diff --git a/src/components/App.css b/src/components/App.scss
similarity index 78%
rename from src/components/App.css
rename to src/components/App.scss
index 10564a5..4ca81e6 100755
--- a/src/components/App.css
+++ b/src/components/App.scss
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+@import "./vars.scss";
+
 .App {
   background-color: white;
   color: rgb(110,109,95);
@@ -14,6 +16,17 @@
       font-size: .625rem;
     }
   }
+  h2 {
+    font-size: .75rem;
+  }
+  h3 {
+    font-size: .75rem;
+  }
+  hr {
+    border-top: solid 1px $dark-gray;
+    height: 0;
+    margin: 20px 0 0;
+  }
   .buttons {
     display: flex;
     flex-direction: column;
@@ -46,6 +59,13 @@
     }
   }
 
+  .error-message {
+    color: #d00;
+    font-size: .75rem;
+    margin: 0;
+    padding: 0;
+  }
+
   .visually-hidden {
     border: 0;
     clip: rect(0, 0, 0, 0);
diff --git a/src/components/App.tsx b/src/components/App.tsx
index 0372187..db71fe3 100755
--- a/src/components/App.tsx
+++ b/src/components/App.tsx
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ import { ChatTranscriptComponent } from "./chat-transcript";
 import { ChatTranscript, ChatMessage } from "../types";
 import { timeStamp } from "../utils";
 import { ReadAloudMenu } from "./readaloud-menu";
+import { KeyboardShortcutControls } from "./keyboard-shortcut-controls";
 
-import "./App.css";
+import "./App.scss";
 
 const kPluginName = "DAVAI";
 const kVersion = "0.0.1";
@@ -30,15 +31,27 @@ export const App = () => {
   const [chatTranscript, setChatTranscript] = useState<ChatTranscript>({messages: [{speaker: "DAVAI", content: greeting, timestamp: timeStamp()}]});
   const [readAloudEnabled, setReadAloudEnabled] = useState(false);
   const [playbackSpeed, setPlaybackSpeed] = useState(1);
+  const [keyboardShortcutEnabled, setKeyboardShortcutEnabled] = useState(true);
+  const [keyboardShortcutKeys, setKeyboardShortcutKeys] = useState("Ctrl+Command+A");
 
   useEffect(() => {
     initializePlugin({pluginName: kPluginName, version: kVersion, dimensions: kInitialDimensions});
+    selectSelf();
   }, []);
 
   const handleFocusShortcut = () => {
     selectSelf();
   };
 
+  const handleToggleShortcut = () => {
+    setKeyboardShortcutEnabled(!keyboardShortcutEnabled);
+  };
+
+  const handleCustomizeShortcut = (shortcut: string) => {
+    console.log("2 Customizing shortcut to", shortcut);
+    setKeyboardShortcutKeys(shortcut);
+  };
+
   const handleSetReadAloudEnabled = () => {
     setReadAloudEnabled(!readAloudEnabled);
   };
@@ -68,13 +81,25 @@ export const App = () => {
         </h1>
       </header>
       <ChatTranscriptComponent chatTranscript={chatTranscript} />
-      <ChatInputComponent onSubmit={handleChatInputSubmit} onKeyboardShortcut={handleFocusShortcut} />
+      <ChatInputComponent
+        keyboardShortcutEnabled={keyboardShortcutEnabled}
+        onSubmit={handleChatInputSubmit}
+        onKeyboardShortcut={handleFocusShortcut}
+      />
       <ReadAloudMenu
         enabled={readAloudEnabled}
         onToggle={handleSetReadAloudEnabled}
         playbackSpeed={playbackSpeed}
         onPlaybackSpeedSelect={handleSetPlaybackSpeed}
       />
+      <hr />
+      <h2>Options</h2>
+      <KeyboardShortcutControls
+        shortcutEnabled={keyboardShortcutEnabled}
+        shortcutKeys={keyboardShortcutKeys}
+        onCustomizeShortcut={handleCustomizeShortcut}
+        onToggleShortcut={handleToggleShortcut}
+      />
     </div>
   );
 };
diff --git a/src/components/chat-input.scss b/src/components/chat-input.scss
index 6e30342..43604ea 100644
--- a/src/components/chat-input.scss
+++ b/src/components/chat-input.scss
@@ -19,13 +19,6 @@
     padding: 8px 10px;
   }
 
