mapeditor / mapeditor/tiled

Display ALL keyboard shortcuts

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Description

Currently, the Keyboard Shortcuts list only displays and allows searching by the primary keyboard shortcut. However, some actions have additional shortcuts by default. This makes it harder to learn about these additional shortcuts and makes it much harder to spot shortcut conflicts, as only conflicts with primary shortcuts seem to be reported.

It would be very helpful if the Keyboard Shortcuts list could display *all* the shortcuts that are currently available, including these secondary ones. To help differentiate multiple shortcuts from a combo, perhaps an extra wide space could be used between them instead of a comma, or maybe a half-opacity interpunct.

Additionally, it would be nice if there was some indication that a shortcut has been modified or that it is the default. An icon would probably be best, since icons could be used even on those shortcuts that are unset, unlike differing text styles/colours.

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Research direction

Start at the Keyboard Shortcuts list and trace how shortcuts are displayed, searched, and checked for conflicts. Done means all available primary and secondary shortcuts are shown and searchable, with a visible indication of modified versus default or unset shortcuts.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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