Keyboard shortcuts
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Mochi claims eight global keyboard shortcuts. ⌥Space opens the search window. The other seven use ⌥ ⇧ and a letter. Two further groups — moving windows, and pasting from clipboard history — are switched off until you ask for them. You can change any of them in Settings > Hotkeys.
Global shortcuts
These work in any app.
Open or close the search window
Open clipboard history
Screenshot the whole screen
Screenshot a selected area
Pick a colour from the screen
Start recording, or stop a recording in progress
Correct the selected text
Translate the selected text
Shortcuts you have to switch on
Two groups ship bound but unclaimed, because between them they would take twenty shortcuts away from every other app on your Mac. Each has one switch in Settings > Hotkeys, and turning it off gives the keys straight back.
| Group | Keys | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Window snapping | ⌃ ⌥ and arrows, letters or ↩ | Moves and resizes the window in front of you. See Arranging windows for the full list. |
| Clipboard quick paste | ⌃⌥1 to ⌃⌥9 | Pastes the first to ninth item of your clipboard history straight into whatever you are typing in, without opening anything. Pinned items take the low numbers. |
In the search window
Move between results
Open the selected result
Open the first to ninth result
Go to the first or last result
Accept the suggested completion, or open the actions menu
Open the actions menu for the selected result
Preview the selected file with Quick Look
Clear the search filter, then the text, then close the window
Remove the search filter when the text field is empty
Search prefixes
Type one of these at the start of a search to limit results to one type of item. The prefix becomes a label next to the text field. Press ⌫ with the field empty to remove it.
| Prefix | Searches |
|---|---|
app: | Applications |
f: | Files and folders |
clip: | Clipboard history |
snip: | Snippets |
emoji: | Emoji and symbols |
proc: | Running processes |
> | Mochi commands |
kill | Running processes, with an option to quit them |
brew | Homebrew packages |
In the recording editor
Play or pause
Move one frame back or forward
Go to the start or end
Split the clip at the playhead
Add a zoom at the playhead
Add a text overlay at the playhead
Delete the selected item
Undo and redo
Zoom the timeline in, out, or to fit
In the screenshot editor
Zoom in and out
Fit the image to the window
Undo and redo
Copy the image with your annotations
Save the image
Delete the selected annotation
Deselect the current tool
Change a shortcut
Open Settings > Hotkeys
Each shortcut is listed with its current key combination.
Click the shortcut and press the new keys
The new combination is saved straight away.