User Guide
B · Appendices

Appendix B — Keyboard Shortcuts

Complete reference for every hotkey and in-window shortcut in Tex.

Global hotkeys

Registered with Windows via NHotkey. Fire from anywhere, even when Tex is minimised to the tray.

ShortcutActionSetting Key
Ctrl+Shift+SRegion CaptureHotkeys.RegionCapture
Ctrl+Shift+FFullscreen CaptureHotkeys.FullscreenCapture
Ctrl+Shift+ORegion OCRHotkeys.RegionOcr
Ctrl+Shift+WWindow Capture (reserved, not implemented)Hotkeys.WindowCapture
Ctrl+Shift+RStart RecordingHotkeys.StartRecording
Ctrl+Shift+EStop RecordingHotkeys.StopRecording

MainWindow shortcuts

Active when MainWindow has focus.

ShortcutAction
Ctrl+NRegion Capture
Ctrl+FFullscreen Capture
Ctrl+TExtract Text (OCR on loaded capture)
Ctrl+CCopy to Clipboard
Ctrl+SSave Capture
Ctrl+ZUndo
Ctrl+YRedo
EscDiscard Capture

AnnotationWindow shortcuts

Active when the standalone annotation editor has focus.

ShortcutAction
Ctrl+ZUndo
Ctrl+YRedo
Ctrl+SApply and Save
Ctrl+CApply and Copy

Tip

Tip — Global hotkeys are fully customisable in Settings > Hotkeys. MainWindow and AnnotationWindow shortcuts are fixed and cannot be remapped. See 12.2 if a rebinding does not appear to take effect.