Hmmm, I'm not sure about keyboard shortcuts.
Ctrl + is particularly problematic as there are quite a few already assigned to chrome.
Ctrl + D, F, G, H, J, K, L, N, O, P, R, S, T, U are chrome specific.
Then there is OS specific, Ctrl + C, V, X, Y, Z and so on.
I haven't looked but I know there are Alt + shortcuts for chrome too.
Yes it can be done, but somewhere along the way I'll have to override the default functionality of some shortcut keys.
For example I use Ctrl+L followed by Ctrl + C.
This selects, copies the URL in address bar ready for me to paste.
As you can see this would create a left tag and then a centre tag. Not what I wanted. In a number of cases I could write the code to be intuitive and react according to if the textarea is in focus, but my above example would not work the way I wish.
Generally overriding defaults is frowned upon, and I think for good reason.
I could probably find some unused combinations, or maybe look into the Alt key. I think Ctrl + Shift or Ctrl + Alt would be possible too, but 3 key presses compared to a single left click doesn't seem that helpful. I guess the key needs to pertain to the action, Ctrl + Q for
bold
doesn't seem very handy.
Keyboards need a Linkify key, that would solve all these problems.
http://i.imgur.com/JfrMUr9.png
Anyway, I'll put some more thought into this. Let me know if you come up with some alternative key combinations as there may be a simple combo I haven't thought of. Would it still be useful using Ctrl + Shift or Ctrl + ALt?
11-Nov-2015 03:57:42
