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Getting started

Around the tools

The bar at the top, the footer, themes, undo and the save status work the same in every tool.

Every tool shares the same bar across the top and the same footer along the bottom. Learn them once and they work everywhere.

The bar at the top #

From left to right:

  • archoverflow takes you to the home page, with your projects, the library and every tool.
  • The Tools pill. Click Tools to go up one level: from a scheme to the tool's home screen, and from there to the home page. Click the tool's name (▾) to switch tools.
  • The Projects pill. Click Projects for the list of all your projects. Click the name next to it (▾) to see which project the work on screen is in, or to pick another project. See Projects and schemes.
  • Undo, Redo and History, while you're working on something. See Undo and history.
  • The status pill with its moving line. See The save status.
  • Your avatar opens the account menu: Profile & account, Connect your AI, and Sign out. Signed out, it's a Sign in link.

Some tools add a row of their own tabs under the bar.

Switch tools #

Click the tool's name in the Tools pill. The menu lists every tool, alpha tools marked alpha.

  • Click a tool to open its home screen in this window.
  • Click the star to keep a tool at the top of the list.
  • Click the window button at the end of a row to open that tool in a new window.

Below the tools are Home, Resources (the library), Profile & account, Connect your AI, and the link to install the app. See The ArchOverflow app.

The save status #

The pill next to your avatar has a thin line that shows your connection:

  • Moving gently: connected. Your changes reach your account.
  • Busy: saving or loading.
  • Red and swaying: not connected. Your work is safe on this computer and saves when you're back.

Work in a project saves itself a moment after you stop typing. When something needs your attention, a badge appears beside the pill: Local (on this computer only), changes waiting to sync, or a failed sync you can click to retry.

When someone else on the project saves first, the tool merges their changes with yours and says so. See Saving and versions.

Undo and history #

  • Undo (Ctrl+Z) and Redo (Ctrl+Y) step through your changes.
  • History lists the states from this session. Click one to go back to it.

Undo history lasts while the tab is open. Saved versions last longer: see Saving and versions.

Along the bottom of every tool:

  • Bug and Idea send a bug report or a feature idea. See Bugs and ideas.
  • Alpha or Beta says the tool's stage. Click it for what that means.
  • Effects turns the moving lines and color shifts on or off.
  • The theme switch and Legal.

Themes #

The theme switch in the footer has three choices: Light, Dark and Lights out (dark with true black backgrounds).

Click the active one again to go back to following your computer's light or dark setting. Your choice applies to every tool, the library and these docs.

Alpha and beta labels #

The first time you open an alpha tool on a device, one line under the bar says what alpha means. Click Got it to hide it. You can accept or bring back these labels for every tool at once on your account page, under Alpha and beta labels.