Reference
Shortcuts Reference
The complete hotkey map. Everything is remappable; these are the defaults.
Core hotkeys
| Keys | Action | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Hold F8 | Dictate; release to paste at cursor | Any text field |
| Double-tap F8 | Hands-free record with confirm/cancel in pill | Anywhere |
| Hold F9 | Ask AI; release to stream answer to overlay | Any window |
| Ctrl+F9 | Open the F9 panel; choose Screenshot to select a screen or app window for a question | Anywhere |
| Select + hold F10 | Speak the edit; release to replace in place | Editable selection |
| Esc | Cancel mid-record / close overlay | Anywhere |
| Ctrl+C (in overlay) | Copy the streaming answer | Overlay panel |
| Double-click tray | Focus the main window | Taskbar tray |
Remapping
Settings → Shortcuts → click the binding → press the new combo. The three rows ship as Voice→cursor F8 (0x77), Voice→AI F9 (0x78), Transform F10 (0x79) — any Ctrl/Alt/Shift/Win + key combo works, F1–F24 included. Esc cancels capture, conflicts are blocked, and Reset restores F8/F9/F10.
Resolving conflicts
- If another app eats F8 (debuggers, IDEs), remap Flunkey to
Ctrl+Alt+Spacestyle combos - Laptop Fn-lock can turn F8 into a media key — toggle Fn-lock or remap
- One binding per action; Flunkey warns if you double-assign
Muscle-memory migration
Settings reference
Everything lives in the left Sidebar → Settings and autosaves within 450ms to %LOCALAPPDATA%\com.flunkey.desktop\ in separate local files. Cloud keys stay in Credential Manager, not those files. Hotkeys, overlay position, and autostart apply instantly; cloud keys can be tested from Models & Providers.
- Prompts: Enhanced F8 uses global and active-app instructions; Light does not use custom prompts. F9 has its own chat prompt.
- Show recording indicator — default ON (headless mode when OFF)
- Preserve clipboard — default ON
- Launch at startup — applied immediately via autostart plugin
- F8 cleanup mode — choose Verbatim, Light, or Enhanced; prompts apply in Enhanced mode
- Chat ON/OFF lives in the overlay header, persisted
- History retention and deletion — manage saved transcripts, chats, transforms, and their local attachments in Settings/history views
- Wipe all data — clears local data, screenshot attachments, downloaded Whisper models, saved keys, and current clipboard; resets preferences (Windows Win+V history may persist)
Dashboard & Analytics
The Dashboard greets you by name with 4 stat cards (weekly F8/F9/F10 + total, each click-through), a 7-day GitHub-style Activity Calendar (levels 0 / 1–2 / 3–5 / 6–9 / 10+), and 8 merged Recent Activity items. Analytics goes deeper: total uses, top app, a feature split bar (F8 green #4ade80, F9 orange #fb923c, F10 purple #a855f7), per-app bars, 7-day buckets, and a Copy-summary export.