maxlaunchpad

Frequently Asked Questions

This index groups FAQs by feature area. Each FAQ entry should belong to exactly one section.

Concepts & Getting Started

High‑level questions about what MaxLaunchpad is, supported platforms, basic capabilities, and typical use cases.

Configuration, Profiles & Storage

Configuration file locations, keyboard profiles (e.g. work.yaml), settings.yaml, bootstrap behavior on first run, auto‑save, and backups.

Keyboard Layout, Editing & Navigation

Virtual keyboard zones, editing keys and tabs, using search, drag & drop configuration, and navigating between tabs/keys.

Window, Menus & Tray

Window size/behavior, menu bar items (File/View/Tools/Settings/Help), system tray menu, context menus, and options/settings dialogs.

Hotkeys & In‑App Shortcuts

Global hotkey configuration, hotkey behavior per platform, and in‑app keyboard shortcuts for showing/hiding the window or performing actions.

Launching Applications & Commands

Supported file types, platform‑specific launch behavior, filePath/arguments/workingDirectory, and running commands such as npm start.

Icons, Themes & Appearance

Icon extraction and caching, theme modes (system/light/dark), and custom styles.

Reliability, Errors & Diagnostics

Single‑instance behavior, error handling, backup behavior, logs, and other reliability or diagnostics topics.