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Alt + W or ⌥ Option + W: the right shortcut for your computer
On Windows, Linux and Chromebook, Weightless AI opens with Alt + W. On a Mac, it’s ⌥ Option + W. Here are all the useful keys on both sides, and how to change the shortcut.
Weightless AI opens with a single gesture, on any page: that’s the whole point of a “weightless” AI. But depending on your computer, that gesture doesn’t have quite the same name.
The shortcut to open the assistant
- Windows, Linux and Chromebook: Alt + W. Alt is the key on the left, next to the space bar.
- Mac: ⌥ Option + W. Chrome automatically turns Alt into Option: there’s nothing to set up.
Pressing the same shortcut again, or the Esc key, closes the window.
All the useful keys
| To… | Windows · Linux · ChromeOS | Mac |
|---|---|---|
| Open or close the assistant | Alt + W | ⌥ Option + W |
| Switch between conversations | Alt + 1 … 5 | ⌥ Option + 1 … 5 |
| Paste a copied answer | Ctrl + V | ⌘ Cmd + V |
| Undo a rewrite in the page | Ctrl + Z | ⌘ Cmd + Z |
| Print a conversation | Ctrl + P | ⌘ Cmd + P |
The site and the extension adapt on their own
No need to convert in your head: on a Mac, this site, this blog and the extension itself (help, welcome page, settings) show ⌥ Option and ⌘ Cmd directly. On a PC or a Chromebook, you see Alt and Ctrl.
Changing the shortcut
Alt + W doesn’t suit you, or another extension already uses it? Open chrome://extensions/shortcuts in Chrome, find Weightless AI and pick the combination you like. In the assistant’s settings, under Keyboard shortcut, the Edit in Chrome link takes you straight there.
If Chrome couldn’t assign the shortcut, the settings show “No shortcut”, and the extension’s welcome page offers a Set the shortcut button.