-  .error {
-    color: #d00;
-    font-size: .75rem;
-    margin: 0;
-    padding: 0;
-  }
-
   .buttons-container {
     align-items: center;
     display: flex;
diff --git a/src/components/chat-input.test.tsx b/src/components/chat-input.test.tsx
index 0bccbc6..0c4fcb1 100644
--- a/src/components/chat-input.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/chat-input.test.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ describe("test chat input component", () => {
   const mockHandleSubmit = jest.fn();
 
   it("renders a textarea and submit button that lets user send chat messages", () => {
-    render(<ChatInputComponent onSubmit={mockHandleSubmit} onKeyboardShortcut={jest.fn()} />);
+    render(<ChatInputComponent keyboardShortcutEnabled={true} onSubmit={mockHandleSubmit} onKeyboardShortcut={jest.fn()} />);
 
     const chatInput = screen.getByTestId("chat-input");
     const chatInputLabel = within(chatInput).getByTestId("chat-input-label");
diff --git a/src/components/chat-input.tsx b/src/components/chat-input.tsx
index 317f557..145e6d2 100644
--- a/src/components/chat-input.tsx
+++ b/src/components/chat-input.tsx
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ import { isInputElement } from "../utils";
 import "./chat-input.scss";
 
 interface IProps {
+  keyboardShortcutEnabled: boolean;
   onKeyboardShortcut: () => void;
   onSubmit: (messageText: string) => void;
 }
 
-export const ChatInputComponent = ({onKeyboardShortcut, onSubmit}: IProps) => {
+export const ChatInputComponent = ({keyboardShortcutEnabled, onKeyboardShortcut, onSubmit}: IProps) => {
   const textAreaRef = useRef<HTMLTextAreaElement>(null);
   // const [browserSupportsDictation, setBrowserSupportsDictation] = useState(false);
   // const [dictationEnabled, setDictationEnabled] = useState(false);
@@ -118,24 +119,22 @@ export const ChatInputComponent = ({onKeyboardShortcut, onSubmit}: IProps) => {
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const keydownListeners: (() => void)[] = [];
-    // Add keyboard shortcut listener to the parent window if one exists.
-    if (window.parent && window.parent !== window) {
-      keydownListeners.push(addShortcutListener(window.parent));
-    }
 
-    // Add keyboard shortcut listener to the current window.
-    keydownListeners.push(addShortcutListener(window));
+    if (keyboardShortcutEnabled) {
+      // Add keyboard shortcut listener to the parent window if one exists.
+      if (window.parent && window.parent !== window) {
+        keydownListeners.push(addShortcutListener(window.parent));
+      }
+
+      // Add keyboard shortcut listener to the current window.
+      keydownListeners.push(addShortcutListener(window));
+    }
 
     // Clean up the listeners when the component unmounts.
     return () => {
       keydownListeners.forEach((cleanup) => cleanup());
     };
-  }, [addShortcutListener]);
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    // Set focus on textarea when component first mounts.
-    textAreaRef.current?.focus();
-  }, []);
+  }, [addShortcutListener, keyboardShortcutEnabled]);
 
