The Penny panel

In the desktop app, Penny is not a chat bubble you summon. She has the left panel, in every module, from the moment the app opens. Bookshelf, World Builder, the editor, it's the same conversation following you the whole way.

How the panel behaves

  • It's always there. The panel is open by default and remembers whether you left it open or minimized between sessions.
  • Minimize it with the panel button in the toolbar, or with the keyboard: Option-Command-B on Mac, Alt-Ctrl-B on Windows. Same shortcut brings her back.
  • Resize itby dragging the panel's right edge. The width sticks.
  • Your thread survives navigation. Ask about act two in the editor, walk over to World Builder, and the conversation is still in the panel with full context.

Popping her out

The pop-out button in the panel header detaches Penny into a floating window. Drag it by its header to wherever it doesn't block your draft, resize it from the corner, and it remembers its spot. The dock button in the same header snaps her back into the left panel.

One detail worth knowing: when you pop out or re-dock, the transcript reloads from your conversation history. Nothing is lost, it just repaints.

The full-page Penny module

The Penny entry in the icon rail still opens the full-page chat, which is the better surface for long planning sessions and reviewing task plans. On that page the side panel steps aside, since the whole screen is already her.