Zoom · Keep the meeting controls showing
Meeting
Windows · Linux
AltMac
Ctrl+\Switches between keeping the meeting controls always visible and having them appear only on hover. On Windows a single modifier does it, which is why it flips by accident while you reach for other combinations.
- Group
- Meeting
- Keys held
- 1
Zoom shortcuts are heard only while the Zoom window has focus — tick Enable Global Shortcut next to an action under Settings and Keyboard Shortcuts and that one works from any other window.
Reading the key names
- Keys joined by + are pressed together: Ctrl+Shift+P means hold Ctrl and Shift, then P.
- On a Mac, Cmd is ⌘, Option is ⌥ (labelled Alt on some keyboards), Control is ⌃ and Shift is ⇧.
- Windows Ctrl usually becomes Cmd on a Mac, but not always — this reference lists both combinations separately.
- With a Korean, Japanese or Chinese input method active, shortcuts built on letter keys may not fire. Switch to Latin input and try again.
- When a combination does nothing, another program has often claimed it as a global shortcut first.
Common questions
Q. What is the shortcut for Keep the meeting controls showing in Zoom?
Switches between keeping the meeting controls always visible and having them appear only on hover. On Windows a single modifier does it, which is why it flips by accident while you reach for other combinations. It is Alt on Windows and Ctrl+\ on a Mac.
Q. Is it the same on Windows and Mac?
No — Alt on Windows, Ctrl+\ on a Mac.
Q. How many keys is that?
1 pressed together. The combination sits under Meeting in Zoom.