Hide amounts on screen

Hidden amounts replace every figure in Tavala with a row of dots, so you can open the app on a train or at a table without showing your balance. One tap on the eye hides them, and one tap brings them back.

Hide and show amounts

On a Mac, an iPad with a keyboard or a wide browser window, there is also a shortcut: ViewHide Amounts in the Mac menu bar, or Shift-Command-H (Shift-Ctrl-H on Windows and Linux keyboards). The menu item changes to Show Amounts while amounts are hidden. See keyboard shortcuts.

What is hidden

• Balances, totals and every amount in a list: Home, Activity, Budgets, Money, Plan, Reports, debts, trips and recurring rules.
• Sentences that carry a figure leave the figure out. The Home facts line keeps the number of days and drops "about" followed by a daily amount.
• Screen readers read "Amount hidden" instead of the figure.

What stays visible

• Forms and sheets where you type or confirm an amount still show it: the transaction form, the capture bar, Update balance, payments and the calculators.
• Exports are not changed. A CSV or PDF report, and the JSON export of your data, contain the real amounts.
• The home screen widget is not changed. It shows today's and this month's spending as usual.

Good to know

• The choice stays on this device. It is not synced and not exported, so hiding amounts on your phone does not hide them on your Mac.
• Signing out shows amounts again. It resets to shown.
• It is not a lock. Anyone holding your unlocked phone can tap the eye. For a check before the app opens, use the app lock.
• The eye is on Home. The choice then applies across the whole app.