Talismans — draw, inscribe, cast

A talisman — a gesture shortcut — is a glyph you draw fast on the sky, your home screen, to open an app, run an action, or open a folder's ring. You teach Zenith the shape once, then draw it whenever you want it. Casting is on by default; the "talismans active" switch at the top of Settings › talismans turns it off and on.

#Inscribe a talisman

1. Open Settings › talismans.
2. Tap "✎ inscribe new talisman".
3. Draw your glyph in one stroke.
4. Draw it a second time, so Zenith learns your hand.
5. If you like, type a name in the "talisman name" field. Left unnamed, it takes the name of what it opens.
6. Choose a target under "apps", "actions", or "rings".

Your talisman is saved and ready to cast. If your new shape draws like one you already have, Zenith warns you: "⚠ draws like "<name>" — priority order will decide which casts".

You can also tap "✦ record from a constellation" on the same page: "trace your path to a star once — its shape becomes a talisman, so you can draw straight there without opening each ring."

To see a glyph again, tap "▶" beside it in the list. It plays the shape back; tap outside to close it.

#Cast it

Draw the glyph quickly on the sky. The stroke needs to be a fair size, not a tiny mark. If it matches closely enough, the talisman fires. When two of your glyphs look alike, the one higher in the list wins; you can reorder them from the same settings page (see below).

The first time a talisman fires, a hint fills the screen: "✦ a talisman cast", with a short note on inscribing your own. Tap anywhere to continue. It shows once, while "first-time hints" is on.

A quick circle opens the star index — the A–Z picker for all your apps — but an inscribed glyph always wins over the circle. If your stroke matches one of your talismans, the talisman casts. See Draw a circle to the star index.

The free version keeps 3 talismans. Past that, more talismans are a (Gold) upgrade: the button reads "✦ more talismans with gold", and every way to start a new one — the settings buttons, or "inscribe talisman for this" in the deep sky, the full list of every app — opens the upgrade sheet for "more than 3 talismans". Saving a fourth is checked the same way. Re-inscribing one you already have never asks.

#Change, reorder or delete one

Each talisman in Settings › talismans has a ⋮ beside it. Tap it for:

• "re-inscribe" — draw the glyph again.
• "move up (higher priority)" — raise it in the list, so it wins over a look-alike.
• "move down" — lower it in the list.
• "delete" — remove it. This happens at once, with no undo.

See also. Assign an action to a gesture · Draw a circle to the star index · Gestures conflict with system gestures