Complete a task without touching the mouse

Use a small app-launch task to verify keyboard control from opening the bar through returning to work. Begin with Ouros X running and its global keyboard access available.

Launch an application

1. Tap Right Option alone to open the bar.
2. Choose Files using your current mode controls.
3. Type Safari without a prefix.
4. Use Up Arrow or Down Arrow to select the Safari application result.
5. Press Return.

Safari should become active. Reopen Ouros with Right Option and press Escape from the compact bar to dismiss it.

Save a note

Choose Notes, press Return to enter the editor and type a short thought. Press Command S to save. Command K opens the action palette; find Reveal saved note and activate it using the palette's keyboard selection. Finder should select the saved Markdown file.

If a control does not receive keyboard focus, use the app's accessible controls or your system's keyboard navigation setting. Do not keep pressing Return when you cannot identify the selected action, especially in Commands.

Diagnose a failed step

Check the current mode and focused screen. Escape may leave a nested view before dismissal. If the global opening key fails, use Open Ouros from the app menu and check the assigned shortcut and Input Monitoring.

See essential shortcuts and shortcut scope.