App settings and shortcuts

These settings shape how GeckoGrid looks and behaves day to day. They live in Settings > Application. Scan settings are covered in how scans run and exports in exporting results.

Interface size

Interface size makes text, controls, and the map larger or smaller: 80%, 90%, 100% (the default), 110%, or 125%. Pages reflow to fit, so a smaller size gives a laptop screen more room. It applies immediately and is saved per computer, so a laptop and a desktop can each keep their own size.

From anywhere in the app, Ctrl with + or - steps the size up or down, and Ctrl+0 resets it to 100%.

On a scan, the side panel with Top Competitors folds away to a thin strip from the round handle on its edge, giving the map the full width. GeckoGrid remembers whether you left it open.

Formats

The Formats card sets how dates, times, and distances are shown across the app, including on exported heatmap images.

Setting	Choices
Date format	Match this computer, month first (Oct 19, 2026), day first (19 Oct 2026), or year first (2026-10-19)
Time format	Match this computer, 12-hour (2:30 PM), or 24-hour (14:30)
Distance units	Meters and kilometers, or feet and miles
First day of the week	Sunday or Monday

A fresh install matches your computer’s region for dates and times and uses meters. Changes apply everywhere as soon as you save settings.

Formats only change what you see:

Grid spacing is always stored in meters. Switching to miles never changes a project’s grid, and a spacing typed in miles is rounded to the nearest meter.
Export file names always use YYYY-MM-DD, so files sort in date order whatever format you pick.
Reports built by your AI agent and its tool responses keep their own formats.

Turn on Start GeckoGrid when I sign in and the app starts in the tray each time you sign in to your computer, so scheduled scans run without you opening it. Double-click the tray icon to open the window. The setting applies as soon as you switch it.

Notifications

With Notify me when scans finish on, GeckoGrid shows one desktop notification when its scan queue empties: how many scans finished, and how many failed. A single failed scan includes the reason.

Notifications only appear while GeckoGrid is in the tray or behind other windows. When you are looking at the app, the in-app progress already tells you.

Closing and the window

When I close the window chooses between minimizing to the tray, quitting, or asking each time. Minimized to the tray, scans, schedules, and the agent connection keep running.

GeckoGrid remembers the window’s size and position between launches. If the remembered size does not fit the current screen, the window opens maximized.

Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcut	What it does
Ctrl with + or -	Make the interface larger or smaller
Ctrl+0	Reset the interface size to 100%
/ or Ctrl+K	Focus the search box on the Projects, Schedules, and Logs pages
Ctrl+N	Start a new project (on the Projects page)
Esc	Close a dialog or the point results panel, or clear a search
Left and Right arrows	On a scan, step to the older or newer scan of the same keyword
Enter	In the keyword field, add the keyword; in the Address field, look the address up

On a Mac, use Command in place of Ctrl.

The Projects page

Each project card shows the project’s average map rank with its change since the previous scans, when it was last scanned, and when its next scheduled scan runs. Click anywhere on a card to open the project.

Sort by recently updated, recently scanned, worst rank, best rank, or name. Projects that have never been scanned go last.
Search matches the project name, business name, address, and keywords.
Duplicate (the icon on a card) opens the new project form filled in from that project, which is handy for a client’s second location.

Your sort choice and the Clients or Prospects tab are remembered.

Logs

The Logs page records scans, schedules, exports, and system events. Expand an entry and click Copy entry to copy it, or click Export to save every entry matching the current filters as a text file in your export folder. Both are useful when you contact support.