Default shortcuts
Global capture, pin, history, pin-group, and annotation shortcuts.
Capture and pin shortcuts can be changed separately. The system paste shortcut is never registered as a global capture key. Click a shortcut field and press a new combination to save. Delete, Backspace, or the × button clears it to Unset. Delete-annotation stays on Delete and cannot be changed.
| Action | Default shortcut | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rectangle capture | Ctrl + Shift + A | Global | Left-click the tray icon does the same |
| Pin | Ctrl + Shift + V | Global | Pins the current capture first, otherwise foreground text/files or the clipboard |
| History dock | Ctrl + Shift + H | Global | Show or hide local history |
| History search | Ctrl + F | History Dock | Search text records and OCR’d images |
| Choose pin group | Ctrl + Shift + X | Global | Opens the list; keep modifiers and press X to rotate |
| Next pin group | Ctrl + N | Global | Changes ownership only; does not show or hide pins |
| Show/hide current group | Ctrl + H | Global | Shows or hides the current pin group |
| Freeform capture | Alt + Y | Global | Starts in pen path; Alt is Option on macOS |
| Scrolling capture | Alt + L | Global | Vertical or horizontal; auto or manual scroll |
| GIF recording | Alt + G | Global | 3 / 5 / 10 seconds, 5–30 fps |
| Delayed capture | Alt + D | Global | Freeze after 0–120 seconds |
| Fixed shape | Alt + F | Global | Regular 4-gon by default; 3–64 sides |
| Whiteboard / scale / square / angle | Alt + W / R / C / M | Global | Desktop annotation and measurement |
| Cancel or finish | Esc | Capture UI | Leaves local edit first, otherwise cancels; also finishes scrolling capture |
| Copy color | C / double CC | Color HUD | Once copies HEX; twice within 500ms copies RGB |
| Switch sub-mode | X | Several tools | Freeform, badge, arrow, line, frame, mosaic, eraser, watermark |
| Move selection | Arrows or WASD | Selected frame | 1 pixel. With no frame selected, nudges the color sample |
| Resize selection | Shift + arrows | Selected frame | 1 pixel |
| Middle click | Middle button | Idle selection | Pins immediately and finishes |
| Double-click | Inside selection | Idle selection | Copies and finishes |
| Undo / redo | Ctrl/Command + Z / Shift + Z | Annotation | Redo defaults to Ctrl/Command+Shift+Z |
If a shortcut conflicts
Open Settings → Shortcuts. Save checks duplicates on the same page, overlap between global and in-app keys, the system paste key, and keys already taken by other software. Internal conflicts name the feature; external conflicts keep the previous binding.