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Add keyboard shortcuts for better navigation
Hi,
I really miss the following shortcuts for a faster, more efficient (and trackpoint/trackpad/mouse free) use:
- F3 for find next in the documentation window. At the moment find only works as long as the find popup is open and it always (re)starts searching from the top of the page. However, while the popup is open, you can't navigate using the keyboard (PgUp/Dn or cursor keys).
- Ctrl+PgUp/Dn for navigating between the tabs
- A shortcut for getting back to the document viewer from the document search input field (after pressing Ctrl+K)
- Maybe a shortcut for starting a search so that the whole search string is selected, including the docset name. Maybe this could simply be done when pressing Ctrl+K the second time. (Yep, it can be achieved with Ctrl+A after Ctrl+K)
With the new search toolbar coming in 0.6.0 search no longer resets every time the toolbar is closed.
Also, please add a keyboard shortcut to close the window. Right now I have Super+Z set to open Zeal, but I need to extend my fingers to press Alt+F4 to close it, which is not very comfortable. Being able to set a shortcut key to hide the window (not quit the app) would be great, or at least to remap Esc to "hide Zeal".
@skorokithakis at least on Linux I can quit the app also by pressing Ctrl-q.
I'd also like to add:
- "Super" (windows) key modifier cannot be used in the global shortcut to show Zeal. I would like to set Super+Z for showing Zeal and hiding Zeal using the same shortcut
- It would be nice to have a shortcut to quick return to search bar (set focus on the search bar) on the tab
@espdev it might be your system/setup. I use ctrl+super+space for showing and hiding Zeal.
@atleta On Windows I cannot set a shortcut with "Super", the shortcut just do not typed in the field. Ctrl+, Alt+, Shift+ work, any combination with Super does not work.
Shortcuts with "Super" work fine in other applications.
Current status:
F3 for find next in the documentation window. At the moment find only works as long as the find popup is open and it always (re)starts searching from the top of the page. However, while the popup is open, you can't navigate using the keyboard (PgUp/Dn or cursor keys).
Not done. Search toolbar needs to proxy some keys to the web view. This worked for Qt WebKit, but was broken by migration to Qt WebEngine.
Ctrl+PgUp/Dn for navigating between the tabs
Implemented.
A shortcut for getting back to the document viewer from the document search input field (after pressing Ctrl+K)
Enter does this.
Maybe a shortcut for starting a search so that the whole search string is selected, including the docset name. Maybe this could simply be done when pressing Ctrl+K the second time. (Yep, it can be achieved with Ctrl+A after Ctrl+K)
Not done. This was supposed to be fixed for #1033. It works for Ctrl+L, but not Ctrl+K. Will fix.
Marking fixed for v0.7.1.