Settings and shortcuts
Open the settings
Click in the header or press Ctrl+,. The menu lists Assistant, Account, LLM and Advanced; Advanced holds Audio, Screen capture, Appearance, Shortcuts, Updates, Chat history and Privacy. Leaving with unsaved changes asks first. At the bottom of the menu, (tooltip "Save", with its keys) keeps your changes and beside it (tooltip "Discard changes") drops them. Assistant, Audio, Screen capture, Chat history, Privacy and the plans in Account are explained on the pages for what they do: Your prompts, Listening, In screenshots and screen sharing, Rewind, summary and history, Install and sign in and Plans and credits.
- at the bottom of the menu (tooltip "Discard changes") drops what you changed
- beside it (tooltip "Save") keeps your changes
- the bar along the bottom of the panel shows this arrow when you point at it (tooltip "Collapse"); a click collapses the panel to the smaller view
Opacity and position
Settings, then Advanced, then Appearance opens on Visibility: how see-through the window, its text and its images are, and then which monitor the window opens on and where. The four sliders show their effect at once while you move them, and only Save keeps it. at the right of the Visibility title (tooltip "Reset visibility to defaults (80 / 70 / 100 / 85 %)") puts the four back; it works only while one of them differs from its default.
- at the right of the Visibility title (tooltip "Reset visibility to defaults (80 / 70 / 100 / 85 %)") puts the four sliders back; it works only while one of them differs from its default
- Window, 40 to 100 % (80): how see-through the whole window is
- Window in click-through, 20 to 100 % (70): how see-through the window is while your clicks pass through it
- Chat text, 40 to 100 % (100): how see-through the text of the messages is
- Chat images, 40 to 100 % (85): how see-through the pictures in the chat are; a click still opens one at full strength
- Open on (Main monitor): the monitor the window opens on next time
- Position: Centre (the default) or Last position, where you left the window. Some desktops place windows themselves, and then it does nothing
Updates
Settings, then Advanced, then Updates shows the Version you run, to quote in a support request. By default the app looks for a new version when it starts; every download is checked against the release's signed manifest. See An update is needed for the prompts.
- Version: the version of the app you run
- Check for updates at startup (on): looks for a new version when the app starts
- Install updates automatically (off): a version found at startup is installed and the app restarts, never during a call
Keyboard shortcuts
The Ctrl+Alt shortcuts work from anywhere, even while the window is hidden or another app is focused. On macOS, use Control+Option instead of Ctrl+Alt, and Command instead of the other Ctrl keys. These are the defaults; in the header shows them in the window:
The italic notes under the list name limits that come from the system, not the app: see Known limits.
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+Alt+S | Help me: screenshot and ask at once |
| Ctrl+Alt+P | Capture: add a screenshot to the next question |
| Ctrl+Alt+A | Send the question now |
| Ctrl+Alt+R | Rewind the last 60 seconds |
| Ctrl+Alt+[ and ] | Previous and next question |
| Ctrl+Alt+U | Summarise the chat |
| Ctrl+Alt+E | Export the chat |
| Ctrl+Alt+N | Clear the chat |
| Ctrl+Alt+M | Mute the microphone |
| Ctrl+Alt+O | Pause the other participants |
| Ctrl+Alt+K | Switch to the second language (with a language you pick) |
| Ctrl+Alt+X | Click-through |
| Ctrl+Alt+H | Hide or show the window |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Left and Right | Move the window one spot left or right of the six on its screen; numpad 4 and 6 work too |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Up and Down | Move the window to the top or bottom row; numpad 8 and 2 work too |
| Ctrl+Alt+Shift+PgUp and PgDn | Scroll the chat a page up or down (no PgUp or PgDn keys: try Fn with Up or Down, or rebind them) |
| Ctrl+Alt+Q | Quit |
| Ctrl+/ | Show the shortcuts in the window |
| Ctrl+, | Open the settings |
The window moves are left out under native Wayland, whose compositor places the window. On macOS with VoiceOver on, Control+Option is VoiceOver's key: rebind them in Settings, then Advanced, then Shortcuts. The shortcuts pause while a window that runs as administrator, such as Task Manager, has focus: see Known limits.
Change a shortcut
In Settings, then Advanced, then Shortcuts, click a field and press the new keys. A shortcut needs Ctrl, Alt or Cmd, or a function key. Backspace unbinds a shortcut and Esc cancels the change. inside the end of a field (tooltip "Reset") restores that shortcut, and at the right of the title (tooltip "Restore all default shortcuts") restores all of them. A change applies as soon as you save. Ctrl+Q with the window focused, and the close button, always quit and cannot be changed.
- at the right of the Global shortcuts title (tooltip "Restore all default shortcuts") puts every shortcut back
- Quit (Ctrl+Alt+Q): quits from anywhere. A field takes the new keys when you click it and press them; inside its end (tooltip "Reset") puts that one back
- Show / hide (Ctrl+Alt+H): hides the window and brings it back
- Help me (Ctrl+Alt+S): takes a screenshot and asks for help with it at once
- Capture screen (Ctrl+Alt+P): adds a screenshot to your next question
- Send now (Ctrl+Alt+A): sends the question you are typing
- Clear chat (Ctrl+Alt+N): clears the chat and starts a new one
- Rewind (Ctrl+Alt+R): re-asks the last 60 seconds
- Previous question (Ctrl+Alt+[): jumps to the previous question from the other side
- Next question (Ctrl+Alt+]): jumps to the next one
- Click-through (Ctrl+Alt+X): lets your clicks pass through the window; the same keys turn it off
- Switch language (Ctrl+Alt+K): the label names the quick-switch language, or says none is set; clicking it opens Audio, where you choose one
- Mute microphone (Ctrl+Alt+M): stops the app hearing your microphone
- Pause participants (Ctrl+Alt+O): pauses the other participants
- Export chat (Ctrl+Alt+E): exports the chat to a file
- Summarise (Ctrl+Alt+U): summarises the chat
- Move window left (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Left): one spot left of the six on its screen
- Move window right (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Right): one spot right
- Move window up (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Up): to the top row
- Move window down (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Down): to the bottom row
- Chat page up (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+PgUp): scrolls the chat a page up
On Windows, with many European keyboard layouts, AltGr counts as Ctrl+Alt, so typing a character such as @ can trigger a shortcut; pick keys your layout does not use with AltGr. On Linux the shortcuts are physical keys, and AltGr never counts as Ctrl+Alt. On Linux, the shortcuts need your user in the input group; see Troubleshooting.