done or turn Hyperfocus off.

The result

You know where Board, Notes, Focus, Activity, and Settings live, how to switch workspaces from the logo, and how to switch boards from the title.

Common questions

Why is only Focus left?

In Hyperfocus only the Focus tab remains until you press Done. Turn Hyperfocus off with the toggle in the rail or the app bar.

Where do I manage members?

Open Settings in the current workspace. The Members row is there. You can also go to /w/…/members.

Where did Topics & Tags go?

Open Settings, then Topics or Tags under Workspace. The circle in the navigation is now Activity.

The board keeps showing a spinner

If loading takes more than a few seconds, This is taking longer than expected. appears under the spinner, with Retry. Tap Retry to load the board again.

A click does nothing

In the browser, if a tab or a note does not open within about two seconds, Zeitlicht reloads the page by itself at the place you picked. You do not need to reload by hand.

Where is my parking lot?

In Notes, as the row Parking lot under Collection, above All notes. It is the same in every workspace.

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