# Focus and shortcuts (/docs/guides/focus-and-shortcuts)

Understand focus suspension, menu search, zoom shortcuts, quitting, and appearance resets.

## Control the focus check [#control-the-focus-check]

**Debug > Debug Diagnostics > CS2 Focus Check** is enabled by default. While another window has focus, the application clears the game overlay, suspends synthetic input, and stops processing gameplay keybinds. Input modules resume when CS2 regains focus.

The settings menu remains available while CS2 is unfocused. A running web radar continues receiving snapshots, and its start and stop controls still work. See [Web radar](/docs/guides/web-radar).

Turn off **CS2 Focus Check** if you need overlay rendering and input processing to continue without CS2 focused. Save the profile through **Config > Save** to keep that choice.

## Search and resize the menu [#search-and-resize-the-menu]

These shortcuts apply while the settings menu has keyboard focus:

| Shortcut                           | Action                                         |
| ---------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| `Ctrl+F` or `Ctrl+K`               | Open or close settings search.                 |
| `Up` / `Down` in search            | Select a result.                               |
| `Enter` in search                  | Open the selected result.                      |
| `Esc` in search                    | Close search.                                  |
| `Ctrl+=` or `Ctrl` with keypad `+` | Increase menu scale by five percentage points. |
| `Ctrl+-` or `Ctrl` with keypad `-` | Decrease menu scale by five percentage points. |
| `Ctrl+0` or `Ctrl` with keypad `0` | Reset menu scale to 100%.                      |

Menu scale stays between 75% and 200%. You can also choose a scale under **Config > Menu Appearance**. Scale and appearance changes save automatically in `_settings.json`.

While capturing a keybind, the menu captures the next key before processing search or zoom shortcuts. Finish capture first. See [Keybinds](/docs/guides/keybinds).

## Quit the application [#quit-the-application]

**Config > Menu Appearance > Ctrl+Q Quits App** is enabled by default. With it enabled, `Ctrl+Q` requests application shutdown when gameplay input processing is active.

The focus check runs before this shortcut. With **CS2 Focus Check** enabled, focus CS2 before pressing `Ctrl+Q`. With the check disabled, the shortcut can run while another window is focused.

To quit from the settings menu while CS2 is unfocused, use **Config > Close Program > Unload**.

## Reset menu appearance [#reset-menu-appearance]

Click **Config > Menu Appearance > Reset Menu Appearance** to restore default colors, 100% scale, and animation preferences. The reset also turns **Ctrl+Q Quits App** back on. It preserves which feature sections are collapsed.

The reset updates menu preferences automatically. It does not reset gameplay settings or change the selected startup profile. See [Configuration](/docs/concepts/configuration) for the distinction between profiles and `_settings.json`.