Claude Desktop (macOS) — current UI map
Power-user reference. Every element of the UI, not just features.
Observed 7 October 2026, native computer-use run
2026-10-07T09-10Z. Desktop build 2.26454.0, confirmed in System settings. Product-only AX controls were independently checked against private screenshots. This is an inventory of captured surfaces, not every possible app state.
Unified navigation and composer
The top-level switch is Claude / Code. The inspected Claude home has no Chat/Cowork composer selector. Sidebar destinations are Search, New, Projects, Artifacts, Scheduled, Dispatch (Beta), Design, Customize and More. More opens Edit sidebar…. Pinned items and recents belong to the account and are excluded from this inventory.
The empty composer exposes Add files, connectors, and more; Dictate; Use voice mode; Microphone; Project or folder; a model/effort control; and Manual. Use incognito is a separate home control. Its destination was not activated.
| Menu | Observed product controls |
|---|---|
| Attachment (+) | Add files or photos; Add folder; Record a skill; Skills; Connectors; Design system; Plugins; Research; Memory |
| Primary models | Fable 5.1; Opus 5.5; Sonnet 5.5; Haiku 4.5 |
| Effort | Low; Medium with Recommended label; High; Extra; Max with usage warning |
| More models | Fable 5; Opus 5; Opus 4.8; Opus 4.7; Opus 4.6; Opus 3; Sonnet 5; Sonnet 4.6 |
| Permissions | Manual asks before new tools/sites; Auto describes proceeding independently and pausing on potential risk |
Selected model, effort, permission mode, enabled checkboxes and connector badges are account state. The menus establish available controls on this account, not universal availability or defaults. No model, effort, permission or checkbox was changed.
Search and workspaces
| Destination | Observed interface |
|---|---|
| Search | Empty search, Close, filters All / Artifacts / Sessions / Code / Projects / Scheduled, and a compose action. Personal results excluded. |
| Projects | Projects heading, Search projects, Sort projects, New project. Project details were not opened. |
| Artifacts | All / Pinned / Yours / Shared with you; Search your artifacts; Grid view; type filter; Claude Design menu. A migration banner says Design lives here. Docs, Slides and Design creation cards carry Beta labels. |
| Design | A Design gallery within Artifacts, with All / Yours / Shared with you, search, view/type controls, Slides and Design Beta cards. The editor was not entered. |
| Scheduled | Scheduled tasks, search, sort and New task. Product templates: Daily briefing, Inbox triage, Meeting prep, Weekly review, Content ideas, Monitor a topic. Desktop also exposes Keep awake and an explanation for tasks that run on the computer. |
| Customize | Skills / Connectors / Plugins tabs. Discover directories have search and category or filter controls. Installed lists and connection states vary by account. |
No creation template, task, project, artifact editor or personal record was opened. Gallery controls do not verify sharing, editing or task execution.
Settings
The settings rail contains General, Account, Privacy, Billing, Usage, Capabilities, Memory, Design systems, Reflect, Time and focus, Claude Code, Claude in Chrome. Customize shortcuts lead to Skills, Connectors and Plugins; Platform includes an API keys link. Desktop additionally has This computer → System, Extensions, Developer.
| Pane | Observed purpose and controls |
|---|---|
| General | Appearance and text sizing; task/browser preferences; voice; notification controls. Longer content has separate lower-view captures. |
| Account | Account information and Instructions for Claude; device-management sections. Personal values are excluded. The instructions location differs from the current unified help guide's General path. |
| Privacy | Privacy preferences and Your data controls. Actions were not invoked. |
| Billing | Plan/billing controls; payment and invoice data excluded. No purchase or subscription action was taken. |
| Usage | Limits, reset information, cloud-session credits and usage-credit controls; account amounts excluded. |
| Capabilities | General tool controls, Visuals, Code execution and file creation, network-egress controls, and Skills relocation. Settings were not changed. |
| Memory | Memory view with categories including You, Topics, Areas, People and Projects. Personal memories are excluded; editing was not tested. |
| Design systems | New design system, search, and Name / Usable by / Published columns. No system was created. |
| Reflect | Time range and Regenerate reflection controls. Capture showed loading, so completed reflection content and behavior remain unverified. |
| Time and focus | Break-reminder hour/minute controls and Quiet hours weekday controls. Values are account preferences, not defaults. |
| Claude Code | Model safeguards, code appearance, transcript appearance, pull-request and authorization-token sections. Desktop additionally exposes Remote Control, Sessions, Browser and Mobile simulators sections; these sections were captured at additional scroll positions. The full Strict sandbox mode explanation remained clipped. |
| Claude in Chrome | Enable control, site permissions, default site policy and blocked sites. This captures settings, not the extension's own UI. |
Code workspace
Desktop Code has its own sidebar, Overview / Models statistics navigation, period controls, and a local composer with worktree and folder controls.
The composer was kept empty. Model, effort, permission, attachment and dictation controls were inspected without starting a session. Existing repositories, branches, sessions and statistics are account content and are excluded.
Coverage boundaries
This is a read-only interface inventory for one signed-in account and rollout. It does not establish plan availability, defaults or successful execution. Behavior and availability claims belong in the feature pages with current Anthropic sources.
Not exercised: prompt submission; voice/skill recording; uploads; incognito activation; project/task creation; scheduling; artifact/Design editors; connector authorization; model/effort changes; payment; destructive actions; permission changes; extension interaction; mobile apps; CLI; Office add-ins. The account menu and most native menus were not inventoried in this run. Reflect remained loading. The native Quick Entry panel remains unverified; its configured shortcut was visible in System settings.
The September 13 maps describe an older interface and remain recoverable from Git history; their Chat/Cowork paths are not current navigation instructions.
Desktop-specific surfaces
Dispatch remains visible with a Beta badge on the inspected existing account. Its landing/settings content was inspected without sending a task or pairing a device. This does not contradict a source restricting new-user access.
System shows the desktop version, Run on startup, Quick access shortcut, Voice shortcut, Dictation shortcut, Menu bar, Keep computer awake, Storage folder, Dispatch, Browser use and Computer use. Shortcut values and enabled switches are preferences. Storage paths and device identities are excluded.
Extensions has a directory and Installed on your computer. Developer manages local MCP servers. Individual installed extensions, server names, commands and arguments are private and excluded.
The native Claude → Settings… menu opened System on this account. No debugger was enabled for this computer-use run.