> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.ve.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

> ## Agent Instructions
> Ve is a desktop browser for macOS. Steps on these pages are carried out inside Ve itself, not on a website, and there is no web version.
> Settings paths are written as `Settings > Section`.

# Keyboard shortcuts

> The Fn key drives prediction, dictation and voice context. Rebind it in Settings, and choose whether it works only inside Ve.

Ve's own shortcuts live in `Settings > Shortcuts`, under the heading **Keyboard
Shortcuts**. There are three, and they all start from the same key.

## The three bindings

| What          | Keys                               | Gesture        |
| ------------- | ---------------------------------- | -------------- |
| Prediction    | <kbd>Fn</kbd>                      | Tap            |
| Dictation     | <kbd>Fn</kbd>                      | Hold and speak |
| Voice Context | <kbd>Fn</kbd> + <kbd>Control</kbd> | Hold and speak |

Prediction and Dictation share one key. Tap it for prediction, hold it for
dictation. Rebinding moves both.

## Rebinding

Click the key on the **Prediction** or **Dictation** card, then press the key you
want to use. <kbd>Esc</kbd> backs out without changing anything.

<Warning>
  Voice Context cannot be rebound yet. Clicking its key returns "Rebinding Voice
  Context arrives with the next update."
</Warning>

**Reset to Defaults** at the bottom of the list puts the key back to
<kbd>Fn</kbd>.

## Where the keys work

Two switches at the top of the page decide the reach of all three shortcuts.

| Switch         | Reach                                  |
| -------------- | -------------------------------------- |
| Inside browser | The keys work only while Ve is focused |
| Global         | The keys work in any app               |

**Inside browser** is where a new install starts, so nothing works outside Ve
until you say so.

Turning **Global** on covers inside Ve as well, so the Inside browser switch
goes off and greys out. It also needs the macOS permissions below, which Ve asks
for at that point rather than at startup. Turn Global off to go back to Ve only.

Whichever you pick is remembered after you quit and relaunch.

### Permissions Global needs

Global needs three macOS permissions, each with a **Grant** button. They appear
only once you turn Global on.
Ve reads their status again every time you come back to the tab, so a permission
you just granted in System Settings shows up without a reload.

| Permission       | Why                                                    |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| Accessibility    | Capture the keys system wide and type into other apps  |
| Screen Recording | Read what is on screen for prediction and paste to app |
| Microphone       | Voice and dictation                                    |

## Where what you press goes

All three shortcuts open a connection to Ve's servers at
`voice-intelligence.us-east-1.ve.ai`. They are not local.

| Shortcut      | Sends                                                 |
| ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| Prediction    | A screenshot, the page address and text from the page |
| Dictation     | A screenshot and your audio, without the page text    |
| Voice Context | A screenshot and your audio, without the page text    |

If what is on screen should not leave your Mac, do not press the key over it.

## Shortcuts elsewhere in Ve

These are not in the Shortcuts page and cannot be changed.

| Keys                                                   | Does                                                        |
| ------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| <kbd>Command</kbd> + <kbd>K</kbd>                      | Opens the command bar, while the sidebar has keyboard focus |
| <kbd>Control</kbd> + <kbd>Tab</kbd>                    | Steps through your tabs, most recently used first           |
| <kbd>Control</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>Tab</kbd> | Steps back through the same list                            |

## Related

* [Tabs, the sidebar and the command bar](/browser-basics)
* [Chat with Ve](/chat)
* [Make Ve your default browser](/default-browser)
