Windows and Layout
The YucDu macOS app is still in development and is not yet available on the Mac App Store. This guide is based on the current development build; features and screens may change before release.
The three-column main window
The main window is split into three columns from left to right. Drag the dividers between them to change their widths:
- Sidebar — choose what to view.
- List column — shows the article list or page for the item selected in the sidebar.
- Reader pane — shows the article you selected; you can open the article info panel on its right.
Sidebar
| Section | Items |
|---|---|
| (Top) | Home, Explore, Search |
| Library | Continue, Favorites, History, Offline Reading |
| Categories | The site's main categories. The number on the right is the article count for the category, including its subcategories. Click one to see its articles in the list column. |
- Depending on the design style, the categories section is titled "Categories" or "Lines".
- To give more room to the article, hide the sidebar from the View menu or with ⌃⌘S.
Article info panel
Open or close the article info panel on the right of the reader pane with the button at the right end of the window toolbar, or with "Article > Show/Hide Article Info" (⌥⌘I). The panel is shown by default and contains:
- This Article — the category, "Published", "Reading Time" and "Progress".
- Table of contents — the article's headings. Click one to jump to that section; your current position is highlighted. Depending on the design style, this section is titled "Table of Contents" or "Stops". It does not appear if the article has no headings.
- Keyboard — a list of common shortcuts.
Multiple main windows
- Press ⌘N to open another main window. Each main window is independent, so you can view different categories or articles in different windows.
- Menu commands and shortcuts (such as ⌘D, ⌘F and ⌘1) act on the frontmost main window.
Opening an article in a new window
Right-click an article card in a list (or Control-click it) and choose "Open in New Window" to open the article in its own article window. An article window shows only the article itself, without the sidebar or info panel — handy for comparing several articles side by side.
The article card's context menu contains:
| Item | Action |
|---|---|
| Open | Opens the article in the reader pane of the current main window |
| Open in New Window | Opens the article in its own article window |
| Add to Favorites / Remove from Favorites | Adds the article to or removes it from your favorites |
| Copy Link | Copies the article's URL to the clipboard |
| Share | Opens the macOS share menu |
Window state restoration
YucDu remembers the state of the main window. When you quit and reopen the app, the first main window returns to the sidebar item, the article you were reading and whether the info panel was open.
Only one copy runs at a time
Only one copy of YucDu runs at a time. Opening the app while it is already running brings the existing window to the front instead of launching it again. This does not affect opening multiple main windows or article windows within the app.