Using Loopa on desktop

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One of three ways to use Loopa. See also Using the iOS app and Using the Android app.

Desktop is Loopa in a web browser on a Mac, Windows PC, or Linux machine, and it is the most complete of the three. Everything the apps do, the browser does, and a few things live only here: the Planner, the printable Report, data Export, and the full Settings form. If you are setting up your profile for the first time, or doing anything fiddly, do it on desktop.

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The two-level menu

Every health page carries the same navigation: a primary row of eight sections, and beneath it a secondary row of whatever the current section contains.

The eight primary sections:

Dashboard opens Your dashboard, the day at a glance.
Log is everything you record. See below.
Nutrition holds the food tools: Meal photo, Planner, My meals, What to eat, and Food preferences.
Trends holds Forecast, Trends, and Export.
H³, the habit helper. See Habits (H³).
Photos opens Progress photos.
Report opens the full report.
Settings holds Settings and Reminders.

What's under Log

The Log row shows only the trackers you have switched on, so your menu is shorter than the full list below. Turn things on and off in Settings.

Food opens the food log (needs food tracking on)
Nutrients opens your nutrient breakdown (needs food tracking on)
Weight opens Weight tracking. Always shown, because it is the core of the app.
Vitals opens Vitals tracking
Measurements opens Body measurements
Activity opens Activity tracking
Water opens Water tracking
Supplements & Meds opens Supplements and medications
Cycle opens Cycle tracking
Fasting opens the fasting timer

Blood glucose and INR are opt-in and start switched off, so nobody gets clinical trackers they did not ask for. Switch them on in Settings and they join the Log row. See Blood glucose and INR and blood thinners.

The + Log button

The + Log button sits at the top-right of every health page and opens a drawer (a panel that slides in from the right) so you can record something without leaving the page you are on. It has tabs for the common entries:

Food. Search and add straight to today.
Barcode. Opens your camera right there in the browser and reads the barcode live, with an on-screen frame to line the code up in. Same scanner as Barcode scanning. Your browser will ask permission for the camera the first time.
Water. Tap-sized amounts, and the drawer stays open with a running daily total so you can add several glasses in a row. The total turns green when you reach your goal.
Weight, Vitals, Measurements, Activity. Quick numeric entry. Vitals shows a live classification chip as you type a blood-pressure reading, and a red note if the numbers are in a range that needs attention now.
Supplements. Your list as big check-off buttons. Tap to mark taken. This one also stays open so you can tick several.

Search and keyboard shortcuts

Two things make desktop much faster than tapping around.

Search is the magnifying glass beside + Log, or press Ctrl+K or /. Type any food, page, or tool and jump straight to it.

Keyboard shortcuts are listed when you press ?. They are inactive while you are typing in a text field.

Keys	Does
`q` or `n`	Quick-add a log entry
`/` or `Ctrl`+`K`	Open search
`?`	Toggle the shortcuts help
`g` then `d`	Go to Dashboard
`g` then `w`	Go to Weight
`g` then `f`	Go to Food log
`g` then `v`	Go to Vitals
`g` then `a`	Go to Activity
`g` then `t`	Go to Trends
`g` then `p`	Go to Photos
`g` then `s`	Go to Settings

What desktop does that the apps don't

The Planner. Build meals ahead across a week.
Export. Download your own data, under Trends → Export.
The full Settings form. Every tracker toggle, macro target, diet style, allergen and never-eat list in one place. The apps expose a subset.
The Report. The long-form document, laid out to read and to print.
Sharing. Generate a link to show someone a slice of your data.

Working across devices

It is one account and one set of data. Log breakfast on your phone, open desktop at lunch, and it is already there. A sensible pattern many members settle into: apps for logging (camera and barcode are in your pocket), and desktop for thinking for planning the week, reading the Report and adjusting targets.