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Navigate the App

This is the reference for every navigation control in smutslut: the nav destinations, the More sheet, search, notifications, and your account. For what a destination actually contains once you're there, see its own article.

Find your way around

Desktop

At a wide enough window, five destinations sit inline in the header: Shelf, Library, Search, Discover, and More. The one matching the page you're on is underlined.

The dark desktop header nav — Shelf, Library, Search, Discover, More — across the top.

  1. The header nav carries all five destinations at once, with More for everything else.

Phone

The same five destinations — Shelf, Library, Search, Discover, and More — sit in a bottom tab bar instead, always in reach with your thumb. Scroll down and both the top bar and the tab bar step aside to give the page more room; scroll up and they come back.

The dark phone bottom tab bar — Shelf, Library, Search, Discover, More — across the bottom.

  1. The bottom tab bar carries all five destinations at once, with More for everything else.

Open the More sheet

Desktop

  1. Choose More in the header nav to open the same sheet a phone reaches from its tab bar. Near the top, Lists opens your manual Shelves and Saved Searches; Bookmarks opens Books you've saved for later, and My Issues opens reports you've filed.

The dark desktop More sheet open over the Shelf, listing Lists, Bookmarks, and My Issues near the top.

  1. Lists opens your manual Shelves and Saved Searches.
  2. Bookmarks opens Books you've saved for later.
  3. My Issues opens reports you've filed.
  1. Scroll down inside the sheet for Appearance — your Theme and light/dark Mode, without leaving the page you were on.

The dark desktop More sheet scrolled to its Appearance group, Theme and Mode controls.

  1. Theme switches between Neutral, Midnight, Boudoir, and Seerr.
  2. Mode switches between Light, Dark, and System.

Below Appearance, a second Profile link and Sign out close the sheet. The same sheet also has Cancelled requests, Guide, Guide for this page, and a Browse group (Recently Added, Recently Catalogued, Recently Released, Upcoming, Explore romance.io).

Phone

  1. Choose More in the bottom tab bar to open the same sheet a desktop reaches from its header. Near the top, Lists opens your manual Shelves and Saved Searches; Bookmarks opens Books you've saved for later, and My Issues opens reports you've filed.

The dark phone More sheet open over the Shelf, listing Lists, Bookmarks, and My Issues near the top.

  1. Lists opens your manual Shelves and Saved Searches.
  2. Bookmarks opens Books you've saved for later.
  3. My Issues opens reports you've filed.
  1. Scroll down inside the sheet for Appearance — your Theme and light/dark Mode, without leaving the page you were on.

The dark phone More sheet scrolled to its Appearance group, Theme and Mode controls.

  1. Theme switches between Neutral, Midnight, Boudoir, and Seerr.
  2. Mode switches between Light, Dark, and System.

Below Appearance, a second Profile link and Sign out close the sheet. The same sheet also has Cancelled requests, Guide, Guide for this page, and a Browse group (Recently Added, Recently Catalogued, Recently Released, Upcoming, Explore romance.io).

Search from anywhere

Desktop

At a wide enough window, the header gives you two paths into Search.

  1. Choose Search in the header nav to open the full results page directly.

    The dark desktop header's Search nav item, which opens the full results page.

    1. Search in the header nav opens the full results page directly.

  2. Type in Search the Catalog to narrow matches without leaving the page you are on.

The dark desktop header's Search the Catalog box, ready to narrow matches as you type.

  1. Search the Catalog narrows results as you type, without leaving the page.

Phone

There is no search box in the header — below that width it is hidden outright, not just tucked away. Choose the Search tab in the bottom bar instead; it opens the same results page the header's Search reaches on a wider screen.

The dark phone bottom tab bar's Search tab, the only search entry point at this width.

  1. The Search tab is the only search entry point on a narrow phone window.

Check notifications

Desktop

  1. Select the bell labelled Notifications in the top-right corner to open your list; a number on it means you have unread notifications.

The bell icon in the dark desktop header, labelled Notifications.

  1. The bell, labelled Notifications, opens your list; a number appears when you have unread ones.

Phone

  1. Select the bell labelled Notifications in the top-right corner to open your list; a number on it means you have unread notifications.

The bell icon in the dark phone header, labelled Notifications.

  1. The bell, labelled Notifications, opens your list; a number appears when you have unread ones.

Open your account

Desktop

  1. Select the round avatar labelled Profile in the top-right corner to open your account page directly.

The round avatar in the dark desktop header, labelled Profile.

  1. The round avatar, labelled Profile, opens your account page directly.

Phone

  1. Select the round avatar labelled Profile in the top-right corner to open your account page directly.

The round avatar in the dark phone header, labelled Profile.

  1. The round avatar, labelled Profile, opens your account page directly.