rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-playground

Add shortcut to run rustfmt

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Description

I think it would be nice if one could run rustfmt from a keyboard shortcut, similar to ctrl+return to run code, or ctrl+F9 on compiler-explorer.org.

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Research direction

Start by locating the Playground's keyboard handling and the existing shortcut used to run code, then trace how formatting is invoked. Add a shortcut for running rustfmt without conflicting with current controls, and verify that it formats the current Rust source as expected.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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