Move and Dock the Flow Bar on Desktop

Last updated: August 31, 2026

Available on: Mac and Windows

The Flow Bar is the small floating bubble that shows your dictation status — resting, recording, or processing — and holds your meeting controls: a meetings drawer, calendar reminders, and a language picker.


How the Flow Bar behaves

Key behaviors

  • Visibility: Show the Flow Bar at all times or hide it for 1 hour.

  • Context menu: Right-click the Flow Bar for microphone selection, language selection, Paste Last Transcript, mute typing reminder, and dictation-reminder configuration.

  • Screen share visibility: The Notepad and Flow Bar appear in screen shares and screenshots by default; toggle Hide from screen shares and screenshots in Settings to keep them out of screen captures.

  • Click-through: Stop/confirm buttons, the language and mic menu, and status notifications respond to clicks; transparent or empty areas around the bar pass clicks to the app underneath. Hiding or snoozing the bar restores full click-through.

Note: The Flow Bar is hidden by default on new installs — enable it in Settings.


FAQs

How do I switch languages from the Flow Bar?

Right-click the Flow Bar and choose a language, or go to Settings → General → Language. Over 100 languages are supported; some regional variants are mutually exclusive (e.g. English, English (UK), English (Canada); Chinese and Chinese (Simplified)).

Does this work on iOS or Android?

No. iOS uses the Flow Keyboard and Android uses the Flow Bubble instead.