Demo Mode

Demo mode is where Snipsy shines — it activates all your configured hotkeys as system-wide shortcuts, so they work no matter which application is focused.

Entering Demo Mode

Click the green play button in the title bar. Snipsy will:

Register all snippet hotkeys as global shortcuts
Minimize the app to the system tray
Switch the tray icon to a bright green indicator

Your audience never sees Snipsy — they just see text appearing and videos playing as if by magic.

During Demo Mode

Press any configured hotkey to trigger its snippet
Text snippets deliver to the currently focused window
Video clips open as fullscreen overlays (press Escape to dismiss early)
Snipsy is invisible — only the tray icon shows it’s active

Video Clips During Demo Mode

When a video clip reaches a pause stop, playback holds on that frame so you can narrate. If the stop has a spotlight, Snipsy highlights the configured region after the paused frame is ready.

Use these controls while the video overlay is active:

Key	Action
Space or Click	Resume from the current pause stop
Right Arrow	Jump to the next playback stop
Left Arrow	Jump to the previous playback stop
Escape	Close the video overlay

Playback stops are the clip start, each pause stop, and the clip end. If the clip has no pause stops, the arrow keys jump between start and end.

Exiting Demo Mode

Three ways to exit:

Right-click the tray icon → “Exit Demo Mode”
Click the tray icon to show Snipsy, then click the red stop button
The exit-demo-mode event from the tray menu

All global hotkeys are unregistered and the tray icon returns to its idle (purple) state.

Hotkey Conflicts

If a hotkey conflicts with another application’s shortcut, Snipsy includes a low-level keyboard hook fallback on Windows that can intercept keys even when the standard global shortcut registration fails.