Tips & Tricks (non-obvious features)

A collection of shortcuts and hidden features that aren't obvious from the UI but make Webshots a lot faster to use once you know them.

Photos & viewing

  1. Double-click any photo — opens the Slideshow (full-screen photo viewer).
  2. Shift + double-click a photo — opens the Stories (Infoshow) viewer, which adds title, description, and metadata alongside each photo.
  3. Click the photo title under the thumbnail — also opens the Stories view for that photo.

Selecting multiple photos

  1. In the Playlists view, single-click a photo to select it (a highlight appears around the thumbnail). Click again to deselect.
  2. Click the "Select All / None" icon (the stacked-squares icon in the lower-left actions row) to select every photo in the current playlist, or to clear the selection when something is already selected.
  3. With one or more photos selected, the per-photo actions (Favorite, Add to Playlist, Remove from Playlist) apply to all of them at once instead of just the photo you click.

Drag and drop

Drag a photo from the right pane onto a playlist name in the left pane to add it to that playlist — no menus or modals.

Wallpaper on multiple monitors

  1. On a multi-monitor setup, "Make Wallpaper" normally opens a picker so you choose which displays to update.
  2. Settings → Wallpaper has a "Show display picker" toggle. With it off, Make Wallpaper sets all active displays without asking.
  3. Shift + click Make Wallpaper forces the display picker open even when the toggle is off — handy for a one-off override.

Removing without the "Are you sure?" prompt

Shift + click the Remove from Playlist (minus) icon to remove the photo (or all currently-selected photos) immediately, skipping the confirmation dialog.

Keyboard shortcuts

  1. Ctrl + Shift + W (Cmd + Shift + W on Mac) — rotate to the next wallpaper. Works system-wide while Webshots is running.
  2. Ctrl + Shift + S (Cmd + Shift + S on Mac) — start the screen saver immediately.
  3. Ctrl + M (Cmd + M) — minimize the Webshots window.
  4. Ctrl + Q (Cmd + Q) — quit Webshots.
  5. Esc — closes any modal dialog (Settings, Add to Playlist, slideshow, etc.).
  6. Any keypress, click, or mouse move dismisses the screen saver.

All four hotkeys can be turned off at once in Settings → Application → "Disable Hotkeys/Shortcuts". The tray menu (Windows) / menu bar icon (macOS) also lists Next Wallpaper, Start Screen Saver, Minimize, Visit webshots.com, and Quit.

Layout & view

  1. The 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / Auto buttons in the upper-right of the toolbar change how many photo columns the grid uses. "Auto" responds to window width.
  2. The "a" button next to the column controls toggles alphabetical sort on the photo grid.
  3. Use the search box (magnifying glass, upper-right) to filter the current view by title.

Hidden details mode

In the Settings dialog, click the "v X.Y.Z" version number in the lower-left footer. This toggles a "show details" mode for the home view that surfaces extra per-photo information (playlists the photo belongs to, technical metadata). Click the version number again to turn it off.

Photo Story

Right-click the Webshots tray icon (Windows) or menu bar icon (macOS) and choose "View Photo Story" to open a small floating window with the story behind the photo currently set as your wallpaper. The window updates automatically when the wallpaper rotates.

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