slimKEYS - Overview

slimKEYS is a hotkey manager that monitors the global hotkeys of your choice, and informs plug-ins when their associated hotkeys are pressed.

The current version already comes with the following built-in plug-ins:

  • slimSIZE: Change the current window's position, size or monitor location to any area of your choice. You can define multiple areas, each relative to any corner, side or center of any monitor.
  • slimLAUNCH (with the FileSystem, Passwords and Delicious extensions): Open applications, documents and folders, find usernames and passwords, or open favorite web sites by typing a few letters from their name. Items are sorted by relevance, based on first letters of each word, consecutive letters, and previously used commands. You can also open those often used applications directly with a single hotkey.
    slimLAUNCH in action
  • slimVOLUME: Change and display the volume level when you use your keyboard's volume control, or any other hotkey of your choice.
  • slimSEARCH: Quickly search on your favorite search engines, or any custom web sites.
    slimSEARCH in action
  • slimGRAB: Capture the image of any screen, top-level window, or child windows, simply by browsing target areas with the Tab key, moving to child windows with the numeric pad's Add key, and capture the selected area with Enter.
  • slimPASTE: Paste text anywhere, making sure to remove any formatting, just as if you had copied plain text.
  • slimSMOKE (new with v1.2): Dims out your whole desktop, except the active window, so you can quickly identify and work with the window that has the focus.

Third-party plug-ins

You can check for third-party plug-ins here. Better, if you are a Windows and .NET developer, you can implement your own slimKEYS plug-in, thanks to its intuitive plug-in interface.