User Guide

Quick Start

Action	Result
Left Click	Open the widget popout
Middle Click	Region capture
Right Click	Paste from clipboard
Drop Image	Drag an image onto the icon to annotate
Print	Capture using the default mode

1. Trigger a capture from the bar icon, Control Center, or Print.
2. Drag to select an area. Drag one of the four corner handles to resize the current selection. Hold Ctrl and drag with the left mouse button to move the current selection without resizing it.
3. Annotate with the toolbar, shortcuts, or radial menus.
4. Press Enter to finish or Esc to discard.

Scrolling Capture

Select a region, press Space or Enter to confirm, scroll the content, then press Enter to finish stitching. Adjust the scroll interval in settings.

Annotation Tools

Tool Selection

Shortcut	Tool
1	Pen
2	Line
3	Arrow
4	Rectangle
Q	Ellipse
W	Text
E	Pixelate
R	Redact
A	Stamp
S	Highlighter
D	Focus Spotlight
F	Color Picker
T	Eraser
Z	Area Zoom (Callout)
B	Background Options
I	Insert Image
M	Toggle Watermark
O	OCR Text Recognition
G (hold)	Magnifier Lens
V	Select
X	Toggle annotations
Tab	Toggle Select and the last active tool

Drawing and Editing

• Scroll the mouse wheel to adjust brush or font size.
• Middle-click an element to delete it.
• Select a vector with V, then press C to duplicate it.
• Press C without a selection to paste the last copied vector.
• Use Ctrl + Z and Ctrl + Y for undo and redo.
• Drag with Text to create a speech bubble; a single click creates normal text.
• Drag with Stamp to create a leader line; a single click creates a normal stamp.

Hold Shift while drawing to constrain shapes: Pen draws straight lines; Line, Arrow, and Highlighter snap to 15-degree increments; Ellipse makes a circle; Rectangle, Redact, and Pixelate make a square.

Crop Controls

• Hold Shift while creating a crop to constrain it to a 1:1 square. The same modifier works when resizing from a corner handle.
• Hold Ctrl and drag to move the current crop without changing its size. The drag can start anywhere on the canvas; corner and edge handles still resize the crop.

Popover Toolbars and Radial Menus

Interaction	Result
Right-click on canvas	Open eight customizable tool presets
Shift + right-click with Stamp active	Stamp options
Shift + right-click with Text active	Text options
Shift + right-click with Line active	Line options

Canvas Zoom and Pan

• Focal Zoom: Hold Ctrl + Shift and scroll the mouse wheel to zoom in or out centered at the cursor location.
• Keyboard Zoom: Press + or = to zoom in, - to zoom out, and 0 to reset zoom to 100%.
• Stroke Size: Press [ to decrease stroke size and ] to increase stroke size.
• Free Pan: Hold Ctrl + Shift and drag with the left mouse button to pan freely across the canvas.
• Directional Scroll: Hold Ctrl and scroll to pan vertically; hold Shift and scroll to pan horizontally.

Special Tools

• Hold G for the magnifier lens and scroll to adjust zoom from 1.5x to 4x.
• Press Z to draw a callout and scroll to adjust zoom from 100% to 500%.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Key	Action
Enter	Done; save or copy according to settings
Esc	Discard and close
Ctrl + Z	Undo
Ctrl + Y / Ctrl + Shift + Z	Redo
Ctrl + S	Save to file
Ctrl + C	Copy to clipboard
Ctrl + Shift + C	Anonymous copy
Ctrl + A	Copy and save
Ctrl + F	Float image
Ctrl + X	Crop or resize
+ / =	Zoom in canvas
-	Zoom out canvas
0	Reset canvas zoom to 100%
[	Decrease stroke size
]	Increase stroke size
Ctrl + Shift + Drag	Free pan canvas
Ctrl + Shift + Scroll	Focal zoom canvas centered at cursor
Ctrl + 1 to 4	Select color slots 1 to 4
Ctrl + Q to R	Select color slots 5 to 8

Pin to Desktop

• Press Ctrl + F to export and float the image.
• Left-click the floating image to continue editing.
• Right-click it to minimize it; hover the icon to restore it.
• Middle-click the floating image to close it.

IPC Commands

Commands that capture or open images accept edit or float as the action:

dms ipc call quickCapture <command> [arg] edit|float
dms ipc call quickCapture screenshot region edit
dms ipc call quickCapture screenshot region float

Command	Arguments	Description
screenshot	region, full, all, output, window, last, or scroll; action	Trigger capture
selectFile	action	Open the file browser
fromClipboard	action	Annotate an image from the clipboard
openImage	path, action	Open an image in the annotator
close	none	Close the annotator
showHistory	none	Open recent edits

See the IPC and Settings Reference for the complete command and configuration reference.