Palette hotkey
Chooses the keyboard shortcut that opens the palette from any app.
Details #
Where: Settings › Palette, the Palette hotkey menu.
Key: paletteHotkey. Type: text. Default: option+space, shown as ⌥Space.
Choices:
⌥Space (
option+space)⇧⌥Space (
shift+option+space)⇧⌘Space (
command+shift+space)
⌃Space (input sources), ⌥⌘Space (Finder search) and ⌃⌥Space (VoiceOver) belong to macOS, so they are not offered. A value you put in settings.json by hand, or chose in an earlier version, that isn't in the list is kept and shown as an extra choice.
On a new install the palette starts on ⇧⌥Space when Raycast, Alfred or ChatGPT already uses ⌥Space; otherwise on ⌥Space. An existing settings.json is never changed.
Gotchas #
Some of these shortcuts are used by macOS for input sources and Spotlight. If a macro hotkey or another app already uses the one you pick, pick another.
See also #
A Group can have its own palette hotkey in its
group.json.