Open porg opened 1 year ago
Hi, I ping you, as you were originally involved: @ZebulanStanphill as you opened #10455 @ntsekouras as you coded #23276
Oh, wow. It never came to my mind that T and Y could be neighbouring keys. I always struggled with remembering the shortcuts lol
When tackling this issue, we should not forget that Add before
& Add after
have similar shortcuts.
Add before
& Add after
must holistically be integrated into this whole shortcut set.I don't think it was possible to use arrow keys, otherwise arrow keys would definitely have been used.
WordPress has generally taken the approach of not overriding existing text manipulation, browser and OS shortcuts, and unfortunately that leaves very few options. I think arrow keys are almost entirely reserved for text manipulation or OS level shortcuts.
Not overriding keyboard shortcuts and not overriding the right click context-menu leaves only the possibilities for a rather mediocre UX on Desktop devices, given that the Block Editor already has and foresee-able will get quite many shortcuts. Many web apps dare to do this and do this really well. And feel very native and efficient that way.
Also to strive for cross platform consistency regarding shortcuts is ok. But not at all cost. In some regards the differences should be respected.
10455 seems to have been done through an Anglosaxon perspective without i18n in mind
⇧-⌥-⌘-T
and "Move down" to⇧-⌥-⌘-Y