Menus

Open SQL files, recent files and, on the Mac, tabs, disconnect, print and screenshot.

Where it is: File

The File menu has Open SQL File… (⌘O), which loads a .sql file into the editor, and Recent Files, with the files opened before and Clear History at the bottom. The editor opens files of up to 16 MB: a larger one runs from Backup › Restore, which reads it piece by piece, and can be read in the File Previewer.

On the Mac the same menu also carries New SQL Tab (⌘T), Close Tab (⇧⌘W), Reopen Closed Tab (⇧⌘T), Disconnect (⇧⌘D), Print… (⌘P, only with a printable tool in front) and Capture screenshot… (⌥⌘P). On the iPad with a keyboard, the three tab items live in the Editor menu and Capture screenshot… in Tools; there is no Disconnect or Print… item.

Keywords: file menu, open, recent files, sql file

Tab navigation from the menu bar.

Where it is: Window

The Window menu includes the standard macOS controls plus: Next Tab (⌘}) and Previous Tab (⌘{) for navigating between Workspace tabs. It also has Keep Awake (⌥⌘K), which toggles the cup mode from the toolbar, and Activity, which opens the panel of what is running and is dimmed when there is nothing to show. On iPad with a keyboard, the Window menu has both: the first one is called Keep Screen On, because there it only reaches the screen.

Keywords: window menu, tabs, next, previous, window

Bring Calíope's window to the front or quit the app from the icon in the macOS menu bar.

Where it is: System bar

On macOS, Calíope places a cylinder icon (🗄) in the system menu bar, visible in the top-right area of the screen.

Actions available when clicking the icon:
- Open window — brings the application window to the foreground, even if it is minimized or in the background.
- Quit — closes the application completely.

The icon also acts as a recovery shortcut if the main Calíope window ended up behind other windows: simply click the icon to bring it to the front.

This icon only exists on macOS. On iPad the app is accessed directly from the system launcher.

Keywords: menu icon, system bar, status bar, system tray, menu bar, show calíope, new instance, macOS