# Use CubbyPad’s app actions with VoiceOver

Icon actions and keyboard controls provide routes for opening and arranging apps without relying on visual drag targets alone.

By [Rudra Satani](https://cubbypad.com/about/), maker of CubbyPad · 26 October 2026

## Inspect the selected icon’s actions

CubbyPad exposes accessibility actions on app and folder icons. Their available operations depend on the item: an application and a folder do not offer exactly the same commands. Inspect the current action list rather than assuming a control belongs to every object.

## Use announcements to verify an edit

Move, rename and taking an app out of a folder are among the supported icon operations. Movement announcements help confirm what changed. Start with a small arrangement edit so that the intended destination and result are easy to compare.

Keyboard picking and Option-arrow movement provide another route alongside the icon’s actions. The complete shortcuts page records the combinations, including selection, naming and grouping.

## Keep removal commands deliberate

Hide from Grid changes the browsing view while leaving the app installed. A Trash action concerns the actual installation and asks for confirmation. Check the selected item and action before treating those operations as interchangeable ways to simplify a page.

## Report the interaction, not only the screen

1. Name the selected app or folder.

1. Record the action you chose.

1. Describe the announcement and resulting position.

1. Include CubbyPad and macOS versions so the behavior can be reproduced.

Published by CubbyPad’s maker. See [about CubbyPad](https://cubbypad.com/about/) for the author and product details. For corrections, [get in touch](https://cubbypad.com/contact/).

## Put it into practice.

[Guide

### Move apps and make folders

Drag apps into place, move a group together, rename a folder and hide an app without removing it from your Mac.

Read guide ↗](https://cubbypad.com/guides/folders/)[Guide

### Choose how to open the app grid

Set up the keyboard shortcut, F4, a three-finger pinch, a hot corner, or the Dock and menu bar icons.

Read guide ↗](https://cubbypad.com/guides/opening/)

## More on search and keyboard.

[### Build a comfortable app grid with reduced motion

CubbyPad respects Reduce Motion, and its icon size, labels and navigation settings can be adjusted independently of animation.

Read article ↗](https://cubbypad.com/blog/reduced-motion-app-launcher-mac/)[### Adjust the launcher’s opening speed without changing app launches

CubbyPad’s motion timing controls its own transition. It is separate from the time another application takes to load after selection.

Read article ↗](https://cubbypad.com/blog/control-app-launcher-opening-speed/)[### Does CubbyPad require Apple Intelligence?

No. The app grid, ordinary search, folders and layouts work without Apple Intelligence. Plain-language task suggestions and model-based organization have additional requirements.

Read article ↗](https://cubbypad.com/blog/does-cubbypad-require-apple-intelligence/)

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Source: https://cubbypad.com/blog/voiceover-accessible-app-launcher/