Quick chat doesn't work in the new ChatGPT/Codex desktop app on Mac #35970

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4. alexdernie commented on Jul 30, 2026

   

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   My mistake - for anyone else struggling, this is called Popout window hotkey and does work, just needs a hotkey assigned to it first

   

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6. DavsterTheNoob commented on Aug 26, 2026

   

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   Well, hang on, cos there IS a bug here it seems, or at least confusing af behaviour right now that doesn't seem adequately explained.

   In the shortcuts page, there's no info at all about whether a shortcut applies to or works in the different modes. Some are obviously Codex-focussed, others not-so-much.

   The quick chat feature for example, the thing that @alexdernie was originally talking about - why is that only in "codex" mode? It just silently fails if you're outside of that. Then, the 'popout in new window' shortcut doesn't work on quick chat at all - so, the popout quick chat feature is only accessible by... Switch to Codex mode (shortcut possible, default is ^3) -> New Quick Chat button (shortcut possible once in Codex mode, option+shift+n, the rest of the time it just fails silently) -> "Open chat in new window" button top-right of quick chat window (no shortcut).

   If you set a shortcut for increasing/decreasing reasoning levels, it doesn't work in the chat mode chats. wtf is that?

   Why the heck is there a "send message" shortcut that reads as unassigned!? Assign it, and it doesn't seem to change anything.

   There's a shortcut for "open in new window" but that only opens a whole new full-on ChatGPT window.

   Given that literally everything about the quick chat works just fine in work mode, except for opening it, it really seems like a bug. Switch to codex, open quick chat, go back to Work mode, it works fine. If you click "add to codex" in the quick chat, whether as part of the popup within the main window, or its own window, it even adds it to the current active chat whether its codex or Work. Literally makes no sense.

   And just wtf is the point in 'side chat' anyway guys, you can't even set the side chat to use the 'chat' mode - that's only the 'quick chat'. When you close it it disappears and is lost forever - but you could have just burnt 20m of 5.6 Ultra use. There's 'temporary chat' for that - just, what the heck is the point lol, side chat just seems the worst of both worlds.

   And, the find-a-shortcut feature that lets you press the combination and the shortcut assigned to it pops up (which is a great feature to include) has some major design flaws:

   • If you clear the shortcut, it instantly is filtered out of the results so you can't rebind it meaning you have to go and find it again. Given that the same shortcut can only be assigned to one thing at a time anyway, this really seems bizarre.
   • Once you've found a shortcut via that filter, if you disengage the key-press filter, the found shortcut doesn't remain in position it just drops back to the full list and you have to go hunting for it. Utterly infuriating.
   • if you find, on a filtered list either via command name or by key-press, that there's a clash... it doesn't let you clear or overwrite the clash from where you are, meaning you have to remember the name that shows up, go and change or clear that command, and then come back.

   Shortcuts feature is very messy rn.

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   And then, separately, the "Popout window hotkey" button opens a popup window that kinda looks like the old option+spacebar ChatGPT Classic feature, but, for some reason they've made it so it can't use the 'chat' mode.

   Seems a very bizarre choice - why on earth would you want to open a popup chat like that, that starts a new agentic thread...? It doesn't seem to let you open the currently active chat as a popout, even. Just, what the heck is the point, honestly. It doesn't support 'work with apps' like the Classic one, even. It doesn't seem to stay on top. You can't seem to toggle it on and off for easy access. It's just... worse.

   Imo the popout window should work like the ChatGPT Classic one, but updated with the latest model controls (reasoning levels etc).

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