> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.screenshepherd.live/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# The small bar

> The little bar that shows what ScreenShepherd is doing. Where it sits, and how it behaves.

Most of the time you do not need the whole ScreenShepherd window open. The
small bar — the **pill** — shows you what is happening and lets you start and
stop.

**Double-click it to open the full window.** There is no button for this;
double-click anywhere on it.

Settings for it are on the **pill** tab.

## Where it sits

Three choices, shown as pictures:

|              |                                                     |
| ------------ | --------------------------------------------------- |
| **notch**    | Pinned under the menu bar at the top.               |
| **floating** | Sits above your other windows, wherever you put it. |
| **menu bar** | No bar at all — just the icon in the menu bar.      |

With **floating** chosen you can pick one of nine positions on the screen, or
just drag the bar wherever you like.

## Which screen

Under **screen**, **show the pill on** picks the display it appears on. In a
booth this is normally the operator's screen, not the one the congregation
sees.

If that screen gets unplugged, ScreenShepherd tells you: **the chosen display
is missing — using this one for now**.

## Behaviour

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="show the pill when the app opens">
    Whether the bar appears as soon as ScreenShepherd starts.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="show over full-screen apps">
    Keeps the bar visible even over a full-screen app. Worth switching on —
    ProPresenter is usually full screen, and without this the bar disappears
    behind it.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="click through the pill">
    Makes the bar something you can only look at, not click. Handy if you keep
    catching it by accident. You then start and stop from the full window or
    with a [shortcut key](/setup/shortcuts).
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## If you lose it

Menu bar icon at the top of the screen → **Show pill**.

If it has ended up on a screen that is no longer there, use **Recentre pill on
operator display** in the same menu.