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Global Hotkeys
Interview Helpers ships with a full set of hotkeys configurable in Settings → General → Hotkeys. Hotkeys are registered at the OS level, so they fire no matter which app has focus — your IDE, browser, Zoom, or anything else can be in the foreground.
AI Capture
| Action | Hotkey |
|---|---|
Take screenshot and send to AI Captures the active screen and sends it instantly with a default 'analyze the problem' instruction. If you've typed a question first, your text is used as the prompt instead. | Ctrl+1 |
Toggle System Design Mode Switches the next screenshot into system-design mode — answers come back with rendered Mermaid diagrams (architecture flowchart, sequence, ER). Press again to switch off. | Ctrl+Shift+S |
Toggle Speaker Mode Press once to start listening to your speaker output. Live transcription appears above the input. Press again to send the transcript to the AI for a one-sentence answer. | Ctrl+Shift+A |
Chat control
| Action | Hotkey |
|---|---|
Cancel current AI response Aborts an in-progress streaming response. | Esc |
Reset chat Clears the entire thread and starts a fresh conversation. Use between interview questions. | Home |
Scroll chat up Scrolls the chat 250 px up. The chat is intentionally not mouse-scrollable so you don't accidentally scroll past the answer mid-interview. | PageUp |
Scroll chat down | PageDown |
Window management
| Action | Hotkey |
|---|---|
Show / hide app window Toggles the overlay visible/hidden. Panic button if your interviewer asks for full screen-share. | Ctrl+Shift+U |
Toggle transparency + click-through Drops the window to 40 % opacity and makes it click-through (mouse passes to the app behind). Press again to restore. | Ctrl+G |
Move window up / down / left / right Moves the overlay 50 px in any direction. Clamped to your screen. | Ctrl+Up/Down/Left/Right |
Tips
- Every hotkey is rebindable — open Settings → General → Hotkeys, click the row, press the new combination.
- If registration silently fails after rebinding, another running app owns that combo. Pick a different chord.
- Press Ctrl+Shift+U if the window is out of view — it's hidden from the Windows taskbar.