gWorking with TimeCache panels and windows
You can run TimeCache 9.0 with all its main functional sections — Daily Log, Job Sheets, List Manager, Invoices and Archive — in one window or in as many separate windows as you like.

This flexibility is due to its tabbed architecture. When all its main sections are in the same window, each section is in a tab panel of its own. Clicking a tab reveals the interface for that section. This is the default arrangement.

Rearranging sections
Alternatively, you can drag the tab for any section off of the main window into its own auxiliary window, or into another already created auxiliary window. For example, you might want to have the Archive section in its own window. You do so by dragging its tab to a spot on your screen not already covered by the main, or any other, TimeCache window. If you were to later decide you wanted to also display the Job Sheets section in that window, you could drag its tab onto the auxiliary window so that it would now be home to the Archive and Job Sheets sections. If still later you decided it would be better to have the Job Sheets section in its own window, you could drag it to an area of your screen not occupied by the main or first auxiliary window to put it into a second auxiliary window of its own.

The only tab you cannot move is that of the Daily Log. It must always be the first tab in the main window.

Other than the Daily Log, you can rearrange the order of tabs in any window by dragging any tab to a new position within its tab bar.

Navigating sections
There are Next Tab and Previous Tab commands in the View menu for navigating to the previous and next panels. There are commands in the Window menu for navigating to different windows. You can also use the Mac OS keyboard shortcut for toggling an application's windows, ⌘-~.

In addition to the View menu's commands for navigating to different sections, there are commands in the View menu for displaying each of the main sections, Daily Log, Job Sheet, Archive, List Manager, and Invoice. If the section is already open in a window, selecting that command takes you to the panel for that section. If it is not open, TimeCache creates a new tab panel for that section in the frontmost window. The command for displaying the Invoice section only works if there is an invoice file open. The command for displaying the Archive section only works if there are archived projects in your TimeCache data file. Finally, you can close any the tab for any section except the Daily Log, by choosing File>Close Current Tab.

Toolbar
By default, TimeCache shows a toolbar in its main and auxiliary windows. The toolbar offers quick access to a number of functions you might perform in using TimeCache throughout the day.

Depending on which section is frontmost, toolbar icons may appear slightly different, and may or may not be enabled.

The TimeCache Toolbar

1 - Project QuickFill or Daily Log link button: In the Daily Log, this button shows a menu that lets you choose a project/matter to quickly add to the Daily Log. In all other sections, this toolbar button has a slightly different icon, and pressing it takes you to the Daily Log.

2 - Job Sheet button: Takes you to the Job Sheet for the project you choose from the menu that pops up when you release the mouse. This is the same list you get in the dialog provided by choosing View>Lists>Projects. If you're in the Archive section, it displays a list of archived projects. This list is the same as those appearing in the dialog that appears when you choose View>Lists>Archived Projects.

3 - Post Entries button: Click to post your Daily Log entries to Job Sheets. Only active when in the Daily Log section.

4 - Reload button: Reloads posted data for any date from Job Sheets back into the Daily Log. Only active when in the Daily Log section.

5 - Timer button: Lets you start or stop timing a highlighted Daily Log entry (if it is a time entry). Only active when in the Daily Log section.

6 - Project Info button: Toggles disclosure of project detail fields on the Job Sheet or Archive section. Only active when in the Job Sheet or Archive section.

7 - List Manager button: Shows the List Manager panel.

8 - Invoice button: Displays a menu that lets you open and close invoice files, and show the Invoice panel. There is also an option to display the invoice file in the Finder if there is an invoice file open. The Invoice button appears in color if there is an invoice file open, and in grey if there is not.

9 - Add Detail button: Lets you add a detail for the highlighted Daily Log entry. Only active when in the Daily Log section.

10 - View Detail List button: Shows or hides a window where you can view and manipulate entry details. Only active when in the Daily Log or Job Sheet section.

If you want to regain the toolbar's screen space, you can hide it (and later reshow it) by clicking the "chiclet" icon in the window's upper right corner in Mac OS X 10.6.8 and earlier, or by choosing View>Show Toolbar or View>Show Toolbar.