Hiding the toolbar doesn’t quit Readable — your shortcuts, hover reading and prediction keep working. There are four ways to show or hide it:

  • Click the Readable icon in the menu bar at the top of the screen.
  • Click the Readable icon in the Dock.
  • Press ⌘ Command+⇧ Shift+R.
  • Click the red × on the toolbar’s title bar to hide it.

Video help

A short video showing this feature in Readable for Mac v2. The video only contacts Vimeo once you press play.

Showing and hiding the toolbar from the keyboard, menu bar and Dock

The menu-bar quick menu

Right-click (or Control-click) the Readable icon in the menu bar for a quick menu:

Readable menu-bar menu listing Hide toolbar, Mute (Silent mode), Stop reading (Esc), Read selection, OCR region, Re-check permissions, Help and Quit Readable.
Right-click (or Control-click) the Readable icon in the menu bar for this quick menu.
Hide toolbar / Show toolbar
Same as clicking the icon.
Mute (Silent mode) / Unmute
Turns Silent mode on or off.
Stop reading (Esc)
Stops speech.
Read selection
Reads the selected text.
OCR region…
Starts the Text Extractor.
Re-check permissions…
Checks Readable’s macOS permissions — see Installing and Permissions.
Help…
Opens the Readable help.
Quit Readable
Closes Readable completely.