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Basic usage
Quick menu and manager
Click Framely in the SteamVR Dashboard Dock. First use requires accepting the terms and privacy statement; plugins do not automatically start before consent.
- Favorites: open favorite plugin quick pages.
- Installed: browse enabled local plugins and their pages.
- Notifications: view saved notifications and update reminders, and toggle floating notifications.
- Settings: choose an installed language, toggle safe mode, open the plugin manager or Check for updates. The update entry opens the manager’s About/update page. Install language files and download the language template from the manager’s Settings page.
The manager opens a separate large window with navigation for plugins, plugin library, sources, settings, notification settings and About. Installation, updates and source management happen here. A phone or computer can also use the network panel.
Plugins and windows
Enable, disable or favorite plugins in the list. Enabled means available for use; backends normally start on demand. Only plugins declaring autostart remain resident after startup. Closing a plugin window generally does not disable its backend. Dependency or conflict problems are explained, and affected plugins are shown before changes.
Dock windows use SteamVR close controls. Temporary windows may be destroyed when switching views. Individual plugin interfaces and behavior are maintained by their developers.
Settings and diagnostics
Settings provides language, network panel and proxy configuration. HTTP and GitHub proxies have independent switches; saving an address does not automatically enable it.
Safe mode pauses third-party plugins for troubleshooting; leave it after resolving the problem. About shows the device version, updates and terms. Revoking consent disables all plugins; accepting again does not automatically re-enable them.
In About, select the Stable or Testing update channel and check for updates. Choose Download and install, then confirm once: Framely downloads and verifies the release and automatically starts installation. Download and verification are displayed as separate stages, with byte progress for each. Download or verification failure stops installation and displays an error. Plugins and data remain; the Framely interface briefly closes and restarts.
Automatic update checks are enabled by default. Framely checks about 30 seconds after starting (once terms are accepted), then every 6 hours. In About, turn Check for updates automatically off or change the interval. Checks use the selected Stable/Testing channel and configured proxy, continue with the panel closed, and never download or install automatically. A newer version saves a notification to the inbox and shows a popup when notification settings allow it. Ignore dismisses that version's reminder; Open updates opens About's update page. The same version is not repeatedly announced, including after restart. Switching the source or channel clears the old reminder.
Floating notifications follow the headset near the upper-right of the view. Their input mask matches the visible card; short button clicks tolerate small tracking movements.
Notification popups display an auto-close countdown when the sender sets a duration. Closing a popup keeps any saved inbox copy. Remove a saved message from Notifications with its trash button. Action buttons close and remove messages by default; senders can configure different behavior. Ordinary notifications are not saved unless the sender opts in, except when popups are disabled.
The Allow notifications switch at the top of Notifications controls all floating popups. When off, new notifications are saved in the inbox even if the sender did not request it; active popups are also moved to the inbox. Turning popups back on does not replay old messages.
In the manager, Notification settings provides global Floating notifications and Launcher badge switches, plus independent Badge and Popup switches for Framely itself (including update reminders) and every installed plugin, including disabled plugins. Global switches take priority and preserve each app’s preferences. The Framely Dock launcher badge counts unread inbox messages from sources allowed to show a badge, displays 99+ for larger counts, and disappears when you view the inbox. Hidden headset panels do not mark messages as read. Reading keeps messages and their actions available; it does not remove them. Settings and read state survive restart.
Log commands are in the installation guide. A working manager does not establish that all plugins work. Enable plugins individually and verify their sources and runtime users.