# The Kopit Cal menu-bar calendar for Mac

> How the Kopit Cal menu-bar calendar works on macOS: click the title to open a scrolling month view with lunar dates, holidays, and your events.

- Mis à jour: July 17, 2026
- Temps de lecture: 5 min read
- Public: New Kopit Cal users who want to understand the calendar panel and how to open it.

## Résumé

Kopit Cal lives in the macOS menu bar with no Dock icon. Click the menu-bar title to open a scrolling month calendar that combines your system events with the Chinese lunar date, solar terms, and holidays.

## À retenir

- Kopit Cal runs only in the menu bar; the title shows the date and you click it to open the panel.
- The panel is a continuous scrolling month view, not a fixed single month.
- Every day cell can show the lunar date, solar terms, holidays, and colored dots for your events.

### Where Kopit Cal lives

Kopit Cal has no Dock icon and no separate window in the app switcher. It puts a compact title in the menu bar, such as 7/13 周一 廿九, and everything happens from there. Clicking the title opens the panel directly beneath it; clicking again or anywhere else dismisses it.

- The menu-bar title is the single entry point to the app.
- You can configure the title to show the date, weekday, or lunar day.
- Closing the panel never quits the app; it keeps running quietly in the background.

### The scrolling month view

The calendar is a continuous vertical scroll of months rather than a paged single month, so you can flick from this week into next month without losing context. Each day cell layers the Gregorian date with the lunar date and any holiday or solar-term label underneath it. Selecting a day reveals the events and tasks for that day.

- Scroll up or down to move across months seamlessly.
- The current day is highlighted with your accent color.
- Selecting a day shows its agenda inline.

### What each day shows

A single day can carry a lot of signal at a glance. Below the number you get the lunar date, and on the right days you will see the 24 solar terms and traditional festivals. Holidays and subscribed regions appear as small colored dots so multiple sources can share one day without clutter.

- Chinese lunar date (农历) under each day.
- Solar terms (二十四节气) and festivals where they fall.
- Colored dots for events, holidays, and subscribed regions.

## FAQ

### Why is there no Dock icon?

Kopit Cal is designed as a menu-bar utility. It stays out of your Dock and app switcher so it is always one click away without adding window clutter.

### How do I open the calendar?

Click the Kopit Cal title in the menu bar, for example 7/13 周一 廿九. The panel opens right below it and closes when you click away.

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Page web: https://cal.kopit.app/fr/docs/menu-bar-calendar-for-mac

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