You change Feeder's layout and theme in Settings, Appearance. How the post list looks, such as Compact or Cards, and where posts open are in the View menu above your posts: see Customize the post list.
How do I change the layout?
- Select Settings in the left navigation bar. It opens on Appearance.
- Under Layout, pick one.
| Layout | What you see |
|---|---|
| Minimal | Two panes: your feeds and the post you open. Folders collapse. |
| Reader | Your feeds and a post list. Posts open right in the list. |
| 3-pane | Feeds, post list and the open post side by side. |
For a grid of cards with big images, pick Reader, then Cards under Posts layout in the View menu.
You can also press Ctrl+K (Cmd+K on a Mac) and choose Change display mode. The extension window, the phone apps and a very narrow browser window use a one-column view, so Layout doesn't show there.
Under Navigation, Expand folders in the sidebar opens folders in place instead of on a folder page.
How do I turn on dark mode?
In Settings, Appearance, under Theme, pick Dark or Grey. Turn on Match system to follow your computer's light or dark setting, and pick one light and one dark theme. In the phone apps, themes are at the top of the Settings tab, with Follow OS setting.
Link colors belong to each theme. You can't change them on their own.
What's the difference between Simple and Full?
Above an open post in the web app, Simple shows the post as the feed sends it, in your Feeder theme. Full loads the page from the website. Press F to switch.
- In Full, you see the site's own colors, so a page can look light in a dark theme.
- Some posts can't open in Full, for example when there's no link. Full is then grayed out.
- If Full shows "Connection refused", the site doesn't allow other sites to show its pages. Read the post in Simple, or open posts in a new tab. See Connection refused.
- If a feed only sends a summary, Simple shows only the summary. Switch to Full to read the rest.
- If Reddit asks you to prove you're human in Full, read Reddit posts in Simple, or open them on reddit.com. Reddit shows this check when its pages load inside another site, and it asks again for each post.
Why don't images or videos show in a post?
Simple shows the images and embedded videos the feed includes. Many feeds leave them out, and some sites stop their images from loading on other sites. Switch to Full to see the page as the site shows it. In the phone apps, set Open posts in to In-app browser.
How do I choose where posts open?
In the web app, open the View menu above your posts and pick a tile under Open posts. The same tiles are in Settings, Appearance, under Opening posts.
| Tile | What it does |
|---|---|
| Inline | The post opens right in the list. This is the Reader layout. |
| Sheet | The post slides in over the list. |
| Viewer | The post opens in a column next to the list. This is the 3-pane layout. |
| New tab | Opening a post also opens the website in a new browser tab. Your layout stays as it is. |
The tiles depend on the layout. Reader and 3-pane have all four. Minimal has Viewer and New tab. Cards has Sheet and New tab. New tab stays on when you change layouts. Pick another tile to turn it off.
In the browser extension, turn on Open posts from the popup in a new tab in Settings, Advanced, under Extension. When it's off, posts open in the tab you're on. It doesn't change the web app.
In the phone apps, Open posts in is in the Settings tab: Feeder, In-app browser or External browser. External browser opens posts in your phone's default browser. With Feeder chosen, Open Read more in sets where the post's link opens: Full mode or Browser. On the web, links inside a post always open in a new tab.
Common questions
How do I stop posts opening in the viewer?
Open the View menu and pick Inline or Sheet under Open posts. Feeder switches to the Reader layout. To keep the viewer and also get the website in a tab, pick New tab.
Can I change the layout from the View menu?
Partly. Under Open posts, Viewer switches to 3-pane, and Inline or Sheet switch to Reader. For Minimal, use Layout and appearance at the bottom of the View menu, or Settings, Appearance.
Where is the Dashboard?
Select Dashboard in the left navigation bar. It shows your feeds in columns side by side and needs Plus ($7.99 a month billed yearly) or Professional. See Feeder Dashboard.
Still stuck? E-mail support@feeder.co with a screenshot of what you see.