Spaces for your day

Give a Space its hours, such as Work on weekdays from 09:00 to 18:00, and the Desk it opens on. When its hours begin, Tern offers it to you. You can also send some links straight to the Space they belong in.

Open a Space's rhythm

Right-click the Space's icon at the top of the sidebar and choose Rhythm…. Once a Space has hours, the line under the strip shows them, and clicking it opens the same settings. Changes are saved as you go; choose Done when you're finished.

Set its hours

1. Choose the days.Under Week, turn each day on or off.
2. Set the times.For each day that's on, choose when the Space starts and when it ends.
3. Or use a set of hours.Choose Weekdays, 09:00 to 18:00 or Evenings and Weekends, then change any day you like. No Hours clears them.
4. Choose where it opens.Under Opens on, pick one of the Space's Desks, or Where you left it.
5. Choose what happens outside its hours.A Space can fold away and rest, with its tabs kept where they are, or stay but quiet, one click away.

A Space that rests looks faded in the strip and is still one click away. The Space you're in never rests. Outside every Space's hours, the Space you last used stays in front.

When its hours begin

If a Space's hours begin while you're in another Space, a card appears over the page. Tern never switches by itself. You can choose:

• Go to the Space, or open its Desk if it has one to open on.
• Five More Minutes if you're not ready yet.
• Not Now to stay where you are.

A Focus can bring a Space forward too. In System Settings › Focus, choose a Focus, add a filter for Tern and pick a Tern Space. When that Focus turns on, Tern offers the Space in the same way.

Links that open here

A link another app hands to Tern opens in the Space you're in, unless a rule sends it somewhere else. Add rules to a Space under Links that open here:

• Add an App sends every link from that app to this Space, such as everything from Slack to Work.
• Add a Site sends links to a site here. Type linear.app for one site, or *.studio.hr for a site and every site under it.
• Ask Each Time on a rule makes Tern ask where the link should open, with the rule's Space, the Space you're in, and an option to always use the rule's Space.

When a rule moves a link away from the Space you were in, a note says why. It offers to open the link where you were instead, to ask each time from now on, or to edit the rules.