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Shortcuts & custom modes

Select text, press a hotkey, and get instant grammar, translation, summaries, and your own prompts.

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Keyboard shortcut
Gmail — Compose

Thank you for the proposal. I think we should move forward with the Q2 timeline.

Ctrl+Shift+G
Select text anywhere, then press your shortcut (e.g. Ctrl+Shift+G for fix).

Keyboard shortcuts are ideal when you already selected text and know the action you want.

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    Select text in any app.

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    Press your shortcut — defaults include Ctrl+Shift+G for fix/grammar and other modes you configure in the app or dashboard.

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    Keyshift processes the selection and pastes the result back into the same field.

Open Keyshift → Settings → Shortcuts to view, record, or change shortcuts. Synced modes also appear on your web dashboard under Shortcuts.

Built-in shortcuts can be changed too

The command palette, quick actions, clipboard, voice and screen text hotkeys are all editable under Settings → Shortcuts → Built-in shortcuts. Click one, press the combination you want, and it applies immediately. Press Backspace to switch a shortcut off entirely if it clashes with another app.

Custom modes

Create modes with your own system prompt on the dashboard (e.g. “make this more formal for legal email”). Assign each mode a hotkey in the desktop app.

When to useBest for
Shortcut + selectionQuick fix, translate, summarize on highlighted text
keyshift triggerYou are already typing; no selection step
Command palette (Ctrl+K)Browse all actions with detected context

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