QR Code Scanning

hypershot can decode QR codes and barcodes straight off your screen — no phone photo, no second app. Freeze the screen, and every code in view is scanned at once.

How to Use

1. Trigger the scan codes capture mode from its shortcut (see Keyboard Shortcuts — assignable in Settings → Shortcuts)
2. The screen freezes and hypershot decodes every QR code / barcode visible on the current screen
3. Detected codes are listed with their decoded contents — click one to copy it to the clipboard

Why the Screen Freezes

Codes are scanned from a frozen snapshot rather than the live screen: moving content (a video, an animation, a scrolling page) blurs codes past recognition, and a still frame guarantees a clean read. The freeze is automatic in this mode — nothing extra to press.

Tips

• Codes too small to scan? Capture the region into the editor first and zoom — the decoder reads from the frozen frame at native resolution
• Multiple codes on screen all decode in one pass; each is listed separately
• Results are plain text: URLs open in your browser when clicked if they’re links

Windows and macOS

Both platforms scan identically — the decoding is built into hypershot’s capture pipeline, not an OS feature.