Every setting in Brink, section by section, with what it starts as.
Open Settings with ⌘, in the panel, or Settings… in the menu bar icon’s menu. Changes apply at once; there’s nothing to save. ⌘W closes Settings, and gives the keyboard back to where you were.
The sections, from the top, with what each setting starts as:
Brink Pro
Where things stand: free, in the trial (with the days left), trial ended, or unlocked. While there’s something to buy, it has Start 14-Day Free Trial (if you haven’t had it), Unlock Brink Pro and Restore Purchases. See Brink Pro.
Appearance
Setting
Starts as
What it does
Style
Neutral
Neutral uses macOS’s own colors and materials, with Brink’s violet as the accent (unless you chose your own in System Settings). Edgy uses Brink’s own palette.
Appearance
System
Follow macOS, or stay Light or Dark.
General
Setting
Starts as
What it does
Launch Brink at login
Off
Starts Brink when you log in. If macOS wants your approval first, Settings says Waiting for your approval in Login Items, with an Open Login Items… button.
Activation
Setting
Starts as
What it does
Double-tap a modifier key
On
Show and hide the panel with a double tap. Needs Input Monitoring; below it, Settings says Listening for double-tap, or what’s missing, with Open System Settings… or Relaunch.
Modifier
Command ⌘
The key to double-tap: Command ⌘, Shift ⇧, Option ⌥ or Control ⌃.
Max time between taps
300 ms
From 150 to 800 ms. Raise it if your double-taps are missed.
Keyboard shortcut
Off
Show and hide the panel with a shortcut. Needs no permission.
Shortcut
⇧⌘N
Click it, then press the keys you want (with ⌘ or ⌃). Escape cancels. If another app already has those keys, Settings says macOS refused them.
Open from the screen edge
Off
Rest the pointer at the edge the panel slides in from to open it (see Getting started).
Panel
Setting
Starts as
What it does
Slide in from
Right
Right, Left, Top or Bottom.
Width (or Height)
40%
The panel’s share of the screen, from 20% to 90%. Dragging the panel’s inner edge changes it too.
Hide when clicking outside the panel
On
Off, the panel stays open until you hide it, as if always pinned.
Notes
Archive:Export… saves every note as a Markdown file in a zip archive; Import… adds the notes in one. See Export and import.
Editor
Setting
Starts as
What it does
Font size
14 pt
From 9 to 48 points, for notes, task lists, reminders and more. ⌘= and ⌘- change it from the panel.
Monospaced font
On
Off, notes use the system’s proportional font.
Check spelling while typing
Off
Underlines misspelled words. It never corrects them.
CalendarPro
Setting
Starts as
What it does
Show weekends
On
Off, calendar tabs leave out your calendar’s weekend days. The agenda still shows today.
TerminalPro
Setting
Starts as
What it does
Start in
Home
Where new terminals start: Home, Last Location or Absolute.
Folder
Empty
The folder for Absolute: click Choose…, or type it (~/Projects).
Use Option as Meta key
Off
On, ⌥ is the shell’s Meta key. Off, it types special characters.
Font
System (SF Mono)
Any monospaced font on your Mac.
Same size as the editor
On
Off, the terminal keeps its own Size.
ClipboardPro
Setting
Starts as
What it does
Save with ⌘C ⌘C
Off
Hold ⌘ and press C twice in any app to save what you copied in clipboard tabs. Needs Input Monitoring, as double-tap does; Settings shows Listening for ⌘C ⌘C, or what’s missing.
PluginsPro
Every plugin you have, and every one you can get, by name. An installed plugin shows its version, who made it and whether it uses the network, with Report Plugin… and Remove; one you don’t have shows Get. Below the list, Check Now looks for new plugins and updates, and says when Brink last checked. You can get plugins without Brink Pro; their tabs need it. See Plugins.
Troubleshooting
Setting
Starts as
What it does
Debug logging
Off
Writes the timing of each double-tap (never which keys you type) to the system log, to help track down a missed double-tap. See Troubleshooting.
