Keyboard shortcuts

Every Sparrow shortcut on macOS and Windows: hide and show, answer the latest speech, click-through, switch answers and quit.

The hide and show, Answer latest and click-through shortcuts work everywhere, even while another app is in front. The others work while Sparrow is the active window.

Mac	Windows	What it does
`Cmd`+`Shift`+`Space`	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Space`	Hide or show Sparrow, from any app. Also turns click-through off.
`Cmd`+`Shift`+`Enter`	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Enter`	Answer the latest speech, including words still being transcribed.
`Cmd`+`Shift`+`P`	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`P`	Turn click-through on or off, so clicks pass through Sparrow to the window behind.
`Cmd`+`H`	`Ctrl`+`H`	Hide Sparrow while it's the active window.
`Cmd`+`[`	`Ctrl`+`[`	Previous answer.
`Cmd`+`]`	`Ctrl`+`]`	Next answer.
`Cmd`+`Q`	`Ctrl`+`Q`	End the session, save it and quit.

Open Sparrow from anywhere (Mac)

Turn on Settings → Disguise → Enable launch shortcut to open or show Sparrow with Cmd+Option+Shift+Space, even after you quit it. A small helper starts when you log in to listen for the shortcut. Turn it off in the same place.

Mouse and window

Drag any empty part of the top bar to move the window.
Drag the bottom-right corner to resize it. The smallest size is 440 × 420 points.
Hide in the top bar hides the window. Listening and answers carry on; bring it back with Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+Space.

Tips

Turn on click-through when you want Sparrow over your call window but still need to click the call controls underneath. Press the shortcut again, or show the window with Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+Space, to click Sparrow again.
If another app already uses one of these shortcuts, Sparrow can’t register it and turns off Hide so the window can’t get stuck hidden. Close the other app’s shortcut and reopen Sparrow.

Still stuck? Contact support and tell us your operating system and what you see.