Sleekshot starts with PrtSc on Windows and ⌘⇧2 on Mac. After you select an area, every drawing tool has its own key: 1 for an arrow, R for a rectangle, B for blur, T for text, S for numbered steps. Actions use familiar combinations: Ctrl+C to copy, Ctrl+S to save, Ctrl+U for a link, Ctrl+O to copy text, and V then Ctrl+R to record. You can change the main shortcut to any key or combination in Settings.
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PrtSc or ⌘⇧2
One key starts a screenshot, and you can change it to any key or combination.
One key per tool
R, E, B, S, T and more switch tools in a single press, without reaching for the mouse.
Arrow styles on 1–7
Number keys pick one of seven arrow styles, and 1 goes back to the default Arrow.
Actions on Ctrl
Ctrl+C, Ctrl+S, Ctrl+U and Ctrl+O: copy, save, share a link, copy text.
Record with V and Ctrl+R
Switch the selection to the screen recorder and start recording from the keyboard.
Help with the PrtSc key
A button in Settings takes PrtSc back from Snipping Tool in one click.
You can do everything in Sleekshot from the keyboard. PrtSc starts a screenshot on Windows (⌘ + ⇧ + 2 on Mac). After you select an area, every drawing tool is one key away, and every action is a familiar Ctrl combination.
Below is the full list of keyboard shortcuts for Sleekshot for Windows and Sleekshot for Mac. You'll also see how to change the main key and how to take PrtSc back from Snipping Tool. You don't need to learn them all. Most people get by with five: 1 (arrow), T (text), B (blur), S (numbered steps) and Ctrl + C (copy).
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Start a screenshot | PrtSc (default, you can change it) or left-click the tray icon |
| Select an area | Drag |
| Square selection | Hold Shift while you drag |
| Grab a window or a part of it | Click it (it's outlined in blue when you hover) |
| Whole current monitor | Ctrl + A |
| Cancel or close | Esc |
A tip on screen repeats Drag, Click, Ctrl + A and Esc, so you'll only need this table on day one.
| Tool | Key |
|---|---|
| Arrow (default), Sketchy, Colored Hand, Highlighter arrow | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Doodle, Retro, Neon arrows | 5, 6, 7 |
| Pen / Dashed pen | P / Shift + P |
| Highlighter | H |
| Line / Dashed line | L / Shift + L |
| Rectangle / Filled rectangle | R / F |
| Blur rectangle | B |
| Ellipse / Filled ellipse | E / O |
| Numbered steps | S |
| Text | T |
| Next color (20 colors) | C |
| Brush size (1–100) or font size | Mouse wheel |
| Snap an arrow to 0°, 45° or 90° | Hold Shift |
| Undo the last mark | Ctrl + Z |
What each tool does is explained on the arrows, steps and blur page.
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Copy the image | Ctrl + C |
| Save as a file | Ctrl + S |
| Quick save to the last folder | Ctrl + Shift + S |
| Upload and get a short link | Ctrl + U |
| Copy text (OCR) | Ctrl + O |
| Close without saving | Esc |
Details are on the share links and quick save and copy text from images pages.
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Switch the selection to Screen recorder mode | V |
| Start recording | Ctrl + R |
| Pause / Resume, Save to file, Copy to clipboard, Discard | Buttons on the recording toolbar |
| Draw on the screen while recording | Drawing toolbar; the Cursor button switches back to using the desktop |
Windows has its own recording keys: Win + Shift + R for Snipping Tool and Win + Alt + R for Xbox Game Bar. Both are covered in screen recording shortcuts for Windows.
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Take a screenshot | ⌘ + ⇧ + 2 (you can change it) |
| Arrow (default) | A |
| Rectangle / Filled rectangle | R / F |
| Ellipse | E |
| Blur (pixelate) | B |
| Line / Dashed line | L / ⇧ + L |
| Pencil | P |
| Text | T |
| Color (20 colors) | C |
| Brush size (1–100) | Scroll or ↑ / ↓ |
| Straight lines, squares, circles | Hold ⇧ |
| Undo | ⌘ + Z |
| Copy image / Save | ⌘ + C / ⌘ + S |
| Copy text (OCR) | ⌘ + ⇧ + C |
| Close | Esc |
The built-in macOS keys (⌘⇧3, ⌘⇧4, ⌘⇧5) are in our Mac screenshot shortcuts guide. The app itself is described on the Sleekshot for Mac page.
On a laptop without a PrtSc key, this is the easiest fix. More options are in how to change the Print Screen key. On a Mac, you set the shortcut in Sleekshot's Settings.
Windows 11 gives the PrtSc key to Snipping Tool by default. Windows 10 only does so if you turned it on. So the key may open the Snipping Tool bar instead of Sleekshot. Sleekshot fixes this itself: while its screenshot key is PrtSc, Settings → Screenshots shows the warning Snipping Tool is using the PrtSc key with a Bind PrtSc to Sleekshot button. One click hands the key over, no admin rights needed. To do it by hand, use the Open Windows Settings instead link, or in Windows:
If another screenshot app like Lightshot, Greenshot or ShareX is running, it may be taking PrtSc too. Quit it or change its key. And if you'd rather keep PrtSc for Snipping Tool, just give Sleekshot another key. Windows screenshot shortcuts lists all the screenshot keys built into Windows, and Sleekshot itself is a free download.
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