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Sidekey 1.2.0 (layouts for popular apps)

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@hoquem hoquem released this 07 Oct 22:08
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Sidekey for Mac 1.2.0 adds 18 new layouts for widely used Mac apps and AI coding tools, and full layouts for Safari and Chrome.

New layouts

  • AI coding: Cursor, Antigravity and OpenCode. Cursor's keys include Accept All, Reject All, Model and Mode.
  • Apple apps: Finder, Mail, Messages, Notes, Calendar, Music and Photos.
  • Microsoft: Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams, alongside the existing Word layout. Teams' End Call key needs a press and hold.
  • Chat and media: Slack, Spotify, Notion and ChatGPT.
  • Browsers: Safari and Chrome each get their own full 15-key layout in place of the shared 5-key browser layout. Arc keeps the shared one.

Shortcuts are taken from each app's own menus or published documentation. The Outlook, Slack, Spotify, Notion and ChatGPT layouts, most of the Excel and Teams keys, Cursor's Accept All, Reject All, Model, Mode, Mode Menu and Add to Chat keys, Antigravity's Agent Panel key and OpenCode's Stop key come from each vendor's published shortcuts. Not every key has been tried in its app yet. Notion and ChatGPT publish only a few shortcuts, so their decks are partly empty. If a key does the wrong thing, please open an issue.

Install or update

  1. Quit Sidekey if it is running. Download Sidekey.dmg below, open it and drag Sidekey to Applications, replacing the old copy.
  2. Open Sidekey from Applications. It lives in the menu bar.
  3. If keys stop working after updating, open System Settings › Privacy & Security › Accessibility, remove Sidekey with the minus button, add it back with the plus button and switch it on.
  4. An iPad already paired with 1.1.0 stays paired. The new layouts come from the Mac, so the iPad app needs no update.

Requires macOS 13 or later. Signed with Developer ID and notarized by Apple.

Known limits

  • Traffic between the iPad and the Mac is not encrypted yet. Use Sidekey over USB or on a network you trust. See the 1.1.0 notes for details. Encryption is planned.
  • With iPad build 3, the Delete key is labelled DELETE instead of ⌫, for example on Cursor's Reject All key. TestFlight build 4 shows ⌫.
  • The Do Not Disturb key runs a shortcut named Toggle Focus, which you create in the Shortcuts app.
  • Zoom meeting state (mic, camera, sharing, recording) is built from Zoom's documented menus and not yet tested in a live meeting.

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