Hi,
The Semantic Forms extension defines its own tab, called "Edit with form". I'd like to create a keyboard shortcut for that tab.
The problem is, the ASCII letters for keyboard shortcuts are almost all taken:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Keyboard_shortcuts#Default_Shortcuts
(If you sort by "keyboard key", it's easier to see.)
Now, there seem to be some errors in this table: - The table claims that the "whatlinkshere" key is "b", but it seems to be "j" - The table claims that the "recentchangeslinked" key is "c", but it seems to be "k" - The table claims that the "article" key is "a", but it seems to be "c"
Thus, the table makes it look like the available shortcut keys are "j" and "k", but really it seems like they're "a" and "b".
I know of two extensions that have their own shortcut key: Wikibase, which took "g", and VisualEditor, which took "v". "g" was available, although "v" was not it - in core MediaWiki, it's already used for "compare selected versions" in the history page. If VE is installed, VE's use of the key simply overrides core MediaWiki's, for better or worse.
Anyway, what is the protocol for an extension taking a shortcut key?
Should I just take "a" or "b", or are they unused for a reason? Conversely, maybe I can take something other than an ASCII letter - a number, perhaps?
-Yaron
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Hi,
The Semantic Forms extension defines its own tab, called "Edit with form". I'd like to create a keyboard shortcut for that tab.
The problem is, the ASCII letters for keyboard shortcuts are almost all taken:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Keyboard_shortcuts#Default_Shortcuts
(If you sort by "keyboard key", it's easier to see.)
Now, there seem to be some errors in this table:
- The table claims that the "whatlinkshere" key is "b", but it seems to be
"j"
- The table claims that the "recentchangeslinked" key is "c", but it seems
to be "k"
- The table claims that the "article" key is "a", but it seems to be "c"
Thus, the table makes it look like the available shortcut keys are "j" and "k", but really it seems like they're "a" and "b".
I know of two extensions that have their own shortcut key: Wikibase, which took "g", and VisualEditor, which took "v". "g" was available, although
"v"
was not it - in core MediaWiki, it's already used for "compare selected versions" in the history page. If VE is installed, VE's use of the key simply overrides core MediaWiki's, for better or worse.
Anyway, what is the protocol for an extension taking a shortcut key?
Should I just take "a" or "b", or are they unused for a reason?
Conversely,
maybe I can take something other than an ASCII letter - a number, perhaps?
-Yaron
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Hi,
I updated the keyboard shortcuts documentation page, with the current set of shortcuts:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Keyboard_shortcuts
...and now I think I have a clearer sense of what's going on: so far, both core MediaWiki and extensions have tried to avoid overriding existing keys within the same screen, with one notable exception: VisualEditor's "v".
I'm wondering, though: why has there been no use of numbers, and only a minimal use of punctuation characters (so far, '=', '.' and '+' have been used) among the shortcut keys? Would it be safe to use something like '1', or '-'?
-Yaron
On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 11:03 AM, Yaron Koren yaron@wikiworks.com wrote:
Hi,
The Semantic Forms extension defines its own tab, called "Edit with form". I'd like to create a keyboard shortcut for that tab.
The problem is, the ASCII letters for keyboard shortcuts are almost all taken:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Keyboard_shortcuts#Default_Shortcuts
(If you sort by "keyboard key", it's easier to see.)
Now, there seem to be some errors in this table:
- The table claims that the "whatlinkshere" key is "b", but it seems to be
"j"
- The table claims that the "recentchangeslinked" key is "c", but it seems
to be "k"
- The table claims that the "article" key is "a", but it seems to be "c"
Thus, the table makes it look like the available shortcut keys are "j" and "k", but really it seems like they're "a" and "b".
I know of two extensions that have their own shortcut key: Wikibase, which took "g", and VisualEditor, which took "v". "g" was available, although "v" was not it - in core MediaWiki, it's already used for "compare selected versions" in the history page. If VE is installed, VE's use of the key simply overrides core MediaWiki's, for better or worse.
Anyway, what is the protocol for an extension taking a shortcut key?
Should I just take "a" or "b", or are they unused for a reason? Conversely, maybe I can take something other than an ASCII letter - a number, perhaps?
-Yaron
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