PathfinderPrototyping · St. Paul MN

Laser · Stream Deck plugin

LightBurn Hotkeys

The plugin reads LightBurn's own window while you work, so a key tells you the truth before you press it. Machine motion is never mapped to a dial.

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What it does

What you need

Windows 10 or later, Stream Deck software 6.9 or newer, and LightBurn. Built and tested against LightBurn Pro 2.1.04. Keystrokes go to the focused window.

Support

Good to know

  • Built and tested against LightBurn Pro 2.1.04 on Windows 10 and 11. Requires the Windows Stream Deck app 6.9 or later. Profiles are bundled for six decks: the 15-key Stream Deck, the Stream Deck +, the Stream Deck + XL, the 32-key Stream Deck XL, the Stream Deck Mini and the Stream Deck Neo.
  • LightBurn has to be running for the live faces and the Status key, and the readouts blank when it is not. Keystrokes go to the focused window, and a foreground guard holds them back when LightBurn is not in front.
  • Dial presses that click LightBurn's own panels, such as Layer Color's mode cycle, pull LightBurn to the front. No dial moves the laser head, and the eight machine-motion bindings (Start, Send, Home, Auto Focus and the four jogs) are deliberately not shipped.
  • Drag modifiers are true hold keys: the modifier stays down while you hold the key and lifts when you let go.
  • Changed a binding in LightBurn? Capture any combination in the Custom Hotkey field and the key sends exactly that from then on.

True of every plugin we make

  • Every key carries the app's own shortcut for that command, and every key is remappable. Type your combination into the key's property inspector (its settings panel in the Stream Deck app) or click Capture and press it once. Where an app leaves a command unbound, the key still reaches it by the route that app exposes.
  • Keystrokes go to the front window and nothing steals focus, so keep the target app in front when you press.
  • Every command has its own drawn key art, so the deck reads at a glance instead of listing shortcuts.

Read the full quick fixes, or see this plugin on the support hub.

Still stuck? Email [email protected] with the plugin name, your Stream Deck software version, and what you pressed versus what happened. A human answers.