Using Tholi

Open Tholi on the website you want help with, enter a destination, and choose Guide me. Keep your request focused on the result you want, such as "Change the text size to Large."

Follow your guide#

Guide shows the current instruction and your destination. A highlight points to a control on the website. Read the instruction before clicking, especially when several controls have similar names.

If the control is not visible, follow any scroll cue or open the menu mentioned in the instruction. If guidance looks wrong, pause and check the troubleshooting steps.

Tholi checks what happened after an action. Opening a menu is progress toward a task; it does not mean the entire task is complete. Step estimates can change as more of the website becomes available.

Use Conversation#

Switch to Conversation to explain your destination, answer a question or ask "Why this step?" Switching between Guide and Conversation keeps the same task. You can correct your request without describing every click again.

See Choosing and changing a destination for examples.

Widget and continuity#

To keep Tholi beside the page, open Tholi settings and choose Use floating widget. Drag its handle to move it or use Widget menu for placement and size controls. With the handle focused, arrow keys move the widget and Shift plus an arrow key resizes it.

• Expand widget gives questions and details more room.
• Dock to sidebar returns to the browser panel. If Firefox asks you to, select the Tholi toolbar icon to finish opening the sidebar.
• The widget's close control minimizes it to a small launcher. Select the launcher to restore it. Minimizing keeps your task and does not stop checking.
• In smaller widget sizes, look in Widget menu for Pause, Resume and Stop.

Pausing and resuming explains how these controls differ.

Optional assisted navigation#

Assisted navigation is off by default. In settings, you can enable it to let Tholi open eligible menus and disclosures or select explicitly requested view options. Some websites still require your own click.

It does not follow links, fill fields, sign in, upload files, submit forms or perform final actions. Pause, turn the setting off, or minimize Tholi to suppress assistance and take over.

For colors and motion, see Appearance.