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Shortcuts and gestures

Every key and swipe Dynotch knows.

Anywhere

Keys What they do Where to turn them off
Control Option N Opens or closes the notch Settings›General
Control Option K Opens the command field Settings›General
Control Option M Mutes or unmutes the microphone Settings›Live Activities
Control Option S Captures part of the screen Settings›Tray

Trackpad

Two fingers, with the pointer over the notch.

Gesture Over What it does
Swipe down The notch or glance Opens the notch
Swipe up The open notch’s header, anywhere without a scrolling list, or a glance Closes it
Swipe left The closed notch, or the open notch’s header Next track
Swipe right The closed notch, or the open notch’s header Previous track
Swipe sideways The rest of the open notch Moves between tabs
Swipe up or down The Nook’s stack Turns the stack
Scroll The artwork in the Nook Changes the volume

Swipe in Settings›General turns off the swipes, except for turning the stack. Scrolling over the artwork stays too.

The open notch

Keys What they do
Esc Closes it or a glance, whichever app you’re in. A menu, a drag or AirPlay’s device list gets the key first

The command field

Keys What they do
Up arrow Down arrow Picks a row
Return Runs it
Esc Clears what’s typed, and then leaves

The Tray

Keys What they do
Space Previews the selected file in Quick Look
Arrow keys Move between files

Capture

Keys What they do
P L A R C Pencil, Line, Arrow, Rectangle, Ellipse
M T B N Marker, Text, Blur, Counter
S Back to moving the selection
Command Z Undoes
Shift Command Z Redoes
Command C Copies
Command S Saves
Return Does what After capture says
Esc Cancels

On a pinned capture, Esc or Command W closes it.

Settings

Keys What they do
Command 1 to Command 8 Jump to a page
Up arrow Down arrow Move through the pages, once the sidebar is selected

Settings›About›Keyboard lists the main ones, in case you forget.

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