# Keyboard shortcuts

Blink has a small set of shortcuts. Everything else you type in the viewer goes to the remote computer.

## Viewer

| Key | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| Click the remote screen | Captures the keyboard. The status strip shows **keyboard captured**. |
| Ctrl+V | Sends your clipboard to the remote computer, then pastes it there. See [Control the computer](/use/control-and-clipboard/#shared-clipboard). |
| ⌘ (Mac, Windows remote computer) | Sends the Windows key by default, or Ctrl when you switch the **⌘** toolbar button. |

Use the **Ctrl+Alt+Del** toolbar button instead of the keys; see [Control the computer](/use/control-and-clipboard/#ctrlaltdel).

## Type text

| Key | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| Ctrl+Enter (⌘+Enter on a Mac) | Types the text. |
| Enter | Types the text when **Hide characters** is on. |
| Esc | Cancels and closes the dialog. |

## Remote terminal

The keys depend on your own computer, not the remote one. On Windows and Linux:

| Key | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| Ctrl+C | Copies the selection; with nothing selected, interrupts (^C). |
| Ctrl+V, Shift+Insert | Paste. |
| Ctrl+Shift+C / Ctrl+Shift+V | Copy / paste. |
| Right-click | Copies the selection, or pastes when nothing is selected. |
| Esc Esc | Leaves the terminal (focus moves to the terminal's bar). |

On your Mac:

| Key | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| ⌘C | Copies the selection. |
| ⌘V | Paste. |
| Ctrl+C | Interrupt. Every Ctrl key goes to the shell. |
| Right-click | Copies the selection, or pastes when nothing is selected. |
| Esc Esc | Leaves the terminal. |

Ctrl+W, Ctrl+T and Ctrl+N belong to your browser and close or open tabs. Leaving a terminal page asks first.

## Session player

| Key | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| Space | Play or pause. |
| Left arrow / Right arrow | Back or forward 10 seconds. |

When the timeline slider has focus:

| Key | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| Arrow keys | Back or forward 10 seconds. |
| Page Up / Page Down | Forward or back 1 minute. |
| Home | Start of the session. |
| End | End of the session, or the live edge while it is still running. |