• Added app cycling: use one shortcut to switch between several apps. Quick Add can add an app to an existing cycle.
• Holding a trigger key now runs its action once. Simulated keystrokes still repeat.
• Improved Secure Input status, diagnostics, and recovery guidance.
• Removed “Ignore Secure Input This Time,” which could not reliably restore shortcuts.

SpaceLauncher 3.5.7 improves the Secure Input diagnostics.

• Improved the Secure Input window: it now records more about what was happening while shortcuts were paused, and Copy Report carries it.

SpaceLauncher 3.5.6 improves the Secure Input diagnostics.

• Improved the Secure Input window: it now records more about what was happening while shortcuts were paused, and Copy Report carries it.

SpaceLauncher 3.5.5 explains why macOS Secure Input pauses shortcuts, and offers a way through when macOS gets it wrong.

• Added a Secure Input window. While shortcuts are paused, the menu bar now names the app that asked macOS for Secure Input and says what to do about it, and Secure Input Details… opens a record of every Secure Input episode since SpaceLauncher started, with Copy Report for sending to support. It is also in Settings under Support.
• Added Ignore Secure Input This Time to the menu bar. macOS sometimes fails to switch Secure Input off after the app that asked for it has quit, and shortcuts then stay paused until you log out. This lifts the pause for the current episode so shortcuts can work in the meantime. It appears only while shortcuts are actually paused, asks for confirmation, and ends on its own when Secure Input ends or the Mac wakes from sleep. Restore the Secure Input Pause puts it back at any time. It does not always help: macOS may withhold keystrokes from every app regardless, and only logging out clears that.

SpaceLauncher 3.5.4 fixes a 3.5.3 change that could stop every leader key from working.

• Fixed leader keys stopping altogether after updating to 3.5.3. The Dock-stack fix in 3.5.3 let keys through whenever another app held keyboard focus without being in front. Tiling window managers can leave macOS in that state for a long time, and every leader key then did nothing until the Mac restarted. SpaceLauncher now does this only for the Dock, Spotlight, and Control Center, so Space still opens Quick Look in a Dock stack.
• Improved placing and sizing the hint window: use Adjust Hint Window… from the menu bar, Settings, or the hint window itself, and center it or reset its width from its header.

SpaceLauncher 3.5.3 fixes two ways a keypress could be dropped, and gives the hint window its own settings tab.

• Fixed keys being dropped while typing fast. Suppose you hold D as a leader key that keeps its normal typing function, and you type dh quickly enough that h goes down before d comes up, with no shortcut bound to h. SpaceLauncher used to swallow both letters. It now types them. Keys that do have a shortcut still run their action as before.
• Fixed leader keys being lost to system UI that takes the keyboard without bringing its app to the front, such as an expanded Dock stack or a Dock menu. Pressing Space over a file in a stack opens Quick Look again, and leader keys work again as soon as that UI closes.
• Added a Hints settings tab between General and Delays. It carries the hint delay, Search Trigger, and classic-layout options that General used to hold, and adds a Position section: where the hint window is currently placed, a reminder that you place it by dragging it, and Reset Position for a placement inherited from a display arrangement you no longer use.
• Added a choice of which display shows the hint window: the display with keyboard focus, which stays the default, or the display with the pointer.
• Fixed a typed Space being labeled Unknown in shortcut sequences, in the hint window, and in hint search, and shown as a key code in simulated-keystroke actions.

SpaceLauncher 3.5.2 improves Space typing reliability, setup feedback, and installation guidance.

• Separated shortcut readiness from the tap replay window for hold leaders that preserve their normal key function. Trigger keys can now respond immediately while Space remains reliable when released.
• Improved key binding validation with errors shown beside the action field that needs attention.
• Improved protected-file access errors with clearer guidance and a direct link to macOS Files & Folders settings.
• Improved permission-panel and installer presentation.

SpaceLauncher 3.5 makes it faster to create app shortcuts and clearer when macOS temporarily pauses shortcut handling.

• Added Quick Add: choose a recent or running app, record a shortcut, and start using it without opening the full action editor.
• Added keyboard navigation and improved accessibility throughout Quick Add. Press Command-Shift-N to open Advanced directly, including while recording a shortcut, or make Advanced the default.
• Improved Secure Input status with a passive pause indicator, clearer menu details, and prompt recovery when macOS restores shortcut access.
• Improved prefix-shortcut conflict guidance. For example, suppose TIK opens TikTok while you hold the leader key, and you then add TIKCAT to open TikTok’s cat channel. SpaceLauncher now detects that TIK would otherwise stop the longer shortcut and offers Keep listening after TIK directly in the conflict warning. Both shortcuts can then work as intended: TIK runs first, and if you continue with CAT, TIKCAT runs afterward. When both actions use the same Tab Slot, SpaceLauncher can reuse the existing browser tab instead of opening a duplicate. If you run into trouble setting up a prefix shortcut like this, please contact support.
• Improved support requests with confirmation that your message was sent successfully.
• Refined the purchase reminder so it stays helpful without interrupting your workflow.

