Show passkeys in the help dialog, and use a legend to improve discoverability
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Description
Proposal:
- show shortcuts overridden by passkeys in a different colour in the help dialog
- add a legend to the help dialog, citing "global mappings" and "mappings disabled by passkeys".
- This will indicate to users that there is the passkey functionality.
- It makes it easier to discover what impact passkeys are having.
- We can add a link in the legend to the wiki/an internal page that describes what passkeys are, how to use them, and some extra details (eg. that a number prefix lets you still use the command).
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the help dialog's shortcut rendering and the passkey-related mapping behavior described in the issue. Trace how overridden shortcuts are identified, then define the legend and its explanatory link; done means affected shortcuts are visually distinct and the legend explains global mappings and mappings disabled by passkeys.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100