# Open Jetwriter on any page, and change the shortcut

> Click the Jetwriter icon in your toolbar, press Ctrl+Shift+K (Cmd+Shift+K on a Mac), right-click, or select text. Change the shortcut in your browser.

- Applies to: Every plan. The extension in Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera or Vivaldi on a computer
- Updated: Nov 7, 2026
- Web page: https://jetwriter.ai/help/ways-to-open-jetwriter

You can open Jetwriter AI on any web page in five ways: click its icon in your browser's toolbar, press Ctrl+Shift+K (Cmd+Shift+K on a Mac), right-click and choose **Jetwriter AI**, select text and use the toolbar that appears, or click **AI Reply** in Gmail, WhatsApp Web, LinkedIn and other supported sites. To use different keys, change the shortcut on your browser's shortcuts page, `chrome://extensions/shortcuts`.

Each way opens the same Jetwriter window. What differs is what Jetwriter starts with:

| How you open it | What Jetwriter starts with |
| --- | --- |
| The toolbar icon or the shortcut | The page you're on, so you can ask about it or ask anything else. |
| Right-click, then **Jetwriter AI** | The text you selected, or the page if nothing is selected. |
| The toolbar on selected text | The text you selected. |
| **AI Reply** or **AI Compose** | The email or conversation you're answering. |

## Click the Jetwriter icon in the toolbar

1.  Click the Jetwriter AI icon at the top right of your browser, next to the address bar.
2.  If you don't see it, click the Extensions icon (the puzzle piece) there and choose **Jetwriter AI**. To keep the icon in view, click the pin next to Jetwriter AI in that list.

The Jetwriter window opens over the page with a **Page:** tag showing the page's title: Jetwriter reads the page, so you can ask about it or have it summarized. To ask about something else, remove the tag with its × and type your question. Click the icon again to close the window.

## Press the keyboard shortcut

Press Ctrl+Shift+K on Windows, Linux and ChromeOS, or Cmd+Shift+K on a Mac. It does the same as clicking the toolbar icon, on whatever page you're on. Press it again to close the window.

If the shortcut does nothing, your browser may have no shortcut set for Jetwriter, for example because another extension already uses those keys. Set one on your browser's shortcuts page, `chrome://extensions/shortcuts` (`edge://extensions/shortcuts` in Edge).

## Change the keyboard shortcut

Your browser, not Jetwriter, keeps extension shortcuts, so you change it on the browser's shortcuts page:

1.  Type `chrome://extensions/shortcuts` in the address bar and press Enter. In Edge, type `edge://extensions/shortcuts`; in Brave, `brave://extensions/shortcuts`.
2.  Find **Jetwriter AI** in the list and click the pencil icon next to its shortcut.
3.  Press the keys you want to use. If the browser doesn't accept them, try a combination with Ctrl or Alt (Cmd or Option on a Mac) and a letter.

The new keys open and close Jetwriter from then on.

You can also reach that page from Jetwriter: click your profile icon at the top right of the Jetwriter window, choose **Settings**, and click **Change** (2). Your current shortcut shows next to it (1); if no keys show there, no shortcut is set.

![The Jetwriter AI Settings window, with the Extension Shortcut section showing the shortcut Shift Command K and a Change button.](https://jetwriter.ai/images/help/ways-to-open-jetwriter/shortcut-setting.webp)

Jetwriter's settings show your current shortcut, and Change opens the browser's shortcuts page.

*Numbers in the screenshot:* (1) Your shortcut; (2) Change

## Right\-click and choose Jetwriter AI

1.  Right-click anywhere on the page. To ask about some text, select it first and right-click it.
2.  Choose **Jetwriter AI** in the menu.

With text selected, Jetwriter opens with that text, ready for your question, such as "Explain this" or "Reply to this politely". With nothing selected, it reads the whole page, as the toolbar icon does.

## Select text and use the toolbar

1.  Select some text on any page or in any text box.
2.  A small blue dot appears next to the pointer for 2 seconds. Move the pointer over it to open the toolbar.
3.  Click the Jetwriter logo at the start of the toolbar (1). When you point at it, it says **Ask AI**. Jetwriter opens with the text you selected, and the box says "Ask AI about the selected text".

![A paragraph selected in a Gmail reply, with the Jetwriter toolbar under it: the Jetwriter logo first, then buttons for quick actions and a close button.](https://jetwriter.ai/images/help/ways-to-open-jetwriter/selection-toolbar.webp)

Select text and the toolbar appears; its first button, the Jetwriter logo, opens Jetwriter with that text.

*Numbers in the screenshot:* (1) Ask AI

The other buttons in that toolbar fix, rewrite or translate the selected text in one click: see [Fix, rewrite or translate selected text](https://jetwriter.ai/help/quick-actions). If the dot never appears, the toolbar may be turned off for that site or set to show only while you hold a key: see [Hide the Jetwriter popup on a site, or everywhere](https://jetwriter.ai/help/hide-the-popup).

## Click AI Reply or AI Compose in supported sites

In Gmail, Outlook on the web, WhatsApp Web, LinkedIn, Slack, X, Zoho Mail, Zendesk and Freshdesk, Jetwriter adds an **AI Reply** button to the page, and an **AI Compose** button where you write a new message. It opens Jetwriter with the email or conversation, so the reply fits it. See [Reply to an email in Gmail with AI Reply](https://jetwriter.ai/help/reply-in-gmail), and [The AI Reply button isn't showing](https://jetwriter.ai/help/ai-reply-button-missing) if you can't find it.

## If Jetwriter doesn't open

-   **"Extension is not supported on this page. Please visit a regular website like Gmail and then launch this extension."** Browsers don't let extensions run on their own pages, such as a new tab, the settings and extensions pages, and the Chrome Web Store. Go to a website and open Jetwriter there.
-   **"Could not load the extension. Please reload the page and try again."** The tab was open before Jetwriter was installed or updated. Reload it: press F5, or Cmd+R on a Mac.
-   **The shortcut does nothing.** Check that Jetwriter has one on your browser's shortcuts page, `chrome://extensions/shortcuts`, and that you're on a website rather than one of the browser's own pages.

For anything else, see [Jetwriter isn't working or shows an error](https://jetwriter.ai/help/not-working).

## Related articles

- [Fix, rewrite or translate selected text](https://jetwriter.ai/help/quick-actions.md): Select text on any page, point at the blue dot, then pick Fix spelling & grammar, Translate, Summarize or one of your own quick actions.
- [The AI Reply button isn't showing](https://jetwriter.ai/help/ai-reply-button-missing.md): Reload the page first. If AI Reply still doesn't appear, check the site and browser are supported and the extension is on and up to date.
- [Find Jetwriter's settings](https://jetwriter.ai/help/find-settings.md): Jetwriter's settings are under the extension's profile icon, in the web app's Settings at jetwriter.ai/app, and on your account page at jetwriter.ai/dashboard.
- [Where Jetwriter works: browsers, sites and devices](https://jetwriter.ai/help/where-jetwriter-works.md): The extension works in Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera and Vivaldi on a computer, on any website. In Firefox, Safari and on phones, use the web app.

## Still need help?

Email support@jetwriter.ai.