Make Alt Key "Sticky" for Menu Commands
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Description
If I recall correctly, the old original MS-DOS Edit program allowed menu shortcuts via Pressing Alt (and releasing) then pressing the shortcut key.
To save a document in old school Edit, you could open the File menu via Alt (and release), then F, the S.
In this modern Edit offering, which is great btw, you have to hold the alt while pressing F, then release then onto S (as in the previous example).
Minor gripe, but some shortcuts are wired into my brain's ROM, and I find editing flow interrupted, while I remember you have to HOLD the Alt key.
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Research direction
Reproduce the reported sequence: press and release Alt, then use the File and Save shortcuts, and compare it with holding Alt. The issue names no files or tests, so first trace the editor's keyboard and menu-command handling. Done means the released-Alt sequence works without breaking the existing held-Alt behavior, with coverage for both paths.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100