CODERACE Simple Screen Shade: general guide

General Shade

About Simple Screen Shade

When the app is running, no icon is shown in the Dock.
The only visible part is a small icon in menu bar extras - so called Menu icon:

The menu

Click on the menu icon to open the menu - this is a drop-down menu shown just below the menu icon.
All the basic control is through this menu:

The About panel

Click on the "About Simple Screen Shade" row in the menu to open the About panel - it contains information about the app's current version.

There are important links at the bottom of the panel too.

Exiting the app

Open the menu and click on the "Quit Simple Screen Shade" row to terminate the application.

Customizing the app

Open the preferences panel and select the General view.

Automatically start Simple Screen Shade when I login

Select this option to append this app to the Login Items list.

Do not ask

Select this option to skip the alert box about auto-start at login.

Menu in menu bar extras

Show app icon in menu bar extras

Deselect this option to remove the menu icon from the menu bar extras.

Safety note:

In case the icon is hidden, please relaunch Simple Screen Shade (while it is already running in the background) to open the preferences panel.

Checkboxes about menu items

Toggle visibility of related menu items.

Quit

Click on this button to terminate the application.

Working with the Hotkey editor

The editor operates in two modes - Edit and View - and two states - Normal and Hint. The Normal state is the default. The Hint state occurs when the mouse hovers over the editor or in other circumstances.

View mode

Depending on the state, the editor displays the current hotkey combination (in normal state) or suggests changing the hotkey (in Hint state).
Hint state: when the mouse hovers over the editor.
Enter Edit mode: click inside the editor or press Space while the editor is focused.

Edit mode

Normal state: the editor shows key symbols if at least one of the following modifier keys is pressed: Shift, Control, Option, Command.
Hint state: if no modifier key is pressed, or if the mouse hovers over the star button on the right side of the editor.
Exit Edit mode: entering an acceptable hotkey combination or pressing the ESC key.

Acceptable hotkeys: