The launcher
The launcher is a floating panel that opens over whatever you're doing on your Mac. One key brings it up, and its eight tabs cover actions on your selection, apps, files, your clipboard, emoji, symbols, a calculator and chat.
What you need
- Gelim for Mac, signed in with your Gelim Account. Most tabs need you signed in.
- Accessibility allowed for Gelim, so it can read your selection and put answers back (Permissions).
1. Open it
Press ⌘Space from any app. If Spotlight already uses ⌘Space, Gelim answers on ⌥Space instead and offers to switch for you: choose Use ⌥Space instead, or Open Keyboard Shortcuts to give Spotlight another key.
2. Pick a tab
Press ⌘1 to ⌘8, or use ← and →.
| Keys | Tab | What it's for |
|---|---|---|
| ⌘1 | Quick | Run an action on the selected text or a copied image |
| ⌘2 | Apps | Open an app |
| ⌘3 | Files | Find a file and preview it |
| ⌘4 | Clipboard | Paste something you copied, here or on your other devices |
| ⌘5 | Emojis | Insert an emoji |
| ⌘6 | Symbols | Insert a symbol, umlaut or maths sign |
| ⌘7 | Calculator | A scientific calculator |
| ⌘8 | Chat | Ask Gelim, with your selection attached |
3. Close it
Press esc, press the launcher key again, or click anywhere else. With esc or the launcher key you're back in the app you came from, the cursor where it was. The launcher closes when you leave it, so it's fresh every time you open it.
Keep an answer open
Pin an answer to keep the launcher open while you click elsewhere. Click the pin on the answer or press ⌘P. Back, esc or the launcher key unpins it.
Change the keys
Open Settings → Shortcuts to change Launcher, Clipboard history, Capture an area, Capture and mark up and Pin the answer. Settings → Appearance decides whether the launcher follows the app's theme (Launcher uses the same theme) or stays dark.
| Keys | Anywhere in the launcher |
|---|---|
| ⌘Space (or ⌥Space) | Open or close the launcher |
| ⌘⇧V | Open the Clipboard tab from any app |
| ⌘P | Pin the answer |
| ⌘K | Show the launcher's keys |
| ⌥Tab, ⌥⇧Tab | Capture an area of the screen into the launcher, or mark it up first |
| ⌘, | Open Settings |
| esc | Clear, go back, or close |
Next steps
- Quick actions: fix, rewrite or translate your selection.
- Chat in the launcher: ask about what you're looking at.
- Clipboard history: everything you copied, one key away.
- Capture an area: a part of your screen, into the launcher.
- Permissions on the Mac: what Gelim asks for and why.