Zoom · Show or hide the floating controls
Meeting
Windows · Linux
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+HMac
Ctrl+Cmd+Option+HHides the little floating control bar that appears while sharing, and brings it back. It is what you want when the bar has vanished and you cannot find the microphone button.
- Group
- Meeting
- Keys held
- 4
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 Show or hide the floating controls in Zoom?
Hides the little floating control bar that appears while sharing, and brings it back. It is what you want when the bar has vanished and you cannot find the microphone button. It is Ctrl+Shift+Alt+H on Windows and Ctrl+Cmd+Option+H on a Mac.
Q. Is it the same on Windows and Mac?
No — Ctrl+Shift+Alt+H on Windows, Ctrl+Cmd+Option+H on a Mac.
Q. How many keys is that?
4 pressed together. The combination sits under Meeting in Zoom.