← Help Center Reference Keyboard shortcuts
Every shortcut is the default. All of them, global and editor, can be changed in Settings → Hotkeys, which has a search box and a Reset button for each row.
Capture (global, works anywhere in Windows)
| Ctrl+Alt+5 | Capture a region (click a window without dragging to capture it whole) |
| Ctrl+Alt+6 | Capture the full screen |
| Ctrl+Alt+7 | Capture a region and upload it |
| Ctrl+Alt+8 | Scrolling capture (press again to stop) |
| Ctrl+Alt+3 | Record a region (press again to stop) |
| Ctrl+Alt+4 | Record the full screen (press again to stop) |
| Ctrl+Alt+1 | Open the clipboard image in the editor |
| Ctrl+Alt+0 | Open the latest screenshot |
| Esc | Cancel the capture or stop the recording in progress |
Editor: tools
| A | Arrow |
| Shift+A | Arrow with an inline text label |
| P | Pen (freehand) |
| R | Rectangle |
| L | Line |
| E | Ellipse |
| M | Highlighter |
| T | Text |
| Shift+T | Bold text |
| B | Blur |
| C | Crop |
| N | Numbering |
Editor: while drawing
| Shift | Straight lines at 45 degrees, squares, circles, straight highlighter strokes |
| Ctrl | Filled rectangle or ellipse |
| Alt | Draw a shape from its centre, or draw an arrow from head to tail |
Editor: file
| Ctrl+S | Save |
| Ctrl+U | Upload |
| Ctrl+C | Copy the image (or the selected text annotation) |
| Ctrl+V | Paste clipboard text as an annotation |
| Ctrl+Shift+M | Copy the share link as Markdown |
Editor: editing
| Ctrl+Z | Undo (50 levels) |
| Ctrl+Y / Ctrl+Shift+Z | Redo |
| Delete / Backspace | Delete the selected annotation |
| Ctrl+D | Duplicate the selected annotation |
| Ctrl+A | Select the last annotation |
| Esc | Deselect |
| Arrow keys | Nudge the selection by 1 pixel |
| Shift+Arrow keys | Nudge by 10 pixels |
| Double-click | Edit a text annotation |
Editor: view and window
| Ctrl+scroll | Zoom in or out at the cursor |
| Ctrl+0 | Fit to window |
| Ctrl+1 | 100% zoom |
| Ctrl+= | Zoom in |
| Ctrl+- | Zoom out |
| Ctrl+Shift+P | Pin the editor window on top |
Remap anything, or use a mouse button
Open Settings → Hotkeys, click the key field next to an action, and press the new combination. Global hotkeys need Ctrl, Alt, Shift, or Win plus one key. Click the Middle, Back, or Forward mouse button instead to bind it to a capture action. Maxisnap warns you when Windows reports that another app already uses a combination, and suggests two alternatives.
See the screenshot hotkeys page for the remap walkthrough and the mouse-button modes, or the capture guide for what each capture mode does.
