Screen Recorder and Screenshot shortcuts
Screen Recorder and Screenshot Shortcuts
You can set up keyboard shortcuts, or hotkeys, to launch our content creation tools on your Windows PC or Mac. These shortcuts allow you to quickly perform the following actions:
Open the content manager
Start a new screen recording or webcam recording
Screenshot capture an active window or areas of the screen
Screenshot the full screen
Hotkeys work as snipping tool shortcuts for both Windows PCs and Macs.
Set up your hotkeys
First, click the app icon.
In Windows, you need to click the icon in your system tray.
On a Mac, click the icon () from the menu bar:
Next, hover over the action for which you want to create a shortcut or hotkey (either Take Screenshot, Launch Recorder, or Open Video Editor.
Click the cog icon (
) next to Setup Shortcut for the selected action. This opens Preferences.
Enter a system-wide shortcut for each action placing your cursor in the corresponding box and pressing the keys you'd like to use.
For example, to enter the shortcut SHIFT+CTRL+S to start the Screen Recorder, place your cursor in the Start Screen Recorder box. Press and hold the SHIFT key on your keyboard, then the CTRL key, then the S key.
Tips
Shortcuts can be created using Mac or Windows-specific keys.
The Windows key, Print Screen button, and Space bar are not available for use in shortcuts
On the General tab of Preferences, you have several options.
- Run at startup: Select this option to automatically run the ScreenPal app at startup. Combined with keyboard shortcuts, this is the best way to start recording or launch your screenshot tool right away.
- Automatically import system screenshots into ScreenPal: Select this option to automatically import screenshots captured with other system tools (such as the Snipping Tool for Windows) into the ScreenPal Project Manager for easy editing.
- Enable screenshot on delay: Selecting this option enables you to capture screenshots on a timed delay, making it easier to capture right-click menus, fly-out menus, and more.
- Automatically publish to ScreenPal and copy share link: Selecting this option automatically uploads any screenshot you take to your ScreenPal Hosting account and copies the link to that image to your computer's clipboard for quick sharing.
- Open browser after publishing to ScreenPal: When this option is selected, videos that you publish to ScreenPal from the desktop app are automatically opened in your browser.
Quick Links:
Tutorial: Launch ScreenPal from your taskbar or menu bar
Blog: How to take a screenshot guide
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