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Am I the only one who finds the floating widget incredibly distracting in Google Docs?

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Okay, I have to get this off my chest because it's starting to really affect my workflow. I'm a huge fan of Grammarly's core functionality—the suggestions are often spot-on, and I love how it catches things my brain just glosses over. But when I'm trying to write a long-form document in Google Docs, that persistent floating widget feels like someone is literally looking over my shoulder and tapping the glass.

It's not just about it being there; it's the constant, tiny visual shifts. The icon changing, the number updating, the little underline highlights appearing and disappearing in real-time. My peripheral vision is constantly catching the movement. I find myself pausing mid-sentence to check what it's flagged, which completely breaks my concentration and flow. It turns writing from a creative act into a reactive, stop-start process.

I've tried moving it around, but the widget always wants to snap back to that default position. Turning it off entirely defeats the purpose of having the real-time feedback, which is the whole point!

Is this just a "me" problem? Does anyone else feel this way, or have you found a secret setting or a workflow trick to make it less intrusive? I genuinely want to keep using it, but I need it to be a *tool*, not a distraction.


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