---
id: junk-yard.what-is-the-junk-yard-curtain
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/junk-yard/what-is-the-junk-yard-curtain
category: "Junk Yard"
subcategory: "The edge curtain"
question: "What is the Junk Yard curtain?"
alt_questions:
  - "Junk Yard edge curtain"
  - "Junk Yard strip at the edge of the screen"
  - "What slides out from the top of my screen?"
  - "Storage Studio panel at screen edge"
  - "Curtain of scraps"
short_answer: "The curtain is a slim strip of your scraps that slides in when your pointer reaches the docked screen edge (top or right). Click a tile to copy it, then paste with ⌘V."
tags: ["curtain", "junk yard"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/junk-yard/how-do-i-open-the-curtain", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/junk-yard/how-do-i-copy-from-the-curtain", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/junk-yard/can-i-dock-the-curtain-on-the-right"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# What is the Junk Yard curtain?

The curtain is a slim, translucent strip of your scraps that slides in when you move your pointer to the edge of the screen it's docked to — the top or the right. Click a tile to copy that scrap, then paste with ⌘V wherever you were working.

It doesn't take focus from the app you're in, so you can grab a scrap and paste without switching windows. It closes on its own shortly after your pointer leaves.

See [How do I open the curtain?](https://storagestudio.us/faq/junk-yard/how-do-i-open-the-curtain)