Option for search shortcut

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Option for search shortcut

agg23 opened this issue 6 years ago · 3 comments

Currently the interface essentially forces one to use modifier keys to access most of its functionality, whether that is playing/pausing, adding to the queue, or switching tabs. Interestingly enough, if you bind those functions to single keys, the operations still work, but you can no longer type in a search box.

Ideally this would be toggleable functionality, so if someone binds search to a shortcut (say "s"), then they can use any combination of keys to access other systems, and still be able to type in the search field when "s" is pressed.

Answer 1 · 2018-09-21T15:47:20.000Z

I agree that this is a problem especially seeing bind a common modifier + keys (e.x. C-c and C-m) to various signals to be backwards compatible with very old systems. This will randomly break people's configurations because it will suddenly not work without any explanation.

So I hundred percent agree and, funnily enough, started working on this just today.

Answer 2 · 2018-09-21T15:48:16.000Z

I'm glad I created an issue then, because this was probably the next thing I was going to work on :P

Answer 3 · 2018-09-21T15:55:10.000Z

I wouldn't have recommended it since it requires a pretty big rethink on how Clay hotkeys work in general (which are kinda pain to be honest).

The reason why 40928f9 doesn't include it is because I wanted to be able to easily reverse the commit it if our eternal god emperor @and3rson disagreed with it.