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Grow each set with progressive focus

Progressive focus, in beta, makes each focus set a little longer than the last. The first set after a long break runs at your Focus length. Each later set adds the Step, 5 minutes by default, up to the Maximum, 50 by default. Turn it on in the timer settings.

  • New in 1.2
  • Beta

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Progressive focus

Off by default. Step and Maximum apply once it is on.

Step

Minutes each set adds, 1 to 30.

Maximum

The longest a set can run, 1 to 120 min.

The Progressive focus section of the timer settings, switched on, at its defaults.
On this page

Turn on progressive focus

It is a section of Focus timer, the timer settings window, marked Beta.

  1. Open the timer settings

    Press the gear at the foot of the focus timer panel.

    Timer settings

    The gear at the foot of the timer panel.

  2. Switch on Progressive focus

    The switch turns green.

  3. Press Save

    The next set uses the new lengths.

See how long each set runs

Move the sliders. The bars show two cycles, with the long break between them.

Progressive focus Beta
25 min
5 min
50 min
  1. 25Set 1: 25 minutes
  2. 30Set 2: 30 minutes
  3. 35Set 3: 35 minutes
  4. 40Set 4: 40 minutes
  5. 25Set 1: 25 minutes, after the long break
  6. 30Set 2: 30 minutes
  7. 35Set 3: 35 minutes
  8. 40Set 4: 40 minutes

Each set = Focus + Step × sets since the long break, up to the Maximum.

Focus in one cycle
2 h 10 min
Longest set
40 min

A long break comes after every 4 sets.

Breaks keep their own lengths.

Read it on the timer

The timer panel names the length of the set you are in.

Focus tab

Shows this set's length, 35 minutes in set 3.

Sets

The set you are on, then its length.

The floating timer counts down the same set length while you work in another window.

With Global set counter on,
your sets keep growing
when you switch tasks.

If your sets do not grow

Two checks.

Every set is the same length

Check that Progressive focus is on and that the Maximum is above the Focus length. At or below it, the app shows: Set the maximum above the focus length for sets to grow.

The timer is not in Pomodoro mode

Progressive focus changes Pomodoro sets. Switch the panel from Timer to Pomodoro, or press P. See Timer or Pomodoro.