search

microsoft / PowerToys

Windows system utilities to maximize productivity
MIT License
110.73k stars 6.52k forks source link

Shorcut to specific piece of text #25080

Closed LuisLauM closed 1 year ago

LuisLauM commented 1 year ago

Description of the new feature / enhancement

Within the Remap shortcut app, to have the possibility to define a shortcut for an specific piece of text that I can include in a text editor.

Example: If I were in a Notepad file and I press Ctrl + Alt + M, the app shows the piece of text |> .

Scenario when this would be used?

I am programmer and there are several commands that I usually use, so I would like to have them as shorcuts.

Supporting information

RStudio is an IDE for R/Python that allows the use of several of this kind of shorcuts (to write pipe commans for instance). However, it only works in this IDE and there is not possibility to add customized shortcuts.

Jay-o-Way commented 1 year ago

AutoHotkey or PowerAutomate could do this without breaking a sweat!

stefansjfw commented 1 year ago

/dup #5074

microsoft-github-policy-service[bot] commented 1 year ago

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

LuisLauM commented 1 year ago

AutoHotkey or PowerAutomate could do this without breaking a sweat!

Yes, but I don't like to have several miniapps for doing that kind of minithings. PowerToys is a good idea because 1) it's Microsoft software for a Microsoft OS and 2) it puts together several mini-modules that you can turn on/off in a single app.