This options group controls how Asutype responds to your hot keys and quick actions
Left-click Command
Asutype will execute this command if you left-click the running icon. Available commands are:
The default command is "Show the Main window".
Note: Right-clicking the icon always shows the icon menu.
Preset Keyboard Hot Keys
Asutype comes with three preset keyboard hot keys. You can enable or disable a preset hot key but you cannot change it to other key combination. To enable a preset hot key, check its checkbox. To disable it, uncheck its checkbox. They are:
| Task | Key combination | How to use |
| Undo/redo the last correction | CAPSLOCK+CAPSLOCK | Press the CAPSLOCK key twice |
| Toggle the application | LSHIFT+RSHIFT | Press and hold the left SHIFT key, then press the right SHIFT key, and finally release both |
| Mass toggle (i.e. toggle several options at once - click the "Details..." button to activate the Mass Toggle dialog box and choose particular options) | LCTRL+RCTRL | Press and hold the left CTRL key, then press the right CTRL key, and finally release both |
Only the "Undo/redo" preset hot key is enabled by default.
Other Keyboard Hot Keys
Asutype also comes with several other keyboard hot keys that you can enable/disable and change them to any key combinations you prefer. To enable a hot key, check its checkbox. To disable it, uncheck its checkbox. To change its key combination, double click it. They are:
| Task | Default key combination | How to use |
| Toggle the application | CTRL+SHIFT+A+T | Press and hold both CTRL and SHIFT keys (left or right), then press and release A, then press and release T, finally release both CTRL and SHIFT keys |
| Activate the Options dialog box | CTRL+SHIFT+A+O | Press and hold both CTRL and SHIFT keys (left or right), then press and release A, then press and release O, finally release both CTRL and SHIFT keys |
| Undo/redo the last action | CTRL+SHIFT+A+U | Press and hold both CTRL and SHIFT keys (left or right), then press and release A, then press and release U, finally release both CTRL and SHIFT keys |
| Activate the Main window | CTRL+SHIFT+A+M | Press and hold both CTRL and SHIFT keys (left or right), then press and release A, then press and release M, finally release both CTRL and SHIFT keys |
| Clear all highlighting | CTRL+SHIFT+A+L | Press and hold both CTRL and SHIFT keys (left or right), then press and release A, then press and release L, finally release both CTRL and SHIFT keys |
| Activate the Clipboard Spell Checker | CTRL+SHIFT+A+C | Press and hold both CTRL and SHIFT keys (left or right), then press and release A, then press and release C, finally release both CTRL and SHIFT keys |
Activate the Hot Addition Reviewer |
CTRL+SHIFT+A+H | Press and hold both CTRL and SHIFT keys (left or right), then press and release A, then press and release H, finally release both CTRL and SHIFT keys |
| Activate the Suggestion Pop-up by keyboard | CTRL+SHIFT+A+W | Press and hold both CTRL and SHIFT keys (left or right), then press and release A, then press and release W, finally release both CTRL and SHIFT keys |
| Activate the Suggestion Pop-up by mouse | CTRL+Right button | Press and hold CTRL key (left or right), then right click the mouse |
| Suggestion pop-up: Select Item #1 | 1 | Press and release 1 |
| Suggestion pop-up: Select Item #2 | 2 | Press and release 2 |
| Suggestion pop-up: Select Item #3 | 3 | Press and release 3 |
| Suggestion pop-up: Select Item #4 | 4 | Press and release 4 |
| Suggestion pop-up: Select Item #5 | 5 | Press and release 5 |
| Suggestion pop-up: Select Item #6 | 6 | Press and release 6 |
| Suggestion pop-up: Select Item #7 | 7 | Press and release 7 |
| Suggestion pop-up: Select Item #8 | 8 | Press and release 8 |
| Suggestion pop-up: Select Item #9 | 9 | Press and release 9 |
| Suggestion pop-up: Move the selection up | UP ARROW | Press and release UP arrow key |
| Suggestion pop-up: Move the selection down | DOWN ARROW | Press and release DOWN arrow key |
| Suggestion pop-up: Page Up (i.e. show more suggestions) | LEFT ARROW | Press and release LEFT arrow key |
| Suggestion pop-up: Page Down (i.e. show more suggestions) | RIGHT ARROW | Press and release RIGHT arrow key |
| Suggestion pop-up: Select (i.e. correct the mistake using the current selection) | ENTER | Press and release ENTER |
| Suggestion pop-up: Cancel (i.e. dismiss the window without correcting) | ESCAPE | Press and release ESCAPE |
| Suggestion pop-up: Double cancel (i.e. pressing this hot key twice will dismiss the suggestion window) | SPACE | Press and release SPACE twice |
| Suggestion pop-up: Delete and retype (i.e. delete the mistake and place the caret in position ready to retype it) | DEL | Press and release DEL |
| Suggestion pop-up: Correction Add (i.e. add the mistake and the current correction as a new mistake/correction pair into the current correction list) | 0 | Press and release 0 |
| Suggestion pop-up: Correct Select (i.e. choose a correction list to add the mistake and the current correction as a new mistake/correction pair into; this newly chosen list will become the current correction list) | CTRL+0 | Press and hold CTRL key (left or right), then press and release 0, finally release both keys |
| Suggestion pop-up: Spelling Add (i.e. add the mistake as a new word into the current spelling dictionary) | F2 | Press and release F2 |
| Suggestion pop-up: Spelling Select (i.e. choose a spelling dictionary to add the mistake as a new word into; this newly chosen dictionary will become the current spelling dictionary) | CTRL+F2 | Press and hold CTRL key (left or right), then press and release F2, finally release both keys |
| Suggestion pop-up: Shortcut Add (i.e. add the mistake as a new hot text of a text shortcut into the current shortcut list) | F3 | Press and release F3 |
| Suggestion pop-up: Shortcut Select (i.e. choose a shortcut list to add the mistake as a new hot text of a text shortcut into; this newly chosen list will become the current shortcut list) | CTRL+F3 | Press and hold CTRL key (left or right), then press and release F3, finally release both keys |
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