KeyPilot Settings

Keyboard

Layout and floating keyboard reference panel behavior.

Keyboard layout

Controls which keys trigger KeyPilot actions and how the keyboard reference is labeled.

Show pressed-key feedback

Highlights keys in the floating keyboard reference panel on keydown/keyup.

Cursor

Whether KeyPilot overrides the page cursor with custom cursors.

Cursor mode

When “No custom cursors” is selected, KeyPilot won’t override the page cursor and per-mode cursor controls are hidden.

Scrolling

Keyboard page scrolling for C / V (smaller step). Z / X use a larger fixed step.

C / V distance

Pixels scrolled by C (up) and V (down). Default 500.

Scroll speed

Animation for keyboard scrolling (C/V, Z/X, B/N).

Click Mode

Cursor + hover focus rectangle behavior.

Cursor

Type

Preview

Line width

Thickness of the crosshair lines (1–12).

Size

Size of the cursor in pixels (5–60px).

Gap

Gap between center and crosshair bars in pixels. 0 = intersecting lines, >0 = separate bars (0–20px).

Focus rectangle

Live hover outline on clickable targets. Changes apply immediately (including in this Settings window).

Color

Outline color for the focus rectangle.

Show transparent overlay

Adds a translucent fill inside the focus rectangle.

Show shadow / glow

Soft outer glow around the focus rectangle.

Rectangle thickness

Border thickness for the focus rectangle (1–16px).

Keyboard Reference

Glow keys when hovering a link

While the Keyboard Reference is open, matching green action keys get an outline and glow when you hover a clickable link on the page. Off by default.

Click effect

Visual feedback when you press F to activate a link-style target.

Flash Hard strobe on the outline (default) Dash chase Dashed border marches around the edge Marquee Solid light travels around the border Scale Outline expands outward and fades None No activation animation

Text Mode

Cursor + focus style + labels for text fields.

Text mode cursor

Type

Preview

Focused text field style

How the active text field looks while typing (text mode). Hover still shows an orange outline and “Press F to select text field”.

Left edge pulse Orange bar on the left edge, pulsing (default). “press Esc to exit” stays on the field. Background tint Full orange wash over the field (previous style), plus the Esc hint.

Left edge bar width

Width of the pulsating left-edge bar (1–24px). Default 5px.

Labels & outlines

Show labels above and below focused text field

Shows “Active text field” and “Press ESC to close”. Turn off for outline-only.

Stroke thickness

Thickness of the orange text-mode outlines (1–16px).

Control Strip

Compact status strip in the upper-left of every page (macOS Control Strip style). Press Alt+J to show it again after closing.

Show control strip

When off, the strip is hidden until you enable this or press Alt+J to toggle it back on.

Collapsed by default

Shows only the On/Off status segment until you expand the strip.

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