Slide the edge.
The long edges of the trackpad are sliders. The level follows your finger and the display answers.
Sliders and feel
Slide an edge. Feel every step.
Volume, brightness, microphone level and keyboard light sit on the long edges of the trackpad. Snap points, fine control and haptics make a slide feel physical.
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Slide.
Put a finger on an edge and slide. The level follows your finger and the on-screen display answers.
- Volume on the right edge and brightness on the left, out of the box
- Brightness changes the display under the pointer
- Mic level and keyboard light slide the same way
- A strip along the bottom skips tracks
Slide an edge.
Volume, brightness, mic level and keyboard light on the long edges, and a strip along the bottom that skips tracks.
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Fine control.
Hold a key while you slide and each step gets smaller. You choose the keys and how small.
- Shift + Option by default, or Option, Shift, Control, Control + Option or Command
- A step of half, a quarter or an eighth
- A quick slide never speeds up fine control
Slide
+8
No key held
Every step
Fine control
+8
⇧ shift⌥ option
An eighth of the change
Hold a key for fine steps.
Hold Shift and Option and the same slide moves a smaller step: half, a quarter or an eighth.
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Response.
Make a slide feel physical. The level can hold at round values, take finer steps where it is quiet and bump at the limit.
- Snap points at quarters or tenths: the level holds for a small push, with a bump
- Finer steps at the quiet end of volume and brightness
- Haptics in four kinds, each with its own strength
- A headphone limit so the volume never starts loud
The volume stops at the limit and bumps once
Make a slide feel physical.
Snap points, finer steps at the quiet end, and a bump at the limit.
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Edges you choose.
Drag a slide target onto any edge of the pad in the layout editor. Volume, brightness, mic level and keyboard light all slide.
- Swap or retarget either edge, or use the bottom
- Freeze pointer keeps the pointer still while you slide
- A bottom zone of a quarter, a third or half can be the only place a slide starts
Slide targets
- VolumeBottom edge
- BrightnessNot placed
- Mic levelRight edge
- Keyboard lightLeft edge
- Skip tracksNot placed
- Drag one onto an edge of the pad
Put a slider on any edge.
Drag a target onto an edge of the pad. Volume, brightness, mic level and keyboard light all slide.
Set it up in the app.
Rimline opens on the page where sliders and feel lives. Nothing to hunt for.
These buttons talk to the app, so they work once Rimline is installed. Join the waitlist to hear when it opens.
Your trackpad has edges. Use them.
3 day free trial, no card, then $9 once. For macOS 13 or later. Drag it to Applications and slide your first edge in a minute.
Version 1.0.0. Apple silicon and Intel. Developed and tested on Apple silicon.