Navigate the Ophel panel: tabs, buttons, and modes
Learn how Ophel’s side panel is organized — three tabs, a header toolbar, floating quick buttons, ghost pass-through mode, edge snap, and keyboard shortcuts.
After you install Ophel Atlas and open any supported AI site, the panel activates automatically. A side panel appears on the right edge of the screen, and a small group of floating quick-action buttons appear nearby. This page explains how each part of the panel works so you can navigate it efficiently from day one.If the panel does not appear, press to open it.
The panel has three tabs along the top. Click a tab label to switch, or use , , .
Outline
A live, auto-generated table of contents for the current conversation. Click
any heading to jump to it instantly. Supports collapse, expand, search,
bookmarks, and real-time word counts.
Conversations
An aggregated history from all supported AI platforms. Organize
conversations into folders and tags, search with syntax filters, and export
to
Markdown,
JSON, or TXT.
Prompts
Your personal prompt library. Click a prompt to insert it into the chat
input box; double-click to insert and send immediately. Supports variable
substitution, categories, and pinning.
The strip at the very top of the panel gives you fast access to core controls.
Element
Action
Title area
Hover to see a random usage tip with shortcuts adapted to your OS and key bindings. Double-click to toggle privacy mode, which hides the tab title.
Mode toggle
Switches between Edge Snap and Floating mode with one click.
Theme toggle
Switches between light and dark mode. Shortcut: .
Settings button
Opens the settings dialog. You can also press or click Toolbox → Settings.
You can drag the title bar to reposition the panel anywhere on screen when it is in Floating mode. Double-clicking the title bar toggles between Edge Snap and Floating mode without opening settings.
The floating button group at the screen edge is your fastest access point to common actions without opening the full panel.
The group auto-collapses into a pill shape after about 5 seconds of inactivity. By default, moving your cursor within 150 px of it expands it again. The wake distance is configurable: go to Settings → Quick Buttons → Proximity Wake Radius (0–300 px). Set it to 0 to enable dwell-hover mode — the group only expands after the cursor rests on the pill for 300 ms, so simply passing through it does not trigger expansion.
When the group is collapsed, hover the panel logo for a short dwell to open a temporary panel preview beside the buttons. Moving away hides the preview; clicking the logo still opens or closes the panel persistently.
Long-press and drag any button to reposition the entire group to a different spot on screen.
Default icons in the button group:
Icon
Action
Panel toggle
Opens or closes the Ophel panel. When the group is collapsed, a short dwell previews the panel temporarily.
Toolbox
Opens additional conversation and page actions.
Global search
Opens global search across outlines, conversations, prompts, and settings.
Theme toggle
Switches between light and dark mode; the icon changes with the current theme state.
Zen mode
Toggles Zen Mode for the current site. Enabling it also enables Clean Mode, and the icon changes to a closed eye.
Settings
Opens the settings dialog.
Scroll to top
Loads full history and jumps to the top of the current conversation.
Return to anchor
Jumps back to the last saved position and saves the current position as the new anchor.
Scroll to bottom
Jumps to the latest message.
Click Toolbox to reveal these menu icons:
Icon
Action
Export
Exports the current conversation.
Copy Markdown
Copies the current conversation as Markdown.
Move conversation
Selects a target folder and moves the current conversation.
Set tag
Adds, removes, or changes tags on the current conversation.
Scroll lock
Locks the page scroll position to prevent automatic jumps.
Model lock
Applies the configured model keyword for the current site; if none is configured, it opens site settings.
Clear invalid bookmarks
Removes invalid bookmarks / anchor records from the current conversation.
Settings
Opens the settings dialog.
Additional settings (Settings → Quick Buttons):
Setting
Description
Proximity Wake Radius
Distance (px) at which the cursor wakes up the collapsed pill (default 150). Set to 0 for dwell-hover mode.
Opacity
Transparency of the button group in its collapsed / idle state.
Hide when panel is open
Automatically collapses the quick button group while the panel is open; it reappears when the panel closes.
Press , tap Shift twice, or click the search icon in the floating quick buttons to open global search. It searches across your outline headings, conversation history, prompt library, and settings in a single query. You can also use advanced syntax filters:
The panel sometimes sits over content you need to click on the AI page. Instead of closing the panel, use ghost mode:Hold for about 0.2 seconds on its own. The panel turns semi-transparent and mouse clicks pass directly through it to the page behind. Release the key to return to normal mode.
Ghost mode is useful when the AI response contains a button or link that the
panel overlaps. You do not need to close or move the panel — just hold the
modifier key, click, then release.
The panel operates in one of two modes. Switch between them using the mode toggle button in the panel header, or go to Settings → General → Panel → Panel Mode.
Mode
Behavior
Edge Snap
The panel hugs the screen edge and stays hidden. Hover over the edge to peek at the panel content.
Floating
The panel floats above the page, stays fully visible at all times, and can be freely repositioned by dragging the title bar.
In Edge Snap mode, dragging the panel title bar pulls it away from the edge, switching it to Floating mode. While dragging, move it to the opposite side of the screen to change the snap direction.
