Cursor Crane for Mac

Cursor Crane is a highly customizable keyboard-driven navigation and automation utility for macOS. Unlike many hint-based tools that focus mainly on UI elements, Cursor Crane extends keyboard-first interaction to windows, multi-window workflows, mouse actions, and text editing.

Its dedicated modes use predictable hints rather than arbitrary labels, making frequently used targets easier to learn and repeat. Cursor Crane can be operated through both traditional Keyboard Shortcuts and Command Sequences, a command-oriented interface for switching modes, performing actions, and running scripts.

Text editing is also treated as a first-class part of the workflow, with shortcuts for consistent text cursor navigation and selection across apps, plus Text Area Portal for editing focused fields in an external editor.

For advanced workflows, Cursor Crane includes declarative automation and JavaScript-based scripting. Scripts can perform custom actions, implement interaction logic, and create interactive panels with controls and user input.

Key features

• Predictable hint-based navigation
• Hint navigation across more areas of macOS
• Window and multi-window workflow navigation
• Keyboard Shortcuts and Command Sequences
• Keyboard-controlled mouse movement, clicking, and scrolling
• Text-area shortcuts for cursor navigation and selection
• Text Area Portal for editing focused fields in an external editor
• Element Menu for contextual actions such as copying and UI capture
• Declarative workflows
• JavaScript scripting for custom actions and logic
• Script-built interactive panels
• OCR and grid-based fallback navigation
• Extensive customization of shortcuts, commands, hints, modes, scripts, and navigation behavior

Cursor Crane is designed for keyboard-heavy macOS users who want more than a simple hint overlay and prefer to shape their own interaction workflow.