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.
⌘ (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.

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.