Keyboard Shortcuts

Press ? in any workspace to show shortcuts for the current context.

Most shortcuts can be customised in Settings → Shortcuts.

General

Shortcut Action
? Show shortcuts for the current workspace
Ctrl+Alt+H Show / hide the main window
Ctrl+, Open Settings
Alt+1 Switch to Clips workspace
Alt+2 Switch to Triggers workspace
Alt+3 Switch to Captures workspace
F11 Toggle full-pane view (Clips / Triggers)
F6 Cycle focus: list → preview → tree
Shift+F6 Cycle focus in reverse

Global Capture Hotkeys

These work system-wide while Blue Synergy is running in the background.

Shortcut Action
Ctrl+Space Open / close Quick Overlay
Ctrl+Alt+R Region capture
Ctrl+Alt+F Fullscreen capture
Ctrl+Alt+W Window capture
Ctrl+Alt+O OCR capture (copies text to clipboard)
Ctrl+Alt+L Repeat last capture instantly
Ctrl+Alt+B Flash Capture (burst mode)

Quick Overlay

Shortcut Action
Ctrl+Space Open overlay
↑ / ↓ Navigate results
PageUp / PageDown Jump by page (10 entries)
Home / End Jump to first / last result
Alt+1Alt+9 Select result 1–9 directly
Tab Cycle type filter (All / Clips / Triggers / Captures)
c: t: s: Limit search to Clips / Triggers / Captures
Enter Copy selected item to clipboard
Ctrl+Enter Copy and paste into previous app
Esc Close overlay

Clips

Shortcut Action
Ctrl+F Focus search bar
↑ / ↓ Navigate clip list
Enter Copy selected clip to clipboard
Ctrl+Enter Copy and paste into previous app
Ctrl+N New clip
F2 Rename / edit selected clip
Ctrl+D Diff mode (visual text comparison)
Delete Delete selected clip(s)
Ctrl+Click Multi-select
Ctrl+A Select all
Ctrl+← / Ctrl+→ Resize preview panel
Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y Undo / redo in editor
Ctrl+/ Open ex-bar (find / replace)
Esc Clear search / deselect

Triggers

Shortcut Action
Ctrl+N New trigger
Ctrl+E / Enter Edit selected trigger
F2 Rename keyword
Delete Delete selected trigger(s)
Ctrl+Click Multi-select
Shift+Click Range select
Ctrl+D Duplicate selected trigger
Ctrl+/ Toggle ex-bar (inline expansion preview)
Ctrl+F Find in expansion editor

Captures

Shortcut Action
Ctrl+S Save annotated capture
Ctrl+Shift+S Save all
Ctrl+C Copy image including annotations
Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y Undo / redo annotation
Delete Delete capture / annotation
← / → Navigate thumbnail strip
Ctrl+A Select all captures
Esc Deselect tool / cancel region selector

Region selector

Shortcut Action
Arrow keys Move edge or corner by 1 px
Shift+Arrow keys Move edge or corner by 10 px
Tab Cycle active corner
C Copy pixel hex colour to clipboard
Z Toggle zoom loupe
H Toggle info panel
Enter Confirm selection
Esc Cancel

Flash Capture

Shortcut Action
B Pause / resume burst
F Capture single frame manually
S Skip current frame
+ / - Increase / decrease interval by 50 ms
Esc End burst