Assign a keyboard shortcut to each answer mode.

Find the shortcut controls on Home

Each standard answer mode has a shortcut display on its Home card. The five standard modes are Answer, Summarize, Translate, Rewrite, and Explain. Custom Prompt has its own shortcut control when a saved prompt is available.

Select the keycap row for the mode you want to change. The desktop enters a listening state and pauses the active LowLighter shortcuts while it records the new combination.

Record and save a new combination

1. 1

   Enable the mode

   If the mode is disabled, turn it back on before selecting its shortcut field.

2. 2

   Select the keycap row

   Click the shortcut shown on the mode card to begin recording.

3. 3

   Press the full combination

   Press the modifier and final key together. LowLighter shows the captured combination in the keycap row.

4. 4

   Finish the change

   The desktop saves the new shortcut and refreshes the protected-key display used by the Phantom controls.

Read the shortcut for your platform

The default mode shortcuts are platform-specific. The Home card always shows the current value, so use that display as the source of truth instead of assuming that a shortcut from another computer applies to yours.

Windows supports mouse side buttons as M4 and M5 shortcuts in the recorder. The desktop does not offer those side-button shortcuts on macOS.