Address bar and Launcher

The Launcher is the address bar, opened over the page. You type in it to go to a page, search the web, switch to an open tab in any Workspace, or run one of Sval’s commands. The home page’s search field lists the same rows and answers the same keys.

The address bar

The address bar sits in the toolbar. While you’re not typing in it, it shows the page’s address as you chose in Settings › Appearance › Address bar.

The site name is shown without “www.”. The rest of the address is dimmed.
When the address doesn’t fit, Sval drops whole parts from its left, so the end of the address stays in view.
The Launcher’s key shows at the right end of the address bar when there’s room for it.
Clicking the address bar, or reaching it with F6, opens its list in place in the toolbar.

Opening the Launcher

⌘L (Ctrl+L on Windows and Linux) opens the Launcher in the middle of the window, over the page, with the address selected. Alt+D does the same on Windows and Linux. In the menu bar, File › Launcher… opens it too.

Escape, or a click outside it, closes the Launcher and returns you to the page.
With nothing typed, the Launcher lists your most recently used tabs under Recent tabs.
The field reads “Search, go to a tab, or run a command” until you type.

Sections

As you type, the Launcher lists what matches in sections. The first row is what Enter opens: the best match among your open tabs, an address Sval completes for you, or a search. The sections follow it, in this order until you change it:

Open tabs lists open tabs from every Workspace. A tab in another Workspace shows that Workspace’s emoji and name, in its color, and Enter switches there. It lists up to 4 tabs.
Pins and Favorites lists your pins and Favorites. It lists up to 3.
Commands lists Sval’s commands whose names match. It lists up to 3.
History lists pages you’ve visited. It lists up to 5.
Search suggestions lists suggestions from your search engine. It lists up to 3.

A page shows once, in the first section it fits. Typing % and a space lists every open tab.

What Enter does

The selected row names what Enter does there: Open, Search, Switch to tab, Switch to and a Workspace’s name, Go to pin, Go to Favorite, Run, or Choose.

The line under the list names the other keys that work on the selected row, and what each does there.

New tab: Shift+Enter opens the page in a new tab.
New window: ⌘⇧Enter (Ctrl+Shift+Enter) opens the page in a new window.
Split: ⌥Enter (Alt+Enter) opens the page next to this tab in a Split. On an open tab, it reads Split with this tab.
Remove: Shift+Backspace on macOS (Shift+Delete on Windows and Linux) removes a History or Search suggestions row, so it stops showing.
Runs it from anywhere names a command’s own shortcut. No shortcut means it has none.
Opens a list marks a command that asks you to choose something next.
Close: Escape.

On an open tab, every Enter switches to it except ⌥Enter, so a modifier never opens a second copy. A Split never mixes an agent’s tabs with yours, so on an agent’s tab ⌥Enter switches too. On a pin, a page from another site opens in a new tab. A pin or Favorite has no Split choice.

Commands

Type a few letters of a command’s name to find it. Commands that don’t apply to the tab you’re on are left out. The commands are:

Workspaces: Go to a Workspace by name, New Workspace, Rename Workspace, and Move this tab to….
Tabs: Pin this tab, Pin this tab to this Workspace, Unpin this tab, Add to Favorites, Copy address, Copy Markdown link, Put this tab to sleep, Keep this tab awake, Let this tab sleep, Duplicate tab, Archive this tab, Reopen closed tab, Mute tab, Unmute tab, and Reader view.
Splits: Split with…, Close Split, and Swap panes.
The window: Show or hide the panel.
The site: Privacy and Security, Site settings, Clear site data, and Block JavaScript or Allow JavaScript.
Agents: Give Workspace back and Agent access settings.
Settings: General, Workspaces, Links, Sync and devices, Appearance, Search and Launcher, Privacy and protection, Sites, and Keyboard shortcuts settings.
More: Downloads, Extensions, Passwords, New Peek Window, New private window, Print, Save as PDF, Take a screenshot, Translate page, Refresh Sval, Clear history, Restart Sval, Inspect page, View page source, Color picker, and History.

A command also matches other words for it. “Bookmark” finds Add to Favorites, and “unload” finds Put this tab to sleep.

Commands that ask you to choose

Move this tab to… and Split with… keep the Launcher open and list your choices: Workspaces for a move, tabs for a Split. The command shows at the start of the field.

Type to narrow the list.
Current marks the Workspace the tab is already in.
New Workspace… is last. With a name typed, it reads New Workspace “name”… and makes that Workspace.
Backspace in the empty field, Escape, or the Back button goes back to the first list.

Settings › Search and Launcher › Launcher sections

Launcher sections lists the sections in the order the Launcher shows them, then the sections it doesn’t show.

The menu next to a section sets how many rows it lists, from None to 10.
Move up and Move down change a section’s place.
Hide takes a section out of the Launcher. It moves to the end of the list, marked Not shown, with a Show button that puts it back.

The limits apply while you type. With nothing typed, after %, or in a command’s list of choices, the list holds every row that fits. These settings sync to your other devices.

Settings › Appearance › Address bar

Site name shows the site alone. It’s the default.
Site and path adds the path, without anything after a ? or #.
Full address shows the whole address after the site name.

An example under the choices shows how each one looks.

Reader View

The Reader View button shows next to the address bar on a page that can be read as an article. Selecting it, or pressing ⌥⌘R, opens the page in Reader View. On Windows the key is F9, and on Linux it’s Ctrl+Alt+R.

Narrow windows

As a window narrows, the toolbar moves its buttons into the » menu, one at a time, in this order: Split View, History, Downloads, Reader View, Favorite, the site controls, Home, Reload, and Forward. They work the same from the » menu. The panel button, Back, and the address bar always stay in the toolbar.