Hotkeys

Introduction to Hotkeys

By default, Chatterino contains a set of default hotkeys. A hotkey can be described using five parameters:

• Its name
• A category
• An action
• A keybinding
• The arguments

Categories

Categories describe where in the app the hotkeys action takes place. For example:

• Sending a message by pressing enter takes place in the Split input box,
• Closing the current split takes place in the current Split.

Actions

An action simply describes what a hotkey does. For example:

• The Reconnect to chat action in a Split causes Chatterino to reconnect to Twitch/IRC.
• The Zoom in/out action in a Window causes Chatterino to zoom in or out (depending on the arguments given)

Keybindings

TODO: Short blurb how more advanced keybindings work

Arguments

Arguments describe the specifics of how the action will behave. For example:

• The Zoom in/out action in a Window takes a single argument (in, out, or reset) which tells Chatterino to either zoom in or zoom out.