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Keyboard shortcuts

The shortcuts Sightline ships with. Change the global ones in Settings > Shortcuts.

Everywhere

DefaultAction
⇧⌘3Capture full screen
⇧⌘4Capture area
⇧⌘5All-in-one: screen, window, area or scrolling, with a timer
⇧⌘1Capture window
⇧⌘2Repeat last area
⇧⌘6Scrolling capture
⇧⌘CCapture text
⇧⌘7Record area
⇧⌘8Save replay (macOS 27, while Replay is on)
⌃⌥HHistory
⌃⌥DShow differences
⌃⌥TStop tracing
noneCapture area with timer, Pick color, Edit image from clipboard: set your own

Until you turn off the macOS screenshot shortcuts, ⇧⌘3, ⇧⌘4 and ⇧⌘5 open both tools. Settings > Shortcuts shows how, and Restore Defaults puts every shortcut back.

On macOS 27 with Siri AI turned on, ⇧⌘6 is also the macOS shortcut for Ask Siri about selected area, and macOS gets it first, so scrolling capture doesn't start. Turn it off in System Settings > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Screenshots, or give scrolling capture another shortcut.

While selecting

KeyAction
SpaceSwitch between area and window
FFreeze the screen, so open menus and hover effects stay in the shot
⌘CCopy the selection right away, or the hex color under the magnifier before you drag
⌘SSave right away
⌘PPin to the screen
⌘BRemove the background
1 2 3 4In the all-in-one bar: Screen, Window, Area, Scrolling
ReturnIn the all-in-one bar: capture
EscCancel

Editor

The editor tool bar with the key for each tool below it: A, L, R, O, T, H, P, B, S, M, N, C and K
Each tool in the bar has a single key.
KeyTool
AArrow
LLine
RRectangle
OEllipse
TText
HHighlight
PPen
BBlur
SSpotlight
MMagnify, or Zoom in the recording editor
NNumber
CCrop
KRemove Background
KeyAction
EscBack to selecting, or cancel a crop
⌫Delete the selected marks. In view mode: move the shown picture to the Trash, after asking
⌘ZUndo, also a picture deleted from a window with several pictures
⌘C / ⌘VWith marks selected: copy them, and paste them a step further down and right with each paste, also into another editor. With nothing selected, ⌘C copies the picture
Tab / ⇧TabSelect the next or previous mark
← → ↑ ↓Nudge the selection by 1 pixel, with ⇧ by 10
ReturnEdit the selected text or number, apply a crop
0 to 9With the Number tool: type the next number
⌘SSave
⌘ESwitch between view and edit mode
⌥⌘IShow Style
⌘OOpen File...
⌘WClose. In a window with several pictures, close the one you see
← → ↑ ↓In a window with several pictures, with nothing selected: show the previous or next picture
⌥⌘← ⌥⌘→Previous or next picture, also while something is selected
⌘`Cycle through editor windows

Recording editor

KeyAction
SpacePlay or pause
← →Step back or forward
⌘BSplit at Playhead
⌫Remove the selected clip or zoom, mute a sound part, hide a keys or camera part
ReturnConfirm a trim
EscCancel a trim

History

KeyAction
⌃⌥HOpen or close History
← → ↑ ↓Move the selection. Left and right move the text cursor instead while you type a search.
⌘-click, ⇧-clickSelect several captures. Opening one of them opens all in one editor window.
ReturnCopy the selected capture
Space or ⌘YQuick Look, and close it again. While you type a search, use ⌘Y.
⌘DAdd to Favorites or remove from them
⌘⌫Move to Trash. After typing a search, click the card first. Then plain ⌫ works too.
⌘+ ⌘-Larger or smaller previews, 2 to 4 per row. A pinch on the trackpad does the same.
EscClose Quick Look, then History

More in History.