aws-amplify / aws-amplify/docs

allow quickly editing docs pages with keyboard shortcut: `.`

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Description

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Similar to how the keyboard shortcut for `.` works in GitHub, apply similar functionality to docs pages to enable quickly editing the page

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- `.` uses the same functionality as "edit"
- (optional bonus) `.` uses _similar_ functionality to "edit" but opens `github.dev` instead

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named in the issue. Start by locating the docs page edit control and any existing keyboard-shortcut handling, then compare the current Edit action with the requested `.` behavior. Done means pressing `.` on a docs page reliably opens the page for editing, with the requested GitHub-style behavior verified.

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Assessment

Tech stack
github
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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