Folge User Manual

# Application Settings

You can access settings by clicking the Folge icon in the tray or menu bar and selecting Settings, or from within the app via the Menu sidebar.

Settings page

# Capturing

Settings page

# Capture outside clicks

Default: Off

By default, Folge only captures screenshots when you click inside the capturing area (the dotted rectangle you resize before starting). Enable this to also capture clicks outside the area.

# Screenshot delay

Default: 0 ms

Adds a delay (in milliseconds) between a mouse click and the screenshot capture. Useful when the app you're documenting has slow UI transitions or animations.

# Simple Capture confirmation

Default: On

When performing a simple capture, you normally confirm the selection by clicking OK. Toggle this Off to take the screenshot immediately after you release the mouse.

# Show Cursor

Default: Mac Pointer (macOS) / Windows Pointer (Windows)

Controls which cursor icon is overlaid on your screenshots at the click location.

  • Cursor type — None, Windows Pointer, Windows Hand, Mac Pointer, Text, Mac Hand
  • Size — XS, S, M, L, XL

# Mark clicked area

Default: Circle

Adds a hotspot shape around the click location on your screenshots to draw attention to where you clicked.

  • Shape — None, Circle
  • Size — XS, S, M, L, XL
  • Fill color and Border color — customizable when a shape is selected
  • Border width — controls the thickness of the circle border

# Hotkey Capture Cursor

Default: Off

When enabled, hotkey-triggered captures will mark the cursor position on the screenshot (just like click-triggered captures do).

# Mode

Controls how Folge triggers screenshots during capture:

  1. Capture on mouse click — the default. Every mouse click triggers a capture.
  2. Capture with mouse click and key pressed — only captures when you hold a specified key (Cmd/Alt/Control/Shift) and click.
  3. No capture when mouse clicked and key is pressed — captures on every click except when holding the specified key. Useful when you need to interact with your app without capturing.
  4. No capture on mouse click — disables click-based capture entirely. Use hotkeys to capture manually.

# Automated annotations

Default: On

When you click a UI element (button, input, link, etc.), Folge attempts to extract its metadata and prefill the step title automatically.

  • Step title — parsed (default: Click "[[element-name]]") — Used when Folge successfully identifies the clicked element. The [[element-name]] placeholder is replaced with the element's text or type. For example, clicking a "Submit" button produces Click "Submit".

  • Step title — not parsed (default: Click here) — Used when Folge can't extract meaningful information from the clicked element.

# Hotkeys

Settings page

Define keyboard shortcuts to speed up your capturing workflow. Each hotkey can be customized by clicking the input field and pressing your desired key combination.

# Start and complete capturing

Triggers the start and end of the capturing process. When used to start, a new guide is created automatically.

# Pause and resume capturing

Pauses or resumes capturing while in capture mode. Same effect as clicking Pause/Finish in the floating capture window.

# Capture a screenshot

Takes a screenshot during capture without needing to click. Useful for capturing a specific state without triggering any UI interaction.

# Take simple screenshot

Available while editing a guide. Pressing this shortcut immediately starts a simple screenshot capture, which is appended to the current guide as a new step.

# Application

Settings page

# Focused view for new steps

Default: On

When enabled, all newly created steps start with Focused View mode active. Focused View can also be toggled on individual steps or at the guide level. Read more about Focused View.

# Enable spellchecker in editor

Default: On

Enables spellcheck in guide and step description editors. To change the spellcheck language, right-click in the editor and select your preferred language.

WARNING

Changing this option requires an app restart.

# App language

Folge is available in English, German, and French.

# Date format

Default: System Default

Choose how dates are displayed throughout the app:

  • System Default
  • dd-mm-yyyy / dd/mm/yyyy
  • mm-dd-yyyy / mm/dd/yyyy
  • yyyy-mm-dd / yyyy/mm/dd

# Preview PDF Steps

Default: 5

Controls how many steps are included when previewing a PDF export. Adjustable from 1 to 99.

# Open folder after export

Default: On

When enabled, Folge opens the file explorer at the export location after exporting a guide.

# Compatibility capturing mode

Enables an alternative capture method that works better with virtual machines, older Windows machines, and screen sharing software. Enable this if you experience issues with the default capture mode.

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