Getting one's hands on the keys working for Dictator (6)
I believe the answer is:
typing
'getting' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to thinking as well as being present participle verbs.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
I can't explain the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for typing that I've seen before include "Keyboarding" , "Using one form of keyboard" .)