PathfinderPrototyping · St. Paul MN

Plugin support

Support & FAQ

Help for every Pathfinder Prototyping Stream Deck plugin. Most issues are covered by the quick fixes below: they apply to the whole family, because every plugin is built on the same engine. Plugin-specific notes follow. Still stuck? Write us and a human answers.

Quick fixes

Keys press but nothing happens in the app

Our plugins send keystrokes to the active window. The target application has to be focused when you press the key. Click inside the app first, then press.

Some apps want focus in a specific place: KiCad needs one click on the board or schematic canvas before it listens to the keyboard. See the plugin notes below.

A command fires the wrong thing, or nothing, in the app

Every key sends that command's default hotkey. If you have remapped shortcuts inside the target application, the default no longer matches your setup.

Fix: select the key in the Stream Deck app, open its settings, and use the custom hotkey capture to record the shortcut you actually use. Every key in every plugin supports this.

Keys turned blank or stopped working after a Stream Deck restart

The Stream Deck software verifies Marketplace ownership at every start. Make sure the Stream Deck app is signed in to the same Elgato account that got the plugin from the Marketplace, then reinstall the plugin from your Marketplace library.

The bundled profile did not show up

The profile installs when you first press an Open Category key, or via the prompt shown when the plugin installs. If you dismissed the prompt, press any Open Category key and accept the install.

Bundled profiles are laid out for the standard 15-key Stream Deck. The actions work on every Stream Deck model, but the pre-built pages assume 15 keys.

Some category pages have empty spaces

Intentional. We only pre-place keys for commands that ship with a default hotkey in the target app. Commands that are unbound by default get no key, so a key never lies about what it will do. Assign the shortcut in the app, then add the key yourself with the category action and hotkey capture.

Reinstalling the plugin seems to do nothing

Installing the same version over itself is silently skipped by the Stream Deck software. Uninstall the plugin first (right-click it in the Stream Deck app's plugin list), restart the Stream Deck app, then install again.

What do I need to run these plugins?

Windows 10 or later and Stream Deck software 6.9 or later, plus the target application installed on the same PC. Our current catalog is Windows-only; the target app's own OS support is listed on each Marketplace page.

Plugin notes

OrcaSlicer Hotkeys

3D printing · 76 commands · 13 categories

  • OrcaSlicer must be the active window; click the 3D viewport before firing view or selection keys.

LightBurn Hotkeys

Laser workflow · live status key

  • The Status key talks to LightBurn on the same PC (UDP port 19840). If it shows no state, confirm LightBurn is running and nothing is blocking local UDP.
  • Machine state reads through LightBurn, so the laser link in LightBurn must be connected for job status.

KiCad Hotkeys

PCB design · schematic + layout

  • Click the canvas once after switching windows: KiCad's drawing canvas only listens to the keyboard after a mouse click inside it.
  • Keys apply to whichever editor is focused, schematic or board.

Inkscape Hotkeys

Vector design

  • Tool keys match Inkscape's default keymap; if you use a custom keymap, remap keys with the hotkey capture.

GIMP Hotkeys

Image editing · 88 commands

  • Focus the image window (not a docked dialog) before firing tool and selection keys.

Obsidian Hotkeys

Knowledge work

  • Obsidian lets you rebind almost everything. If a key misfires, match it to your bindings in Settings, then use the hotkey capture on that key.

PureRef Hotkeys

Reference boards · mode-aware draw keys

  • Draw keys follow PureRef's current tool mode, so the same key can behave differently while a drawing tool is active. That is by design.

Plasticity Hotkeys

CAD modeling · per-key sounds

  • Per-key sounds play through the system default output device.
  • Plasticity's keymap is user-editable; remapped commands need the hotkey capture, same as everywhere else.

FreeCAD Hotkeys

Parametric CAD · 330 commands · 27 categories

  • Commands are grouped by workbench; a command does nothing if its workbench is not active in FreeCAD.
  • The Status key reflects the active document state read from FreeCAD itself.

Windows Terminal Hotkeys

Development

  • Keys send Windows Terminal's default bindings. If you customized actions in settings, remap the affected keys with the hotkey capture.

Clipchamp Hotkeys

Video editing · Clipchamp Windows app

  • Built for the Clipchamp Windows app, not Clipchamp in a browser tab.
  • Clipchamp updates frequently; if a key stops landing after a Clipchamp update, tell us and we ship a fix.

SolidWorks Hotkeys

Mechanical CAD

  • SolidWorks must be running with a document open; several commands route through SolidWorks' own API and need an active session.

Claude Complete Controller

AI tooling · Claude Code

  • Requires Claude Code installed; the plugin's session monitoring connects to a local helper that starts with the plugin.

Still stuck?

Write us

Include the plugin name, your Stream Deck software version, and what you pressed vs. what happened. Screenshots help.

tony@pathfinderprototyping.com