Your Writing Space
Set up how Dabble looks and feels: views, panels, focus features, themes, fonts, and manuscript spacing.
Some writers want every panel open at once. Notes on one side, plot grid on the other, word count ticking away in the corner.
Other writers want a blank page and nothing else.
Both are right, and Dabble bends either way. Switch views, show and hide the panels, dim everything but the sentence you’re on, and set the theme, font, and spacing your eyes actually like.
Set it once. Then forget it’s there and go write.
Guides in this topic
- Understanding Dabble's viewsLearn how Dabble shows the right editor for each part of your project, and why the view changes with what you select.
- Show, hide, and resize Dabble's panelsUse Dabble's View Options menu to show or hide the navigation panel, tools panel, status bar, and toolbar, and drag the sidebars to the width you want.
- Focus Mode, auto-fade, and typewriterHow Dabble's focus features, from Focus Mode to auto-fade, quietly clear distractions so you can stay in the flow of writing, plus where to switch each one on or off.
- Change your theme and fontsChange Dabble's color theme (including dark mode), turn on Colorblind Friendly, give one project its own theme, and pick the manuscript font that suits your story.
- Set your manuscript's spacing and paragraph styleAdjust font size, line spacing, and paragraph style for a Dabble project in Project Settings, and control the double space after a period with Prevent Extra Spaces.