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Keyboard Shortcuts

Every key PanoPaper understands, by where it works.

Menu bar panel

While the menu bar panel is open:

Shortcut Action
1 … 9 Switch to the camera with that number
` (§) Switch to All Cameras (the key left of 1) - again: back to the camera before
← → ↑ ↓ Move between the camera pictures
Return or Space Switch to the camera picked with the arrows
Esc Close the panel

The shortcuts below work there too.

Settings and the PanoPaper menu

While a PanoPaper window - Settings or About - is in front, the menu bar panel is open, or the PanoPaper menu is open:

Shortcut Action
⌘, Settings…
⌘? PanoPaper Help
⌘W Close the window
⌘Q Quit PanoPaper

Text fields - the sign-in sheet's - take the usual ⌘X, ⌘C, ⌘V, ⌘A, ⌘Z and ⇧⌘Z. In the sheet, Return signs in and Esc cancels.

Your shortcuts

Three shortcuts of your own that work from any app. There are none until you record them in Settings ▸ Shortcuts.

  • Full Screen - shows your cameras full screen, above everything. While full screen, the same shortcut or Esc goes back. While a detection shows at the top of the screen, it shows the camera that saw someone. See Full Screen.
  • Hide Cameras - your normal wallpaper instead of the cameras, and back. See Hiding the cameras.
  • Mute Audio - mutes and unmutes the camera's audio. See Camera Audio.

Displays preview

In Settings ▸ Displays, after clicking the preview:

Key Action
← → ↑ ↓ Move around, or turn a 360° view
+ (or =) Zoom in
- Zoom out
0 The whole picture, or a 360° camera's widest view
Option with the keys above A PTZ camera itself: turn it while an arrow is held, zoom its lens, Option-0 sends it Home

See Zooming and Looking Around.

On a clear desktop

With no windows in use, on the display under the pointer:

Key Action
← → ↑ ↓ Move around, or turn the view, while held
+ / - Zoom in / out while held
0 Back to the start
Option with the keys above A PTZ camera itself: turn it, zoom its lens, Option-0 sends it Home
1 … 9 Switch to that camera of the menu bar panel
` (§) Switch to All Cameras (the key left of 1) - again: back to the camera before

The numeric keypad works too. In the Mac App Store edition, hold Command with every key above except the arrows (Command-1, Command-+, …); in Full Screen the plain keys work. See Desktop Keys.

Menu bar icon

Hold ⌘ and drag the icon to move it to another place in the menu bar.

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