Shortcuts

Hover Translate has one global keyboard shortcut, dedicated to the Selection mode.

Default shortcut

The default shortcut is Alt+Shift+T on macOS, Windows, and Linux.

It translates the current text selection when the extension is enabled and Mode is set to Selection with the Shortcut trigger.
In Hover mode, or in Selection + Auto mode, the shortcut does nothing because those modes translate automatically.
Holding a translation over the same text reuses the in-memory cache when available.

To use the shortcut:

Open the popup, save a DeepL API key, turn the extension on, and set Mode to Selection and Trigger to Shortcut.
On any supported page, highlight the text you want to translate.
Press Alt+Shift+T. A tooltip appears next to the selection with the translation.

Where it works

The shortcut runs the extension’s content script in the active tab, so it only works where the content script can inject.

It works across regular HTTP and HTTPS sites that match the extension’s host permissions.
It does not work on restricted Chrome pages such as chrome:// URLs, the Chrome Web Store, or the New Tab page.
On those pages, pressing the shortcut has no effect.

Customize the shortcut

Open chrome://extensions/shortcuts.
Find the Hover Translate entry named Translate the current text selection.
Use the shortcut editor to assign a different key combination.

You can also reach this page from the popup by clicking Change in the Translate section (shown only when Mode is Selection with the Shortcut trigger).

Avoid shortcut conflicts

Before saving a new shortcut, make sure it does not overlap with:

Chrome’s built-in keyboard shortcuts
Operating system shortcuts
Other extensions that already use the same key combination

If two shortcuts conflict, Chrome may prevent the assignment or the result may be inconsistent across tabs.