SpaceLauncher 3.4 makes command trees easier to build, speeds up shortcut lookup, and brings Tab Slot to Safari.

After Running lets a hold-leader shortcut perform its action and keep listening for the next key, so both a prefix and the longer shortcuts beneath it can have actions.

• Added Find by Shortcut: press Command-Shift-G, then enter a shortcut to locate its key binding, including shortcuts inside multi-key branches.
• Added After Running options for hold-leader shortcuts, allowing a prefix action to run and then continue listening from the current or a parent shortcut level.
• Improved command-tree editing with Prefix Action and Affected Shortcuts sections that explain branch behavior and jump directly between related shortcuts.
• Added the Tab Slot for SpaceLauncher Safari extension. Enable it in Safari Settings > Extensions to reuse named browser tabs from Open URL actions.
• Improved Key Bindings keyboard navigation with context-aware Command-number shortcuts, shortcut badges while Command is held, and more reliable inspector menus after scrolling.
• Improved hint window placement and tap-leader countdown behavior, including better handling during mouse interaction. Tab can now be used as the hint Search Trigger.
• Improved hold-leader reliability when key bindings change or an action switches to another application.
• Fixed stale inspector actions, shortcut recording leakage, duplicate selection, delete confirmation details, and selection after editing or deleting a key binding.

SpaceLauncher 3.3 makes hint timing clearer, brings Tab Slot into the normal Open URL editor, and improves runtime reliability.

• Changed hint window delay timing so it starts after the leader key is ready to accept trigger keys. New installs now default this delay to 0 seconds; existing settings are preserved, but trying 0 is recommended because the hint window then becomes a direct signal that trigger keys can be pressed.
• Added Tab Slot options to Open URL actions for reusing one browser tab instead of opening duplicate tabs.
• Improved runtime responsiveness by moving the event tap onto a dedicated engine thread and caching per-event binding and search state.
• Improved app-specific shortcut matching for symlinked or differently spelled app paths.
• Improved CLI writes so app-owned configuration fields are preserved when bindings are edited by automation tools.
• Fixed shortcut recording so Key Bindings window commands no longer fire while recording a shortcut.
• Fixed hint search key handling so search key releases are suppressed after search closes and prefix search results select the intended shortcut.

• Fixed an issue where the hint window could appear late and remain visible after releasing a hold leader while a shortcut switched to another app.

SpaceLauncher 3.2 focuses on faster Key Bindings editing, clearer shortcut discovery, and safer recovery when configuration or notification delivery fails.

• Added a keyboard shortcut bar to Key Bindings, with a More menu entry for showing or hiding it using ?.
• Improved Key Bindings keyboard navigation with shortcuts for creating, editing, enabling, deleting, moving through, and expanding or collapsing shortcuts.
• Improved Outline view for multi-key shortcuts with selectable prefix groups, editable group names, more stable scrolling, and clearer branch behavior.
• Added inspector section shortcuts for jumping between Shortcut, Action, Parameters, App Scope, and After Running settings.
• Improved shortcut recording with record-again flows, outside-click cancellation, clearer conflict feedback, and live shortcut availability previews.
• Improved hint search with Command-N for creating a key binding from search and clearer Search Trigger conflict handling.
• Refined hold-leader delay settings so timing delays apply only to tap-preserving hold leader keys. Dedicated hold leader keys now become ready immediately, and very low delay values are clamped to safer ranges.
• Added automatic configuration backups, restore options, sanitized recovery diagnostics, and fallback toasts when configuration-save notifications cannot be delivered.
• Improved disabled-application overlay handling, input activity diagnostics, and event-tap recovery notes.

SpaceLauncher 3.1 is the stable rollup of the 3.0 series, focused on faster shortcut discovery and more reliable leader-key behavior.

New since 3.0.17

• Added hint search across all leaders. Hold or tap your leader key, press the Search Trigger, then type to find shortcuts. You can change the Search Trigger in Key Bindings > Options > Hints > Search Trigger.

Included from the 3.0 series

• Added the modern Key Bindings editor, Outline view for multi-key shortcut trees, prefix group names, and clearer conflict details.
• Improved the hint window with branch previews, usage-aware emphasis, tap-leader countdowns, an optional classic layout, and more reliable resizing.
• Improved Space typing and leader-key reliability across fast typing, disabled applications, secure input, modifier-tap leaders, and event-tap recovery.
• Improved app-specific bindings, import/export, license management, update handling, and compatibility with existing preferences.
• Added app interface localization across 10 additional languages and in-app support for contacting SpaceLauncher.