Advanced Form Builder keyboard shortcuts

[ebruchez]

Splitting this out of #233 since Orbeon Forms 2020.1 will have some basic keyboard shortcuts.

[ebruchez]

This comment copied from #233 and updated.

Possible shortcuts:

• [ ] move focused cell
  • Orbeon Forms 2020.1: left/right cursor moves between controls in cells but not cells
• [ ] insert controls
• [ ] move section
  • maybe ctrl-alt-←/→/^/v
• buttons
  • [ ] close: ctrl-w
  • [x] test: T W
  • [x] publish: Cmd-P
  • [x] save: Cmd-S
  • [ ] must check that operations are allowed
• [ ] dialogs
  • [x] edit source: O S
  • [x] control settings: Cmd-Enter
  • [ ] itemset editor

Things to check:

• XForms: don't allow opening a dialog if modal dialog already open?
• way to know if input/text control has focus? -> filter keybindings in those cases
• need shift-? or similar to pop list of shortcuts?

Would be good too to have shortcuts for:

• [ ] making a control required/optional
• [ ] changing the type of a control, like string or number
• [ ] start editing label, hint, help

Next steps:

• [ ] decide key sequences to support (brainstorm)
• [x] figure out how to handle different platforms (for example cmd-z vs. ctrl-z, etc.)
• [ ] show list of keyboard shortcuts to user upon for example shift-?
• [x] reduce boilerplate when creating shortcuts on the server (use XSLT?)
• [ ] "Esc" must take you out of text fields/areas

[ebruchez]

Adding from #5393, regarding sections:

• quickly navigate between section titles
• edit/commit section label
• open Section Settings

[ebruchez]

We started adding a few new shortcuts:

• o-f: open Form Settings
• o-e: open Email Settings
• o-s: open Edit Source
• o-p: open Permissions

[ebruchez]

Ideally, a power user should be able to quickly create a form using the keyboard only:

• insert form controls
• set form control basic properties without opening the Settings
• resize grid cells
• move form controls
• etc.