App Shortcuts

Settings -> App Shortcuts (Expert Mode)

This page is where you decide what keyboard actions should happen instantly across your system.

Core Shortcut Actions

You can assign keyboard shortcuts for:

• Toggle Always Listen
• Mute Always Listen
• Spark Selected Text in Popup
• Spark Selected Text in Place
• Open Conversation Popup
• Retry Last Transcription
• Search Chain Palette
• Search Spark Palette

Conversation Popup Shortcut

• Open Conversation Popup opens a blank conversation popup immediately.
• It does not require selected text or voice activation.
• Inside that popup, you can pick a Spark prompt on the fly or keep No Spark Prompt.
• You can also pick a model directly in the popup for that conversation session.
• If your provider exposes a models endpoint, you get a model menu and refresh action.
• If no model list is available (for example some custom/local setups), type model name manually.
• Prompt and model selections here are session-scoped and do not change your global Spark defaults.

What gets applied to replies:

• selected Spark prompt is used as the system instruction for follow-up responses
• selected model is used for requests sent from this popup session

Spark Palette Auto-Open Rules

• Show Spark Palette on Mouse Selection
• Show Spark Palette on Double Cmd+A

Use these if you regularly edit selected text and want one-click prompt actions.

Mic Palette in Input Fields

• Show Mic Palette on Input Fields
• Mic Palette Activation Timeout (0 to 120 seconds, where 0 = never)
• Remember Mic Palette Position

Timeout presets: Never, 3, 5, 10, 30, 60 seconds.

What this means in practice:

• when you focus a text input, Mic Palette can appear automatically
• active Chain is shown in a subtle translucent label so you always know current behavior
• long Chain names are truncated to keep the palette compact and readable

Recommended Mic Palette Setup

• enable Show Mic Palette on Input Fields
• set timeout to 5 or 10 seconds
• enable Remember Mic Palette Position

This gives visibility without permanently cluttering the screen.

Middle-Click Recording

• Use Middle Click to Toggle Recording
• Activation Delay (milliseconds)

Keep a small delay to avoid accidental triggers during normal scrolling/clicking.

Practical Profiles

Profile: keyboard-heavy writer

• bind Toggle Always Listen
• bind Spark Selected Text in Place
• keep Spark auto-open off

Profile: mouse-first editor

• enable Spark auto-open on selection
• enable Mic Palette on input fields
• bind Search Spark Palette