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 <[email protected]> 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 > > -- > WikiWorks · MediaWiki Consulting · http://wikiworks.com > -- WikiWorks · MediaWiki Consulting · http://wikiworks.com _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
