Smart Panel
The Smart Panel is the main Fluent interface.
Use it to enter prompts, run actions, switch models, attach context, open history, use integrations, and continue work in tabs.
Open
The Smart Panel supports two position modes:
- Follow Mouse opens near the pointer
- Spotlight opens at a fixed position
Choose the mode in Settings → Smart Panel.
The panel can also be pinned, minimized, expanded, copied from, or used to insert the result back into the active app.
If you forget a shortcut, use the help button inside the panel to open the shortcuts helper.
History
Press Cmd+Y to open the History menu from the Smart Panel.
Use it to:
- Search previous chats
- Reopen an older thread
- Continue work from an earlier result
Tabs and follow-up tabs are managed from the same area of the Smart Panel, so short tasks and longer threads can stay separate.
Actions
Press / in the Smart Panel to open action search.
This menu includes:
- Built-in actions
- Custom actions
- Favorite actions
Use it when you already know the operation you want and do not need to browse settings.
Models
Press # to open model search.
Use this to switch models without leaving the Smart Panel. This is useful for quick comparisons between:
- Cloud and local models
- Fast and stronger models
- Different providers for the same task
Memory
Press @ to open Memory group search.
Use it to attach the Memory group that should influence the current request. This is more precise than keeping a large amount of memory attached all the time.
Small, focused Memory groups usually work better than broad ones.
Context
Use the context popover to attach browser tabs and apps manually.
This is useful when the request depends on:
- Several browser tabs
- One app plus one or more tabs
- A specific app that is not frontmost
Automatic context is useful for quick work. Manual context is better when the source set should be deliberate.
Integrations
Use the integrations popover to attach or access enabled tools such as:
- Finder
- Notes
- Reminders
- Calendar
- Web Search
- File attachments
This is the entry point when the request should use tools instead of only generating text.
Settings
The Smart Panel has its own settings section in Fluent.
Use the first settings group for:
- Global shortcut
- Theme
- Liquid Glass
- Follow Mouse vs Spotlight
- Minimized position
- Toggle minimized behavior
Use the second group for:
- Font family
- Font weight
- Font size
- Colored icons
- Simplified buttons
- Streaming animation
- Auto-scroll
- Expand to maximum available space
- Integration tools workflow style
Use the third group for:
- Always show footer
- Snap points
- Auto create follow-up tab
- Auto pin on open
- Loading cursor for auto-insert actions
- Show text selection as attachment
- Attach selected files automatically
- Hide help button