Configuring Start/Stop Hotkeys in Auto Click Draco

Most real auto-clicking work happens while another app is focused — a game, a browser, a remote desktop, or a creative tool. If you have to alt-tab back to Auto Click Draco every time you want to start or stop, you've lost the productivity win.

A global hotkey solves this. Once configured, the shortcut works system-wide on macOS. You can be deep inside a fullscreen game or a focused browser tab and still toggle the click loop without breaking flow or losing your cursor position.

Open the Start / Stop Options card and click inside the hotkey field. The field switches to Recording mode and displays a prompt asking you to press your desired key combination.

Press the combination you want to bind — for example, Control+Option+Space (⌃⌥Space), Command+Shift+K (⌘⇧K), or Function+F8. Auto Click Draco captures the modifiers and the main key, then saves the shortcut automatically. You'll see the new combination displayed in the field once it's saved.

If you want to change the hotkey later, just click the field again and record a new combination. The old one is overwritten and stops working immediately.

The best hotkey is one that doesn't conflict with anything else. macOS itself reserves a lot of shortcuts (⌘Space for Spotlight, ⌘Tab for app switching, ⌘C/V/X for clipboard, ⌘⇧3/4 for screenshots). Apps you use heavily reserve their own. Stepping on either of these means your hotkey will fail to fire — or worse, do something unexpected in the foreground app.

A reliable pattern is two modifiers plus a function key or a less common letter — for example, ⌃⌥F9 or ⌘⌃J. Three-modifier combinations like ⌘⌥⌃Space are even safer but harder on the fingers.

Avoid single-modifier shortcuts (just ⌘ or ⌥ plus a letter). They almost always conflict with the focused app.

Once recorded, the hotkey is a toggle. Press it once to start clicking, press it again to stop. You don't need Auto Click Draco to be the focused app — that's the whole point. The shortcut works whether you're in Safari, Chrome, a game, Final Cut, Terminal, or any other window.

The hotkey respects every other setting you've configured. If Stop After is set to 100 clicks, pressing the hotkey starts the session and Auto Click Draco still ends it after exactly 100 clicks. If a start delay is configured, the delay still runs after you press the hotkey before the first click fires.

Global hotkeys on macOS require Accessibility permission. The first time you record a hotkey, macOS may prompt you to allow Auto Click Draco in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility. Toggle it on and you're set.

If your hotkey isn't firing, the most likely cause is a conflict with another app or a system shortcut. Try a different combination. The second most likely cause is missing Accessibility permission — recheck the Privacy & Security panel.