Control a recording

The recording toolbar uses icons instead of text labels. Hover over any icon for a moment and its name appears. This page covers every control on the toolbar, in the order they appear from left to right.

Icon	Name	What it does
Four dots in a grid	Grip	Drag it to move the toolbar anywhere on the page. Screenity remembers where you left it.
Circle with a square inside	Finish recording	Stops the recording and keeps it.
Numbers, such as 00:42	Timer	Shows how long you have been recording. It switches to hours, minutes and seconds after an hour.
Circular arrow	Restart recording	Throws away the current take and starts again, after you confirm.
Two vertical bars	Pause recording	Pauses the recording.
Triangle	Resume recording	Replaces the pause icon while paused. Continues the recording.
Trash can	Cancel recording	Discards the recording, after you confirm.
Pencil	Toggle drawing tools	Opens the annotation tools.
Grid of dots	Toggle blur tool	Lets you blur parts of the page.
Mouse pointer	Toggle cursor options	Chooses how your cursor and clicks are highlighted. The icon changes to match the option you picked.
Microphone	Enable microphone or Disable microphone	Turns your microphone on or off during the recording.
Camera	Enable camera	Appears when your camera is off. Select it to turn the camera on.

The pause, finish, restart and cancel icons are grayed out while the recording is stopping. If an icon is grayed out and its name says "No camera permissions" or "No microphone permissions", see allow camera and microphone access.

The drawing, blur and cursor icons are unavailable when you record only your camera. When you open the drawing or blur tool, its icon turns into a close button. Select it again or press Esc to leave the tool.

Pause or resume a recording

Select the pause icon (Pause recording). The same spot then shows a triangle (Resume recording). Select it when you are ready to continue.

Finish a recording

Select the circle with a square (Finish recording). For a standalone recording, Screenity opens the player so you can review and download your video. Connected recording modes may open or save the recording differently.

If the toolbar is hidden, you can also select the Screenity extension icon in your browser toolbar to finish recording. When your browser shows a screen-sharing control, Stop sharing can also end the capture.

Restart a recording

Warning:
Restarting loses the current recording progress.

Select the circular arrow (Restart recording). The recording pauses and a dialog asks "Are you sure you want to restart the recording?"
Select Restart recording to start over, or Resume recording to continue with the current take.

Discard a recording

Warning:
Discarding abandons the current recording and its progress is lost.

Select the trash can (Cancel recording). The recording pauses and a dialog asks "Are you sure you want to discard the recording?"
Select Discard recording to abandon it, or Resume recording to keep recording.

The keyboard shortcut for canceling a recording does not ask for confirmation. It discards the recording straight away.

Keyboard shortcuts

The extension's default shortcuts are Alt + Shift + M on Windows/Linux or ⌥⇧M on Mac to pause or resume and Alt + Shift + X on Windows/Linux or ⌥⇧X on Mac to cancel the recording. Finishing a recording has no default key, but you can assign one in Chrome. The same goes for turning the microphone on and off, and for opening the drawing, blur and cursor tools. When one of these tools has a shortcut, it is shown next to its name when you hover over its icon.

Because shortcuts are set in your browser, another extension using the same keys can stop one from working. See keyboard shortcuts to check or change them.

Drag the grip to move the toolbar. If you do not want it in the way, see hide or show the toolbar.