Hotkeys
Keys that pause, panic or press a pad from any window, and letting events press keys for you.
Global hotkeys work while your game, OBS or VTube Studio has focus, and while Vfinity waits in the tray. Bind a key combination to anything Vfinity can do by name, from Panic to pressing a Quick Deck pad.
Hotkeys live in SettingsAutomation & rulesGlobal hotkeys.
Add panic and pause keys
Click Add panic hotkey or Add pause toggle. Each arrives with a suggested combination, such as Ctrl+Shift+F9/Cmd+Shift+F9 for panic and Ctrl+Shift+F10/Cmd+Shift+F10 for pause. They start switched off, so nothing is taken from another program until you have looked. Check the keys, then turn the hotkey on with its switch.
Panic pauses every trigger and clears the action queue, speech, alerts and thrown items. The pause toggle pauses triggers, or resumes them if they are paused.
Add your own hotkey
Add a row
Click Add a hotkey.
Set the keys
Click the Keys field, which says Click, then press the keys, and press the combination. Esc cancels and Backspace clears. Use Ctrl, Alt or Shift with a key, or an F key on its own.
Choose what it runs
Open Choose what it does… and pick a command. They are grouped: Run control, Quick Deck, Events, Alerts, Timer, Games, Overlays and more. Some ask for one more thing, such as which event to run or which pad to press.
Turn it on
Flip the switch. The row says Active once the keys are really yours.
Right-click a hotkey to run it now, switch it off, duplicate it or delete it.
Read a hotkey's status
| The row says | What to do |
|---|---|
| Active | Nothing. It works from any window. |
| Off | Turn it on with its switch. |
| Another program already uses these keys | Pick another combination, or close the other program and click Try again. Vfinity also tries again when you come back to its window. |
| Add Ctrl, Alt or Shift, or use an F key | The combination needs a modifier. |
| Already set on a hotkey above | Two rows share keys. Change one. |
| Nothing chosen to run | Pick a command. |
Pick keys your game, OBS and VTube Studio don't already use: whichever program claims a combination first keeps it.
Linux with Wayland
Wayland doesn't let an app take keys from other windows, so global hotkeys do nothing there. The title bar buttons and the tray menu still work.
Press a pad from your game
A hotkey can press any Quick Deck pad by name: choose Quick Deck: press a pad and pick the pad from its picture. On the Dashboard, the number keys press pads too, but only while Vfinity has focus.
A hotkey can also run one of your events: pick Run an Events mapping under Events, then choose the event.
Let events press keys
The Press keys action step sends a key combination to whichever program has focus, such as a shortcut another program listens for. It is off until you turn on Allow Events to press keys in SettingsAutomation & rulesKeyboard actions.
Panic releases any keys a step is holding. Some games ignore simulated input.
Use keys inside the app
These work while the Vfinity window has focus:
- Ctrl+K/Cmd+K opens Search everything.
- Menu or Shift+F10 opens the right-click menu on the focused control.
- 1 to 0 press Quick Deck pads on the Dashboard.
- The Blueprint editor has keys of its own, such as Shift+A to add a node.
The full list is in Keyboard shortcuts. Your global hotkeys travel in a backup under Global hotkeys.