Navigating the Platform
Demiton has three ways to navigate: the Radial Menu (the compass button at the bottom of the screen), the Command Palette (⌘K), and the sidebar. Each serves a different purpose, and most users develop a muscle-memory rhythm across all three.
The Radial Menu
The Radial Menu is the primary way to move between platform areas. It opens as a circular wheel from a compass button fixed at the bottom-centre of the screen.
To open it: click the compass button, or press Space.
To close it: press Escape, click outside, or press Space again.
Two wheels
The menu has two wheels you switch between by pressing Tab or clicking the centre button again.
Wheel A - Work (your daily operations):
| Position | Destination |
|---|---|
| ↑ North | Studio (AI chat) |
| ↗ North-east | Scheduling |
| → East | Estimating |
| ↘ South-east | Purchasing |
| ↓ South | Human Resources |
| ↙ South-west | Projects |
| ← West | Finance |
| ↖ North-west | Assets |
Wheel B - Platform (configuration and infrastructure):
| Position | Destination |
|---|---|
| ↑ North | Systems (Connectors) |
| → East | Workflows |
| ↓ South | Business Objects |
| ↙ South-west | Memory |
| ↖ North-west | Workspace (Settings) |
Selecting a destination
Desktop: Hover over a spoke to highlight it, then click to navigate.
Touch: Tap the compass button to open, then tap a spoke to navigate. Double-tap the compass button to go straight to Studio.
The Command Palette (⌘K)
Press ⌘K (Ctrl+K on Windows/Linux) from anywhere in the platform to open the command palette.
The palette searches across every destination and action in the platform. Start typing a name or keyword - for example, typing “chat” finds Studio, “calendar” finds Scheduling, “pay” finds Payroll and Purchasing.
Keyboard navigation: ↑↓ to move, ↵ to open, Esc to close.
What’s in the palette
The palette is organised into sections:
- Work - the eight daily-operations destinations
- Platform - configuration surfaces (Systems, Marketplace, Workspace, Audit, Strategy, Business Objects)
- More - deeper routes including Workers, Opportunities, Market Intelligence, Profile, Notifications
- Connect a System - quick links to connect an integration you haven’t set up yet
- Commands - keyboard shortcuts available on the current page (appears only when there are shortcuts relevant to where you are)
The palette is the best place to go when you know the name of where you’re headed but can’t recall which spoke it is on the radial menu.
Keyboard shortcuts
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Space | Open / close the Radial Menu |
| ⌘K | Open the Command Palette |
| ⌘J | Toggle the Activity Panel (workflow runs) |
| ? | Show all keyboard shortcuts |
| Escape | Close the current overlay (cascades: shortcuts → radial → palette) |
On the Workflows page, two additional shortcuts are active:
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| ⌘R | Refresh workflow runs |
| ⌘N | Create a new workflow |
Press ? at any time to see all shortcuts currently available for your location.
The Activity Panel (⌘J)
Press ⌘J to open the Activity Panel - a persistent right-side panel showing the status of all workflow runs in your organisation.
A small status dot is always visible on the right edge of the screen:
- Blue - a workflow is currently running
- Red - a run has failed and needs attention
- Green - all runs are complete
The panel groups runs by status: active runs appear at the top with live task counts, completed and failed runs appear below. You can expand any run inline to see step detail, or open the full run view. Failed runs can be retried directly from the panel.
The sidebar
The left sidebar is the persistent navigation rail for the section you’re in. It becomes more specific as you go deeper - for example, inside Projects it shows your project list; inside HQ it shows organisation settings tabs.
On mobile, the sidebar collapses and is accessed via the menu icon at the top-left. Selecting any item closes the sidebar automatically.
The sidebar and radial menu cover the same top-level destinations - use whichever is faster. Most users reach for the radial menu for cross-section jumps and the sidebar for in-section navigation.