Shortcuts And Tabs

In this video, we are going to look at two main things that make responding to chats even easier: shortcuts and tabs (including all the little buttons you can access whilst you are in a chat).

Shortcuts are canned responses. You can use them instead of typing the same answer over and over again.

There are five main benefits of using shortcuts:

1. They improve efficiency.
2. They reduce the number of errors you and your team make.
3. They make it easier to respond on mobile.
4. They can help you train and scale your team.
5. They ensure everyone in your business is responding in a consistent manner.

There are shortcuts and there are global shortcuts.

Global shortcuts are found in the ‘Edit Profile’ menu here.

Global shortcuts can be used only by you only, across any property. Only you have access to these shortcuts — no one else on your team. So you can personalize them for the way you would like to respond.

Every member of the property has access to the other shortcuts in the ‘Administration’ menu.

To add a new shortcut, follow these steps:

– Click on the ‘Administration’ (Gear) icon in the upper tab menu. 
– Select ‘Shortcuts’ from the menu.
– Then click ‘Add Shortcut’ in the top-right hand corner.

Remember, don’t include the forward slash in the shortcut name. And we recommend using all lower case. You can also add a new shortcut whilst you’re in a chat, how efficient is that?

Here’s how:

– When you’re in a chat, click the ‘Shortcut’ tab.
– Then click ‘Add’ in the top right-hand corner.
– Add the shortcut name here — remember, don’t include the forward slas.
– Add the response here.

The tabs in the top right-hand corner allow you to access important information whilst responding to a visitor in chat, so you don’t have to leave the conversation.

The first one is the ‘Information’ tab. This is where you can see the name, email address, location and IP of the visitor. If the visitor hasn’t entered their contact details in a pre-chat form, you can save the visitor’s details whilst in a conversation by entering the info here. You can then access this information in the ‘Contacts’ section of the dashboard, found here. From the ‘Information’ tab, you can also see where the visitor has navigated on your website.

The next one is the ‘Shortcuts’ tab. You can search for the relevant shortcut, or canned response, here. You can also create new shortcuts while you’re in a conversation. Really handy, right?

This is the ‘Knowledge Base’ tab. This is where you and your team can access any relevant information about your business, for example, price lists or serviceable areas. I’ll show you in a moment where you can create and edit these tabs.

The last one is the ‘History’ tab. Here, you can see if the visitor has been in a chat with you or one of your team members before. You can also access and search through any chats taken in the past.

You can edit your tabs or create new tabs from the ‘Administration’ menu of the tawk.to dashboard:

– Click on the ‘Administration’ (Gear) icon in the upper tab menu.
– Then select ‘Tabs’ in the menu

– A new tab could be a URL, text, or menu item. So get creative and make it even easier to respond to your visitors

There are a couple more buttons I want to introduce you to. You can create a ticket whilst in a conversation. You can copy the chat transcript here and you can even ban a visitor.

For more information or for links to the relevant articles in our knowledge base, please check the description below. We also have 24×7 chat available on our website.

Next up, I’m going to give you three tips on how to turn your chats into conversations and create a great experience for your visitors.

Creating And Managing Shortcuts

You can create, and use Shortcuts (canned responses) to answer common questions by simply typing/followed by a keyword.