   return (
     <div className="chat-input" data-testid="chat-input">
@@ -158,7 +157,7 @@ export const ChatInputComponent = ({onKeyboardShortcut, onSubmit}: IProps) => {
           {showError &&
             <div
               aria-live="assertive"
-              className="error"
+              className="error-message"
               data-testid="input-error"
               id="input-error"
               role="alert"
diff --git a/src/components/keyboard-shortcut-controls.scss b/src/components/keyboard-shortcut-controls.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9bac991
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/keyboard-shortcut-controls.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+@import "./vars.scss";
+
+.keyboard-shortcut-controls {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+
+  button {
+    appearance: none;
+    background-color: $light-teal-3;
+    border: solid 1px rgb(118, 118, 118);
+    border-radius: 6px;
+    color: $dark-gray;
+    cursor: pointer;
+    font-family: 'Montserrat', sans-serif;
+    font-size: .75rem;
+    height: 32px;
+    text-align: center;
+    width: auto;
+  }
+
+  fieldset {
+    border: none;
+    flex-wrap: wrap;
+    margin: 0;
+    padding: 0;
+    text-align: left;
+
+    &[disabled] {
+      cursor: not-allowed;
+      opacity: 0.75;
+
+      button, input, label {
+        cursor: not-allowed;
+      }
+    }
+
+    button {
+      margin: 0 0 0 10px;
+    }
+    input[type="text"] {
+      border: solid 1px rgb(118, 118, 118);
+      border-radius: 6px;
+      height: 16px;
+      padding: 7px 10px;
+    }
+  }
+
+  h3 {
+    margin: 10px 0 0;
+    text-align: left;
+  }
+
+  label {
+    cursor: pointer;
+    display: block;
+    font-size: .75rem;
+    font-weight: bold;
+    line-height: 1.4;
+    margin: 0 0 5px;
+    user-select: none;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/components/keyboard-shortcut-controls.tsx b/src/components/keyboard-shortcut-controls.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8989256
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/keyboard-shortcut-controls.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import React, { FormEvent, useState } from "react";
+
+import "./keyboard-shortcut-controls.scss";
+
+interface IProps {
+  shortcutEnabled: boolean;
+  shortcutKeys: string;
+  onCustomizeShortcut?: (shortcut: string) => void;
+  onToggleShortcut: () => void;
+}
+
+export const KeyboardShortcutControls = (props: IProps) => {
+  const { shortcutEnabled, shortcutKeys, onCustomizeShortcut, onToggleShortcut } = props;
+  const toggleButtonLabel = shortcutEnabled ? "Disable Keyboard Shortcut" : "Enable Keyboard Shortcut";
+  const [showError, setShowError] = useState(false);
+
+  const handleToggleShortcut = () => {
+    onToggleShortcut();
+  };
+
+  const handleCustomizeShortcut = (event: FormEvent) => {
+    event.preventDefault();
+    const form = event.target as HTMLInputElement;
+    // get the text value from the form's input element
+    const shortcut = form.querySelector("input")?.value;
+    console.log("Customizing shortcut to", shortcut);
+    if (shortcut) {
+      onCustomizeShortcut?.(shortcut);
+      setShowError(false);
+    } else {
+      setShowError(true);
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <div className="keyboard-shortcut-controls">
+      <h3>Keyboard Shortcut</h3>
+      <button onClick={handleToggleShortcut}>
+        {toggleButtonLabel}
+      </button>
+      <form onSubmit={handleCustomizeShortcut}>
+        <fieldset disabled={!shortcutEnabled}>
+          <label htmlFor="custom-keyboard-shortcut">Customize Keyboard Shortcut</label>
+          <input
+            aria-describedby={showError ? "input-error" : undefined}
+            aria-invalid={showError}
+            defaultValue={shortcutKeys}
+            id="custom-keyboard-shortcut"
+            type="text"
+          />
+          <button type="submit">Customize</button>
+          {showError &&
+            <div
+              aria-live="assertive"
+              className="error-message"
+              data-testid="input-error"
+              id="input-error"
+              role="alert"
+            >
+              Please enter a value for the keyboard shortcut.
+            </div>
+          }
+        </fieldset>
+      </form>
+    </div>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/src/components/readaloud-menu.scss b/src/components/readaloud-menu.scss
index 45c50bf..7334ca4 100644
--- a/src/components/readaloud-menu.scss
+++ b/src/components/readaloud-menu.scss
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
     appearance: none;
     background-color: $light-teal-3;
     color: $dark-gray;
+    cursor: pointer;
     height: 32px;
     width: 32px;
     border-radius: 6px;