Mnemonic Shortcuts
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@potmeklecbohdan The reason for this request isn’t assigning more than one single key shortcut, but shortcuts consisting of 2 non‐modifier keys.
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@luetage I know… (unless it’s about pressing these keys at once). Please read my post once more (ignore the second sentence), I think it would be only confusing if I tried to explain it more thoroughly.
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@potmeklecbohdan Key chains is another request, which I already posted as Concatenate Commands.
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@Pesala Nope, that’s the opposite. What this request is about (if I understand it correctly):
- assign a key combination (I’ll use your
a
,b
example) - press the first key (
a
) - press the second key (
b
) (press more keys if it’s configured to use more than two)(ignore this for now)- the command is executed (address bar is toggled)
But the text I quoted means this (no, this is not what this request is about, and I know this):
- assign some keys (
a
,b
) - press any of them (e.g.
a
) - the command is executed
“Key chains” is just a name we use for the requested functionality in another project, it needn’t be used. It is just one of possible ways how the text I quoted could be clarified.
The note about the thread title is still valid even if the other wouldn’t.
- assign a key combination (I’ll use your
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@potmeklecbohdan I think I get what you mean now, but there is probably no need to change the title, just the quoted sentence.
In Opera we could assign two non-modifier keys as shortcut to execute a command.
In any case the second sentence in OP makes this clear and I don’t think it’s that irritating.
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@potmeklecbohdan I call them mnemonic because they are easy to remember. Keyboard modifiers are OK, but harder to execute, and harder to remember. I assigned tile commands to be easier:
- t = tile horizontally
- T+Shift = tile vertically
- T+Ctrl = untile tabs
- T+Ctrl+Shift = tile to grid
This is better than the default shortcuts, but sometimes it is hard to remember those that are less used.
As mnemonic shortcuts these could be instead:- t,h = tile horizontally
- t,v = tile vertically
- t,u = untile tabs
- t,g = tile to grid
- t,s = create tab stack
- t,s,u = ungroup tab stack, etc.
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AutoHotKey discussion continued here: https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/47118/auto-hotkey-macros-for-vivaldi
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Is this dead? Should i make a new post/ request for this? This is one of the features I desperately need.
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@erazer101 No, it is not dead, it is just resting.
Vote for the first post if you haven't already done so. (Voting again will remove your vote).
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@Pesala said in Mnemonic Shortcuts:
I call them mnemonic because they are easy to remember
That depends entirely on whether you map a given key chain map to some mnemonic, but it's not a requirement.
For example, I'd use this awesome missing feature to mapQ
Q
(double tap) toq
uit Vivaldi - this is mnemonic
But then for other operations like scrolling I'd instead useJ
J
to page down - this is just one of the most convenient home row key location, not tied toj
ump or anything (though you could use the jump mnemonic if you like :))So key chords / key chains are more precise, but there is already a feature request for chains that redirects here, so the slighly misleading terminology is not a big issue
By the way, for this feature it's also important to retain good single key functionality via customizable user delays so I could still use a single
Q
if I don't press anotherQ
shortly -
I'm finding myself having already used up a lot of the simple
CTRL+<KEY>
.Would really, really love key chording as well! It's much harder to press
CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + T
than just something likeCTRL + K, T
.