Shortcuts

Snap has two kinds of shortcut, and the difference matters.

• Global shortcuts are registered with the operating system. They fire from the system tray with Snap’s window closed — which is the whole point of a capture tool.
• Window shortcuts work only when Snap has focus, like any other application’s.

All are rebindable in Settings ▸ Shortcuts.

Global — capture

Action	Default
Capture a region	Shift Print
Capture the whole screen	Print
Capture a window	Ctrl Print
Capture a scrolling area	Ctrl Shift Print
Start or stop recording	Ctrl Shift R
Capture after a delay	Ctrl Shift T
Open the capture launcher	Ctrl Shift Space

The capture actions are also bound as window shortcuts. If the operating system grants the global binding it consumes the key first, so there is no double capture; if it refuses, the window binding still works while Snap has focus.

Window — library

Action	Default
New collection	Ctrl Shift N
Import an image…	Ctrl O
Show in file manager	Ctrl Shift E
Rename	F2
Delete	Del
Export a copy…	Ctrl E
Close the current capture	Ctrl W

Window — editing

Action	Default
Undo	Ctrl Z
Redo	Ctrl Shift Z
Copy to the clipboard	Ctrl C
Duplicate the annotation	Ctrl D
Select all annotations	Ctrl A

Window — annotate

Single letters, matching the tool rail in the design. These are bound but the tools themselves are not built yet.

Tool	Key
Select	V
Numbered steps	S
Text callout	T
Spotlight	O
Crop and resize	C

Window — view and application

Action	Default
Show the library	Ctrl 1
Toggle the sidebar	Ctrl B
Toggle the inspector	Ctrl Shift I
Zoom in	Ctrl =
Zoom out	Ctrl -
Fit to the window	Ctrl 0
Send to Compose	Ctrl Return
Settings…	Ctrl ,
Quit Snap	Ctrl Q

Why some keys only work in context

Del, F2 and the single-letter annotation keys are handled by whichever view has focus rather than being registered application-wide. A window-wide Del would delete a capture while you were editing text in a field, and a global T would make typing impossible.

The tray

A global shortcut is only worth having if Snap is still running when its window is closed. Closing the window hides Snap to the system tray by default; the tray icon reopens it, and quitting is explicit.

If you turn the tray icon off in Settings ▸ System, closing the window really does quit — otherwise Snap would become an unreachable background process.