The palette doesn’t open

A few things to check:

• Make sure the extension is loaded and enabled in your browser extension management.
• Make sure shortcuts are mapped, see Keyboard Shortcuts.
• If you installed it before an update, reopen your tabs once — the palette injects into already-open tabs on update.
• Some browsers refuse to inject on certain pages. See Browser Support for the pages where the palette won’t appear.

My custom shortcut won’t work / conflicts with a website’s shortcut

Websites can register their own keyboard shortcuts. Hacklets registers your shortcuts to take precedence, but on rare occasions a site wins the key first. You can rebind the palette shortcuts to keys the site doesn’t use — see Keyboard Shortcuts.

My shortcut conflicts with a browser’s shortcut

See Keyboard Shortcuts to understand different browser behaviours and learn about workarounds.

User script from the filesystem show a stale file list

The browser’s File System Access API returns a cached snapshot of the folder, so newly added or renamed files may not appear immediately. Two things help:

• Re-pick the folder in settings to get a guaranteed-fresh handle.
• Accept the delay — Chrome syncs the cache periodically on its own.

Note that when a folder command runs, the script is always read fresh from disk, so you always execute the latest code.

Folder commands don’t work at all

Hacklets uses the File System Access API, which Firefox doesn’t support.

On Firefox, the extension still works — built-in commands, bookmarks, and bookmarklets — but folder commands are unavailable. See Browser Support.

Where is my data stored?

Everything stays on your device in your browser’s local storage. Nothing is synced or sent to a server. See the Privacy Policy.

How do I reset the “recent items” ranking?

Run the Reset Recent Items command from the commands palette. It clears the usage history that powers smart ranking.

Why does it need permission ”…”?

Extensions declare permissions needed to perform certain actions like running scripts, manipulating pages/UI or fetching content.

See Permissions for explanations for each of the requested permissions.

How do I uninstall?

Use your browser’s extension management to remove the extension.

On Chrome: right-click the extension icon → Remove from Chrome.

Your browser data (bookmarks, tabs) and user scripts on disk are untouched — only the extension’s own stored preferences are removed.