Modes

Choosing a mode#

Your target	Use
A button, link, or text field	Element Mode
An arbitrary point with no element behind it	Grid Mode
Text you can see but cannot click	Find Mode
Another window or a menu bar item	Window Mode
A scrollable region	Scroll Mode
A window edge, splitter, or slider	Adjust Mode
Freehand movement and gestures	Mouse Control Mode
Text you need to type or edit	Input Mode
Information about what is on screen	Element Menu Mode
Text and values inside one element	Element Burst Mode

Command Mode is where the claw machine starts. Letter sequences trigger commands; single commands open the other modes.

Mouse Control Mode moves the cursor with directional keys, narrowing a reference rectangle for precision, and covers clicks, scrolling, and gestures.
Element Mode hints every clickable element in the window, including elements from previous and favorite windows.
Grid Mode divides the screen into hinted cells and subdivides your choice, so any pixel is a few keystrokes away.
Find Mode OCRs the window, so you can target a log line or a label rendered on a canvas.

Window Mode hints windows and menu bar items, including windows on other Spaces.
Adjust Mode moves, resizes, centers, and full-screens windows, and drags splitters and sliders.
Scroll Mode hints scrollable areas, then scrolls by direction or percentage.

Input Mode suspends the claw machine so you can type, and adds text find and editing shortcuts. Raw Input Mode passes everything through for terminals and editors.

Element Menu Mode opens a menu on a target: copy text, selectors, and identifiers, capture screenshots, trigger accessibility actions, favorite a window.
Element Burst Mode rebuilds the text inside an element and pulls out dates, emails, links, phone numbers, and paths.