Do You Use a Jing Hotkey?
Posted on Thursday November 15, 2007 by Mike Curtis
The Hotkeys are for more than just convenience. I will soon post an example how the Hotkeys can enable you to capture an image while the cursor is still in the screenshot. In fact, it’s the best way to capture a pull-down menu or event requiring mouse focus.
In addition, while I usually like the Jing "sun" floating on my screen, sometimes it gets in the way and I appreciate those of you who like to keep Jing hidden away. Whether Jing is visible or not, I use my Hotkey most of the time. I’ve set my hotkey to [Ctrl + W] on Windows and if working on a Mac I stick with the default [Command + Shift + 1]. It saves me the mouse-over and click step, and also saves me from having to look for Jing if hidden.
I would write up the directions for setting the hotkey, but, I think the Jing below is just as fast and might do a better job explaining. I took this Jing on a Mac, but the process is near-identical on Windows.
While having audio as you watch would be a bonus, I don’t think it’s necessary for this video.
Learn how to set a Hotkey in Jing! (0:45)
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Comments (8)
I would use it if you supported the Win-key's
Posted by Max | November 16, 2007 6:27 AM
Posted on November 16, 2007 06:27
I use Alt-PrintScrn, since I use Jing to replace the default Windows screen capture behavior.
If I need to do a capture that Jing doesn't support (such as a scrolling window or an object on the screen (my favorite!)), I use Ctrl-Alt-PrintScrn to bring up SnagIt.
In that case, I then save the file to disk, manually put it on a web server, and manually craft the appropriate URL to the file so I can share it (all the while wishing I could have used Jing, so it could have been instantly uploaded to screencast.com, with a URL put into my clipboard automatically!).
Posted by spugbrap | November 16, 2007 1:55 PM
Posted on November 16, 2007 13:55
I use alt-j. I like using hotkeys where possible, so it's nice to have hotkey support.
Posted by Deepak | November 18, 2007 8:49 PM
Posted on November 18, 2007 20:49
ON my Win XP, the default hot key ALT-J would close any open pulldown menu, so I could not capture such a menu. However, after changing the hot ket to CTRL-Q it works (like in SnagIt).
Unfortunately, the "WIN" key was not accepted when I tried to change the hot key defintion (without using a key combination already in use by some other app).
Posted by Manfred Kuechler | November 19, 2007 7:11 PM
Posted on November 19, 2007 19:11
I use Alt+P because in my portatil PC the Print-screen needs a special key.
Posted by Joao Pereira | November 20, 2007 4:29 PM
Posted on November 20, 2007 16:29
Hi!
Is there a hotkey for STOP recording ???
Do I have to move mouse to click for STOP ?
Posted by tiebob | December 4, 2007 3:25 AM
Posted on December 4, 2007 03:25
Hi tiebob, at this time there no hotkey for stop or for pause/resume. Thank you for this good feedback. As someone who often pauses my Jing videos while recording, I like what you're thinking.
Posted by Mike Curtis | December 6, 2007 6:09 AM
Posted on December 6, 2007 06:09
hi, how do I get rid of the cursor when filming? Is there a way to deselect it?
thanks, hvx
Posted by hvx silverstar | August 15, 2008 2:00 AM
Posted on August 15, 2008 02:00