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title: "Popping out a page"
description: "Open a Mimir page in its own small window on the Mac, to keep it in view while you write elsewhere."
---
On a Mac, a pop-out is a page in its own small window, beside the main
one. Use it to keep a page in view while you write somewhere else, or to
follow a line of thought without losing your place.
## Opening a pop-out
| To pop out | Do this |
| --- | --- |
| A linked page | Cmd-click the link, or right-click it and choose **Pop Out Page** |
| A search result | Cmd-click it, or highlight it and press Cmd-Return |
| A page in the `[[` list | Cmd-click it, or highlight it and press Cmd-Return |
| The page you're on | Press Control-Cmd-P, or choose **File** > **Pop Out Page** |
Cmd-click works on links, breadcrumbs, journal day titles, and
the titles in References. While you hold Cmd in search or the
`[[` list, the pop-out icon shows on the highlighted result. Popping out a
page from the `[[` list leaves the list open and adds no link. In the
journal, the page you're on is the day you're writing in.
You can also move the pointer to the window's bottom-right corner. The
corner folds up and shows the pop-out icon. Click it, or pull the corner
all the way out, to pop out the page you're on.
## Inside a pop-out
A pop-out works like the main window for the page it shows. Clicking a
link opens that page in the same pop-out. The breadcrumbs start at the
page you popped out, and Cmd-J goes back to it.
A pop-out has no journal or search. Those stay in the main window.
## Between windows
Clicking a link always stays in the window you clicked in, even when
another window shows the same page.
If you type in the same bullet in two windows at once, Mimir keeps both
versions.
Pop-outs close when you quit Mimir. They don't come back the next time you
open it.