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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 of the default. | Ctrl+1 |
Toggle System Design Mode Switches the next screenshot into system-design mode — answers come back with rendered Mermaid diagrams (architecture, sequence, ER). Press again to switch off. | Ctrl+Shift+S |
Toggle Speaker ModePRO Press once to start listening to your speaker output (interviewer's voice). Live transcription appears above the input. Press again to stop — the transcript is sent 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. Use this if you sent the wrong screenshot or want to re-ask. | Esc |
Reset chat Clears the entire thread and starts a fresh conversation. Use between interview questions to keep the AI from being confused by prior context. | 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. The app is also hidden from the Windows taskbar so it won't appear in screen-shares — this is your panic button if your interviewer asks you to share full screen. | 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 come back to 60 % and reclaim mouse focus. | Ctrl+G |
Move window up / down / left / right Moves the overlay 50 px in any direction. Movement is clamped to your screen — you can't accidentally push the window off-display. | Ctrl+Up/Down/Left/Right |
Tips
- Every hotkey is rebindable — open Settings → General → Hotkeys, click the row, and press the new combination.
- If a registration silently fails after rebinding, another running app or Windows itself owns that combo. Pick a different chord.
- The window is hidden from the Windows taskbar by default. Use Ctrl+Shift+U to bring it back if it's out of view.
- When transparency is on (40 %), the window is also click-through — your clicks pass through to the app behind. Toggle off to interact with the overlay again.