Focus Bar

Keep the task you're focused on visible outside of Sunsama.

Maintain your focus while outside of Sunsama.

How to use

Using the focus bar

  • Reposition the focus bar to the desired position on your desktop. We recommend the upper right corner.
  • When you’re ready to start working on a task, use the “play” button to start the timer. If you need to take a break, use the “pause” button to pause the timer.
  • When you’re finished with your current task, use the “check” button to complete it and change focus to your next task.
  • Click the bar itself to bring the Sunsama window forward. You’ll land back on whatever you were last looking at — clicking the bar doesn’t change your view. Press F if you want to jump into focus mode from there.

Showing the focus bar

  • Press F on your keyboard to focus a particular task. Entering focus mode will show the focus bar by default per this setting.
  • Press Space to start the timer on a task. Starting a task timer will show the focus bar by default per this setting.
  • Press CMD Shift F (or Ctrl Shift F on Windows) to toggle the visibility of the focus bar. This shortcut is off by default: turn on Toggle focus bar in your settings first, where you can also change the keys.
  • Your focus will automatically move to the next task on your list for the day when you complete the task being focused.

Hiding the focus bar

  • Exiting focus mode will hide the focus bar (unless there is a task actively being timed).
  • Clicking on the “hide” icon on the focus bar.
  • Press CMD Shift F to toggle the visibility of the focus bar, once you’ve turned that shortcut on.

Starting or stopping the timer with global keyboard shortcut

You can use the keyboard shortcut CMD Shift Space (or Ctrl Shift Space on Windows) to start or stop the task or break timer. You can customize or disable this keyboard shortcut in your settings.

Disabling the focus bar

If you’d rather not have the focus bar appear automatically, you can disable it from the focus bar settings (disable the first two settings).

Adjust key bind

If the default shortcut conflicts with other shortcuts you use, change the key bind for the focus bar timer or the focus bar itself from your account settings page. You can also disable the global keyboard shortcut entirely from there.

Timer sounds

Timer sounds are on by default. Change them under Settings > Focus Sounds:

  • Choose the Default sound that plays when you reach a task’s planned time, and the Pomodoro sound that marks the start and end of a break. There are four sounds, and you can test each one.
  • Set the Volume.
  • Choose when the sound plays: 10, 5 and/or 0 minutes remaining before the timer reaches the planned time. The default is 0.

Turn off Enable timer sounds to silence the timer.