Documentation
Hotkeys
Every hotkey in Gisti, global, in-window, and the Action Menu.
Global
Work anywhere on your Mac, even when Gisti is hidden.
| Open / close Gisti | ⌥Space |
| Screenshot region with OCR | ⇧⌘X |
Both are configurable in Settings → General and Settings → Screenshots.
Modes
| Stream | ⌘1 |
| Topics | ⌘2 |
| Gist | ⌘3 |
| Settings | ⌘4 |
| Settings (alternative) | ⌘, |
| Mode menu | ⌘M |
Inside the window
| Save input as note | ⏎ |
| New line in input | ⌥⏎ |
| Ask AI about input | ⌘⏎ |
| Action Menu | ⌘K |
| Time filter menu | ⌘T |
| Content filter menu | ⌘F |
| Toggle semantic / text search | ⇧⌘S |
| Content filter chips | ⌥1…6 |
| Time period (All / Day / Week / Month) | ⌃1…4 |
| Toggle focus: input ↔ list | Tab |
| Previous / next item | ↑↓ |
| Previous / next item (vim) | ⌃KJ |
| Previous / next item (emacs) | ⌃PN |
| First item | ⌘↑or⌃Hor⌃B |
| Last item | ⌘↓or⌃Lor⌃F |
| Extend selection | ⇧↑↓ |
| Open selected element | ⏎ |
| Close / back | Esc |
Action Menu (⌘K)
The Action Menu is a command palette for the selected element. Every action also works as a direct hotkey while the menu is closed.
| Open | ⌘O |
| Open Source App | ⇧⌘O |
| Save as Note | ⌘N |
| Summarize | ⌘Y |
| Ask AI | ⇧⌘I |
| Copy | ⌘C |
| Copy OCR Text | ⌘R |
| Copy Link | ⌘L |
| Favorite / Unfavorite | ⌘D |
| Share… | ⌘S |
| Export… | ⌘P |
| Show in Finder | ⇧⌘G |
| Delete | ⌘⌫ |
With multiple elements selected (⇧ ↑/↓), the same hotkeys apply to the whole selection: copy, favorite, delete, or Ask AI about all of them at once.
Detail view
Shared by every element type:
| Edit Title | ⇧⌘E |
| Save as Note | ⌘N |
| Summarize | ⌘Y |
| Favorite / Unfavorite | ⌘D |
| Share… | ⌘S |
| Export… | ⌘P |
| Save AI summary as Note | ⇧⌘N |
| Copy AI summary | ⇧⌘C |
| Delete | ⌘⌫ |
| Back / close detail | Esc |
Text notes:
| Edit Text / View Text (autosaves) | ⌘E |
| Copy text | ⌘C |
| Pin / Unpin as floating window | ⌘U |
Images and screenshots:
| Toggle OCR text | ⌘O |
| Copy OCR text | ⌘R |
| Copy image (or crop selection) | ⌘C |
| Open in Preview | ⇧⌘P |
| Zoom in / out | ⌘=or⌘- |
| Pick color under cursor | Tab |
| Pan (hold, then drag) | Space |
Chat
| Send message | ⏎ |
| New line in message | ⌥⏎ |
| Attach file | ⇧⌘A |
| Ask AI (start chat with selection) | ⇧⌘I |
| Save chat as Note | ⌘N |
| Copy | ⌘C |
| Copy Link | ⌘L |
| Summarize chat | ⌘Y |
| Favorite / Unfavorite | ⌘D |
| Share… | ⌘S |
| Export… | ⌘P |
| Edit title | ⇧⌘E |
| Save AI summary as Note | ⇧⌘N |
| Copy AI summary | ⇧⌘C |
| Delete chat | ⌘⌫ |
| Stop streaming / close | Esc |
See Chat for what each action does.