Built-in shortcuts

Open Settings → Built-in shortcuts from the PixPin menu to change the keys used in screenshot, pin, and long screenshot windows. The page has eight tabs grouped by context, with a Mix numeric keypad and main keyboard switch below.

Built-in shortcuts

Screenshot and pinScreenshotLong screenshotPin window

CloseEsc

CloseCtrl+W⌘W

CopyCtrl+C⌘C

Save to fileCtrl+S⌘S

Quick saveCtrl+Shift+S⌘⇧S

Mix numeric keypad and main keyboard

To change a combination that starts a screenshot while you are in another application, go to Shortcuts/Actions. Built-in shortcuts work in the corresponding PixPin window and operation state; text input and annotation editing can also change what a key does.

Change, clear, and resolve conflictsCopy Anchor Link

This page accepts single letters, numbers, and combinations. You can also press and release a modifier to assign it on its own. Do not use EscEsc or BackspaceBackspace to empty a field: they are recorded as new shortcuts. Clearing a key removes only its binding, not the feature.

If a new key duplicates another action in a related context, a Shortcut conflict prompt lists the features using it:

• Select Cancel to keep the original binding.
• Select Yes to clear the conflicting actions' keys and assign the new key to the current action. Give the cleared actions other shortcuts if needed.

For example, changing Undo annotation to Ctrl+Y⌘ Command+Y conflicts with the default Redo annotation binding. After confirming, assign another combination to redo. Conflict checks also cover other related tabs, not just the visible tab.

Changed names appear in bold by default so you can find your changes. This indicator follows the bold-label setting in export/import.

Screenshot and pinCopy Anchor Link

This tab contains actions shared by both window types. The tables show the default keys; if you have changed a binding, use the value currently shown in its field. The current content must also support the action, such as text recognition on an image.

Platform keys: The keys below display Windows or macOS notation according to your browsing device. Most Windows Ctrl combinations use Command (⌘) on macOS, and Alt corresponds to Option (⌥). Translation and screenshot mode switching have specific defaults, so do not replace every modifier uniformly. Hover over a key to see both versions.

Close, output, and recognitionCopy Anchor Link

Edit annotations and switch toolsCopy Anchor Link

Each tool below has its own Set annotation mode to… option in the list. You can select a tool directly with its key even when it is in a submenu.

You can select Watermark with this key in a screenshot. In a pin, select it from the annotation toolbar.

Precise positioning and color pickingCopy Anchor Link

ScreenshotCopy Anchor Link

These keys apply to the screenshot window. Distinguish moving the cursor from moving the selection: the former changes only the mouse position, while the latter changes the area you have selected.

• ↑↑
  Move selectionMove up; keep width and height.
• Shift+↑⇧↑
  Shrink top edgeTop moves inward; bottom stays fixed.
• Ctrl+↑⌘↑
  Expand top edgeTop moves outward; bottom stays fixed.

Selection and screenshot modesCopy Anchor Link

Output, visual aids, and recordingCopy Anchor Link

Platform difference: Window region and the window pin actions described below use Windows window capture. They do not provide the same live window pin on macOS. For a fixed image, take a screenshot and create a normal image pin.

Long screenshotCopy Anchor Link

Long screenshots also reuse existing bindings for close, copy, pin, save to file, and quick save. Detect text and copy works when that feature is available. Do not treat Start/stop as a pause key that preserves the result. To finish and keep the long image, copy, pin, or save it.

Pin windowCopy Anchor Link

This tab manages general pin window actions. Close and destroy are different: close puts a pin away, while destroy removes it. Use Close when you only want to put it away temporarily.

Image pinCopy Anchor Link

Use these keys to organize reference images, rotate images, or extract text. These number keys do not include Shift, unlike the annotation tool shortcuts above.

Animated pinCopy Anchor Link

Animated pins have their own playback keys. Type-specific bindings take priority over general pin bindings: by default, Space plays or pauses, the arrow keys step through frames or change speed, and R resets playback speed.

Normal image pin

Space

Turn annotation on or off

Animated pin

Space

Play or pause

To use a general binding with the same key in an animated pin, first check whether it is assigned here. Clearing a type-specific binding may let the same key trigger a general action; it does not necessarily disable the key completely.

Text pinCopy Anchor Link

Window pinCopy Anchor Link

This tab is for live window pins on Windows. Rotation and flipping change only the display; it continues to update with the source window. The image becomes fixed only after conversion to a normal image pin.

Mix numeric keypad and main keyboardCopy Anchor Link

On by default. This switch below the tabs determines whether keys on the numeric keypad can replace their counterparts on the main keyboard.

When enabled, keypad Enter also corresponds to main-keyboard Enter, and keypad plus corresponds to the main-keyboard equals key. Conflict checks follow this switch too. If you previously configured the two sets separately, check their actions after enabling it again to avoid overlapping meanings.

Restore defaults and check behaviorCopy Anchor Link

Click Restore Default in the settings window and confirm to restore the keys in all eight tabs on this page and turn Mix numeric keypad and main keyboard back on. This affects more than the selected tab. If only one item is wrong, you can simply enter its default key from the tables above.

If a key does not do what you expect, check the window type, whether you are typing or editing annotations, whether that type has a specific binding, and whether the field still contains a key. Use Restore All Defaults only when you need to reset all software settings; it affects other settings pages.

Windows and macOS store built-in shortcut configurations separately. After moving between systems, check the actual bindings on the destination system. Command and Control are different keys on macOS; do not copy Windows display names literally.

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