Element Burst Mode

You enter it from Element Menu Mode, so it works best once you have already selected the window or element you care about.

Enter the mode#

1. Enter Element Menu Mode for the focused window or the element below the cursor.
2. Hold Space to open the menu.
3. Choose Element Burst.

Cursor Crane keeps the target highlighted and opens the Element Burst panel.

What you can copy#

Element Burst Mode collects text from inside the element and rebuilds it into a more complete result than any single accessibility attribute holds.

It then looks for useful values inside that text:

• Dates
• Email addresses
• Links
• Phone numbers
• File paths and file locations
• Other structured values when they can be recognized

You end up with both the full text and smaller copyable items extracted from it.

Copy text#

In the text list:

• Press Enter to copy the selected item.
• Hold Command and type the shown hint to copy that item directly.

The panel closes after copying by default. Hold Shift while copying to keep it open and continue, which is the fast path when you need several values from the same block.

Edit before copying#

Press Command + Enter to open an editor for the current text item. Make small changes there, then copy the updated text, without a round trip through another app.

Trigger element actions#

Element Burst Mode also lists actions exposed by child elements inside the target. Trigger them the same two ways: press Enter on the selected action, or hold Command and type its hint.

Actions close the panel after activation unless you hold Shift.

When to use it#

• Copying text from a complex UI without selecting it by hand.
• Grabbing a link or email address out of a larger block of text.
• Inspecting what actions are available inside an element.
• Working from one selected target instead of scanning the whole window again.

Element Burst Mode is an Unlocked feature. See Plans and Licensing.

Next#

• Select Text with Element Burst Mode
• Modes overview