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Mode Select

This controls the order in which Mode Select with TAB will cycle through the main modes of Monarch. Spotlight mode is always first. Drag and drop the icons to control the order in which the other modes will be used. You can disable a mode altogether by double-clicking the icon. Even if a mode is disabled you can still access it via keyboard shortcuts and commands. Note: Monarch AI is not yet available, but will be soon

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Manage Keyboard Shortcuts

Click this button to get to the keyboard shortcuts screen. From here you can set specific keyboard shortcuts to the different modes and functionality of Monarch. When you have all of your keyboard shortcuts how you want them, press ENTER to save them all at once.

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Themes

You can create custom themes in Monarch to make Monarch suit your style. Click the Create button to open the Theme Editor and create a new theme. From here you can change the colors of text, the background color, the info displayed on the right side of search results, and the prompt that displays when the Monarch search bar is empty. You can set individual themes for both light mode and dark mode individually.

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Where Monarch opens

This option changes whether Monarch always opens on the screen with the cursor (mouse) on it, or if it opens on the primary display regardless of where the mouse is. Monarch allows you to search files similar to Spotlight, where all files show up in the root search (Root search), or allows you to set a custom prefix to separate your files from the rest of your search results while still having access to your files (Use file search with prefix). You can turn off file search altogether by setting this to None. Learn more about File Search here

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Folders

These are the folders that Monarch will index for file search and the folders that will show up directly in the main search. You can easily add or remove a folder by pressing the Add or Subtract buttons. Note: Adding too many folders to Monarch can result in reduced performance.

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Kill Process prefix

Monarch allows you to use a Kill Process function directly from the main search by typing a prefix that you define that will take you to this interface. From here you can quickly terminate any process as well as see your memory and CPU usage. Learn more about Kill Process here

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Notes location

This is where Monarch Notes will be saved to and loaded from when using Monarch Notes. Enable this option to have your contacts from your Apple account show up in your main search alongside everything else.

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Search in Monarch

This setting has two options: Search the web using browser will open web searches in your default web browser. Search the web within Monarch will open web searches in directly in Monarch’s panel. At the top right will be a back button, forward button and reload button. You can exit Web mode at any time by pressing ⌘+ESC. Note: If you are playing media using the web browser in Monarch, then auto-revert will not occur until it stops playing. When this option is enabled, you will be able to search colors directly in main search by using the following formats:
  • RGB. Example: “(25, 10, 210)”
  • Quick RGB. Example: “25,10,210”
  • Hex. Example: “#fb4f41”