Shortcuts

Global shortcuts

Keys	What it does
Ctrl +Shift +1	Capture and ask. Opens the prompt on Quick answer.
Ctrl +Shift +2	Full capture. Opens the prompt on your default destination (Claude Code unless you change it), with folder and model choices.
Ctrl +Shift +3	Open the app.
No key until you set one	Open History.
No key until you set one	Hide or show the session panel.

While selecting a region

Keys	What it does
Drag	Select a region. Resize it by its corner handles.
Space	Pick a window.
F	Capture the full screen.
3-second timer	Capture after a 3-second delay.

In the prompt box

Keys	What it does
Ctrl +1	Send to Quick answer.
Ctrl +2	Send to Claude Code.
Ctrl +3	Send to Claude chat.
Ctrl +M	Choose the model for this send.

After you send

Keys	What it does
Esc	On the answer card: stop an answer that is streaming. What had arrived is kept in History, marked stopped.
Ctrl +V	In the Claude chat that opens for the Claude chat destination: paste the image, which SnapPrompt put on the clipboard.

Text, annotation and editor

These keys work while you type in the prompt. The capture tool strip and the prompt box's hint line show them.

Keys	What it does
Alt +S	Turn text selection on or off.
Alt +A	Annotate directly on the capture.
Alt +E	Open the full image editor.
Ctrl +Alt +Z	Undo an annotation.

Annotation and editor tools

Key	Tool
R	Box
O	Ellipse
A	Arrow
L	Line
P	Pen
H	Highlighter
T	Text
N	Numbered Steps
B	Blur
X	Pixelate
C	Crop. Confirm with Apply or Enter .

Editing objects

Keys	What it does
Ctrl +Z	Undo.
Ctrl +Shift +Z	Redo.
Ctrl +D	Duplicate the selected object.

You can also select, move, resize, delete, bring to front or send to back. Each tool's tooltip in the editor shows its name and key. One Ctrl +Z undoes everything auto-redact covered.