What happens to the NotchStar shelf when you quit
When you quit NotchStar, the shelf empties. This is on purpose and is listed in the Shelf limits. Your files are not touched: the shelf only held their locations, so every original is still in its folder.
What to expect
- Quit NotchStar, and the icons are gone.
- Open it again, and the shelf starts empty.
- The files are exactly where they were, unchanged.
Does it empty when the notch closes?
No. Closing or folding the notch does not clear the shelf. Icons stay until you remove them or quit. The Clear button next to the shelf empties it by hand, and hovering over one icon shows an x to remove just that file.
If you need a longer lived home
The shelf is for the short term, a few minutes to a working session. For anything you want to keep across a restart:
- Put the file in a project folder.
- Keep text in Quick Notes or the Clipboard tab.
The same idea applies to clipboard history, covered in clipboard history clears on quit.
For the design reason, see what the shelf remembers, or the File Shelf page.
