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I assume * is supposed to be an "any character" flag, in which case these shortcuts don't work:

• *
• x + *

Why would I want it?

I was recently working on a UI element that needed to be populated with different sets of data for the purposes of testing, so I imagined streamlining it into something like:

k('s + *', function (event){
  // make s+0 to s+9 shortcuts (determined based on `event.which`,
  // which should be a number button) populate the element with different data sets
  // if `event.which` isn't a number key, ignore
});

The way how I made it to work was with s * shortcut, which is just awkward to use, as you have to completely release all keys before trying out different one.

wow good catch! can you try latest master (added a fix for cmd + *), what's the use-case for *?

added tests for this, but lmk if that doesn't work (browsers are weird sometimes: #27)

Tested and:

• [x] *
• [x] shift + *
• [x] super + *
• [x] alt + *
• [ ] k + *

Alone works, modifiers work, only the key + other key doesn't work now.

And use cases for *, didn't need it yet, but from top of my head:

• Capturing everything in shortcut settings UI when letting users configure their own.
• Logging?

I'm sure there's more :)

ah got it, * makes sense then.

as for k + *, k isn't a modifier -- i can probably expose that map and let users modify it to add k, but don't think it should be in core for now.

sounds good?

By k I meant any non-modifier key, but just noticed that shortcuts like a + b are also not possible.

Would it be feasible as a feature request, or do you consider it too niche? Basically treating any key as a possible modifier?

I think it could be a really cool feature to have, I'll accept a PR, otherwise I'll get to it eventually.

-amir

On 23 בנוב׳ 2014, at 16:13, darsain [email protected] wrote:

By k I meant any non-modifier key, but just noticed that shortcuts like a + b are also not possible.

Would it be feasible as a feature request, or do you consider it too niche? Basically treating any key as a possible modifier?

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I wish I had time now. I'll also submit a PR ... eventually :)

i.e. when I'll need it again. I don't right now.