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How to Customize Keyboard Shortcuts

Rebind every Pluely action — toggle overlay, capture, push-to-talk, listening — so the app answers to the keys your hands already know. Shortcuts are global: they fire from any app, whether you're in a browser, an IDE, or a video call.

Where shortcuts live

Every shortcut in Pluely v1 is managed from one place: the dashboard's Shortcuts page. Because bindings are global, you never need to focus Pluely first — the shortcut works wherever you are.

Actions you can bind

The Shortcuts page lists every action that supports a custom keyboard shortcut:

  • Toggle the overlay — instantly show or hide the Pluely overlay.
  • Screen or region capture — grab the full screen or a selected region and send it straight into a question.
  • Push-to-talk — hold the key to dictate a question by voice.
  • Start / stop listening — begin or end a live Listen mode session.

Custom actions beyond the defaults require an active Pluely license.

Step-by-step: recording a new shortcut

  1. Open the Pluely dashboard and go to the Shortcuts page in the sidebar.
  2. Find the action you want to rebind (for example, "Toggle overlay").
  3. Click the shortcut field to enter recording mode.
  4. Press the key combination you want — Pluely captures the keys as you press them.
  5. Release the keys. Pluely validates the combination immediately.
  6. If the combination collides with another Pluely action or a common system shortcut, Pluely warns you before you save.
  7. Resolve the conflict with a different combination, or confirm if you're intentionally overriding a lower-priority binding.
  8. The new shortcut takes effect immediately across the whole app — no restart needed.

Platform-specific defaults

Pluely ships sensible defaults for macOS, Windows, and Linux, since modifier-key conventions differ across platforms. The Shortcuts page always shows the combination active on your machine, and you can override any default to match muscle memory from other tools.

Resetting a shortcut

To go back, open the same action on the Shortcuts page and record the original combination again, or use the reset-to-default option if your version of the dashboard shows one. Every binding is validated on save, so experiment freely — you can't break the app.

Tips

  • Choose a toggle-overlay shortcut you can press one-handed — it's the one you'll use most.
  • Avoid combinations your OS already claims (like screenshot shortcuts).
  • If a shortcut silently does nothing, check the Shortcuts page first — another app may be intercepting the same combination at the system level.
  • Keep push-to-talk and start/stop listening on separate keys if you use both voice dictation and live meeting transcription.
  • Revisit your shortcuts after a Pluely update — new actions occasionally become bindable.

Last updated 2026-07-10 · pluely.com