Changelog
0.6.0
April 6, 2026
The app has been renamed to Cursor Crane. There are just too many XXX-claw products lately, and we are not an AI-focused tool. But in-app update may not update the app name.
Version 0.6.0 changes how you use the app, while also bringing several new features and improvements:
Workflow Changes
- After launch, the app now enters Command Mode by default. Unlike the previous shortcut-based flow, you now enter specific modes by typing command sequences. For example, the default command sequence for “Move to Element and Left Click” is c . Press c , then enter the element hint, and the mouse will move to that element and click it.
- You now decide what action you want to perform first, such as click or double click, and then choose the target, such as an element or a position on screen.
- You can customize the command sequence for every command.
- You can also assign a shortcut to every command and use that shortcut to enter the corresponding mode directly without activating the Claw Machine first.
- In Command Mode, you can still use most system and app shortcuts normally. For example, you can still interact with the current foreground app using ESC or the arrow keys, and you can keep using Command + C to copy text or Command + W to close a window.
- The old Regular Mode has been renamed to Mouse Control Mode. In Command Mode, you can press and hold Space to enter Mouse Control Mode.
- Just like before, this mode lets you use the keyboard to move the mouse, click, and perform gestures.
- We plan to add customization for these keys in a future update.
- For now, Space is occupied in Command Mode, so you can use \ instead for what Space used to do.
- Element Mode now uses typed hints as the default way to choose elements.
- Window Mode now uses hints as the default way to choose windows. You can hold Option to select windows in other Spaces.
- Scroll Mode
- now uses typed hints as the default way to choose scroll areas.
- now supports percentage-based scrolling with number keys.
- still lets you scroll with the movement keys in Mouse Control Mode.
- The old Text Field Mode has been removed and replaced with a new Input Mode. In this mode, you can type without leaving the Claw Machine because all keyboard events are handed back to the system. We plan to add more Input Mode features later.
- A new Grid Mode has been added, making it possible to move the mouse to any position.
- If Element Mode cannot find the element you want, you can press Control + Tab in Element Mode to jump directly into Grid Mode.
- The exit flow has changed slightly. You can now always press Control + Esc to exit the Claw Machine directly, no matter which mode you are in. In some modes, you can also double press Esc to exit.
Improvements
- Element retrieval is now significantly faster.
- We improved the element retrieval algorithm, so some apps can now expose more elements than before. Some elements may still be missing in certain cases, and we will keep improving this.
- In 0.5.4, we introduced a new hint generation strategy that guarantees hints never conflict. As long as you finish typing a full hint, the matched element will always be the one you intend to operate on.
- The settings UI has been updated, and support for command sequence profiles has been added.
0.5.5
March 24, 2026
- Modified the app name to Cursor Claw Machine to distinguish it from the recently popular XXXClaw.
- 0.6.0 will be released in a few days with major changes.
0.5.4
February 24, 2026
- Adjusted the hint generation strategy.
- Now you can control the prediction length of hints to shorten the length of hints and reduce hint conflicts;
- The generation of hints will follow the keyboard layout to ensure that easily-typed hints are generated first (currently only supports QWERTY keyboard layout);
- Avoid the situation where a hint is a prefix of another hint;
In the next major release, we will adjust the operation logic of the entire app to make it more in line with the usage habits of keyboard users (•̀ᴗ•́)و ̑̑
Download0.5.0
September 29, 2025
- Updated Text Field Mode to allow navigation through text fields using number keys or
Tab/Shift+Tab, and addedEnterkey functionality to activate selected text fields. - Improved Scroll Mode behavior for better user experience.
- Other fixes and improvements.
0.4.0
September 2, 2025
- Add scroll mode where you can scroll other scroll areas in the window without moving the cursor.
- Update the scroll behavior to be smoother and more responsive.
- Fix pinch and rotate gesture.
- Other tweaks.
0.3.7
August 29, 2025
- Fix that the window mode may not be able to properly switch to the window of a newly opened app.
0.3.5
July 18, 2025
- Support setting shortcuts for each mode.
- Support release to exit. If you start a cursor mode by holding the shortcuts, you can now release the shortcuts to exit the mode.
- If you setup a shortcut for the Window mode, the mode will always exit when the shortcut is released, and the selected window (by default the previous focused window) will be activated.
- Improve the hint generation for Quick Jump mode.
0.3.4
June 30, 2025
- Add window list to window mode. Which also allows you to switch to windows in other spaces.
- Window mode now highlights the previous active window by default.
Tabcan now be used as left mouse button when no mouse button is pressed.
0.3.3
June 22, 2025
- Support changing the hint length in settings.
- Tweak hint generation.
- Fix that some elements were not highlighted in the element mode.
0.3.2
June 21, 2025
- Support changing the hint length in settings.
- Fix that the Simplified Chinese translation was not applied.
0.3.0
June 19, 2025
- Added Window Mode which allows you to activate other windows in active spaces.
- Added cheatsheet to the overlay. It’s enabled by default and can be toggled with the
/key. - Tweaked hint generation to be more predictable than before.
- Adjusted the color of highlighted elements in the overlay. They now use the inverted color of the accent color.
- Fixed an issue where overlays would not be available in some spaces after waking from sleep.
- Fixed an issue where the mouse cursor might jump to a location off-screen.
- Fixed an issue where the rectangle in Regular Mode would sometimes be inaccurate.
0.2.2
June 16, 2025
- Fix a bug that may prevent the overlay from presenting.
- Adjust the element lookup logic so that it works in more senarios. (e.g. VSCode file tree)
- Update regular mode to use use the screen under the cursor as the reference rect instead of the active screen.
0.2.0
June 14, 2025
- Add in-app configurations.
- Adjust the Command modifier for the Regular Mode and Center Teleporter to change the reference rect to the element under the cursor. You can use this feature to make precise movements in a small area, for example, you can use the Command key to precisely position the cursor at the end of a text box to click the clear button.
- Added nine-square-grid mode for accurate movement in Regular Mode. It’s more precise than the previous bisection mode, but harder to master.
- Add animation for cursor movement.
- For each gesture, you can now hold the gesture key to perform the gesture continousely. And you can use Command and Control to adjust the distance of the gestures.
- Fix clicks with modifiers.
- Fix the overlay was not visible when mission control is active.
- Fix incorrect documentation link.