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What’s new · Blanc 1.38 · October 18

Make the Start Page your own

Put a photo of your own behind the Start Page. Wash and Fade keep the page easy to read over it.

1. Open Customize at the bottom of the Start Page.
2. Under Wallpaper, choose Your image.
3. Pick a JPEG or PNG, up to 25 MB.

Blanc keeps a resized copy on this device only, without location, camera or time details. It isn't synced, and private tabs never show it.

What’s new · Blanc 1.38 · October 18

Paint the Start Page in a color

Choose one of the eight colors Spaces use, as a Soft, Solid or Gradient fill. Turn on Match each space’s color, and a window that belongs to a space shows that space’s color instead.

1. Open Customize at the bottom of the Start Page.
2. Under Wallpaper, choose Color.
3. Pick a color and a fill.

The color settings sync with Profile Sync. An image chosen on this device still comes first here, and private tabs never show the color.

Recently · Blanc 1.37 · October 18

Give each tab group a color

A group can take one of the eight colors Spaces use. Its block in the ⌘L panel takes a light tint, its name gets a dot, and its tabs’ dots in the Island take the color.

1. Right-click a group’s header in the ⌘L panel, or press its ⋮ button.
2. Pick a color.

Groups have no color unless you choose one.

Recently · Blanc 1.37 · October 18

Open the Island just by pointing

Rest the pointer on the Island’s address for a moment, and the panel opens.

1. Open Settings → General.
2. Turn on Open the Island on hover.

It’s off by default.

Recently · Blanc 1.36 · October 17

Search any site from the address bar

Type an exclamation mark and a site’s code before your search, like !yt lofi, and Blanc opens that site’s results directly, whichever search engine you use.

1. Press ⌘L, or Ctrl+L on Windows and Linux.
2. Type !yt lofi and press Return.

Type ! on its own to see popular bangs. The list ships inside Blanc, so Blanc never looks bangs up online.

Recently · Blanc 1.36 · October 17

Bring back what you closed

Recently closed sits as a band in the ⌘L panel. Unfold it to see every closed tab Blanc keeps, up to 25, newest first.

1. Press ⌘L, or Ctrl+L on Windows and Linux.
2. Unfold Recently closed and pick what to bring back.