Default Editor - BBCode Shortcuts

[Nelsaidi]

A personal annoyance, but in my opinion applies to many people.

In Microsoft word, for bold - you type CTRL + B, this applies to many software including other forum platforms.

phpBB 3 on the other hand requires SHIFT + ALT + B, i mean, unnecesary imo.

What I'd like to see is CTRL + <SHORTCUT> working for BBCodes, and possibly the abiltiy to assign custom bbcodes to a shortcut?

[ameeck]

ctrl+b pops up bookmarks in most browsers.

[Nelsaidi]

But if your cursor is active on a textbook, why not override it? Ie, unless your typing it goes to bookmarks.

Only purpose I can see is if you want to copy + paste a bookmark into a post, but time saved by shorter shotcuts is better tbh.

And also consistent with out forum software, vBulletin, SMF, etc

[Oleg]

Hijacking of browser key bindings by web pages is incredibly annoying.

Some site decides that / should focus its search box, this makes it impossible to search for anything on the page.

Taking over ctrl-b sound innocuous until someone else decides to automatically focus the text box on page load. Now bookmarks cannot be viewed.

What about ctrl-i? In my browser this opens page info, which is something I actually use.

What about ctrl-u? That's view source, and is something I use frequently and may need to use on any page including posting page.

[igorw]

It's alt on linux firefox and ctrl on os x firefox by default. Both pretty unobtrusive.

[ToonArmy]

It's alt on linux firefox

alt + shift.

[Nelsaidi]

I'm saying hijack them and use the standard CTRL + <key> most people are used to using since its dominance in other programs - but only hijack WHEN TYPING.

My basis for this argument is the fact it is much more conveniant, its undeniable - test it out.

[callumacrae]

I'm saying hijack them and use the standard CTRL + <key> most people are used to using since its dominance in other programs - but only hijack WHEN TYPING.

My basis for this argument is the fact it is much more conveniant, its undeniable - test it out.

I agree. Not many people are going to opening bookmarks while typing.

~Callum

[Nelsaidi]

There are some, but you can click outside and use CTRL + B, or use the bookmarks - people are used to it.

Time saved by CTRL + <SHORTCUT> is more than by making people not do it whilst typing.

Then again, CTRL + <shortcut> is the standard.

[AmigoJack]

phpBB already supports accelerator keys: with MSIE or FFOX on Windows you can hit ALT+B for clicking the Bold-button. With OPER it's not that easy (SHIFT+ESC, then press the key of choice) unless you use an extension which enables you to do the same with ALT+SHIFT+B. While "accelerator keys" is the Win32 API term, HTML entitles this as "access keys": http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/f ... #h-17.11.2 - see also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Access_key

So I see no reason why to re-invent something which every browser already supports.