Questions tagged [keyboard-shortcuts]
Keyboard shortcuts let you perform various site functions (if you have enabled them in your profile settings). Use this tag for questions related to keyboard shortcuts, such as how to enable and get started with them, or specific use cases of them.
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How can one unselect a post that was selected with a keyboard shortcut without selecting another post or reloading/changing the page?
How can one unselect a post that has been selected with a keyboard shortcut without selecting another one or reloading/changing the page?
Example of a selected a post, which is indicated by a grey ...
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Is editing a post the only way to select a post?
Is editing a post (then saving or canceling the edit) the only way to select a post? If not, how else can one select a post?
(Example of a selected a post, which is indicated by a grey fade.)
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The keyboard shortcut E sometimes edits a post that isn't the post currently visible to the user
The keyboard shortcut E sometimes edits a post that isn't the post currently visible to the user. Example (I pressed E to edit) with this URL:
Tested with the latest version of Chrome on Windows 10.
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Add a keyboard shortcut for adding a post to saves
I use the saves feature a lot, and I also use my keyboard a lot. It would be nice to have a keyboard shortcut for saving a post.
I dunno. How about v,s (as in "vote -> save").
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The keyboard shortcut E for edit stopped working on own posts or community wiki posts, for users without full editing privileges [duplicate]
Example: The keyboard shortcut E doesn't work for me on this question. . However, the keyboard shortcut E works on other questions I've tried: question 1, question 2, question 3.
I use Chrome+Win10. I ...
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Keyboard shortcut navigation stops working when changing page in the question/answer page for a user
Steps to reproduce:
Go to a user's questions or answers page. Important, there have to be multiple pages of posts.
Go to any other page. Important: do not reload the page.
Use keyboard shortcuts to ...
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Keyboard shortcut for Edit does not work does work on per-site metas when you do not have full edit privilege [duplicate]
Editing on meta sites
On per-site Meta pages, you cannot edit most posts until you get the full edit privilege. Trying to edit one shows this message:
Suggested edits are not allowed on non-tag-wiki ...
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Keyboard shortcuts aren't marking inbox messages as read
When you click on an unread inbox message with your mouse, it brings you to that item - be it comment, answer, chat ping, mod message reply, etc. - and marks the inbox item as read. However, that ...
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What did I type to cause gray background in question?
Sometimes I'll be navigating within a question, probably typing a comment, the question will get highlighted with a gray background, like this:
I guess I must have typed a keyboard shortcut, but I ...
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Add a keyboard shortcut for the Winter Bash dropdown
When it comes to inboxes on Stack Exchange, I've gotten pretty used to using the keybaord. I use i for the inbox, r for the achievements notifications (rep / badges), and there's even a shortcut for ...
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New inbox notifications have broken keyboard shortcuts
As of rev 2022.10.27.42994, with the changes to inbox notifications, the keyboard shortcuts for the inbox have been slightly broken. With the old behavior, pressing i will open your inbox, and esc ...
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Using keyboard shortcut E silently fails if there's a pending suggested edit
On Q&A pages, using the keyboard shortcut E opens the post editor (either inline if you have full edit privileges, or in a new page).
However, this fails if there's a pending suggested edit; in ...
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Add keyboard shortcut for editing the list of duplicates
Users with a gold badge in a tag are able to edit the list of duplicates for a question. There are no keyboard shortcuts defined for this. For example, a rather routine task is to close a question ...
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Keyboard shortcut has wrong description for undeleting a post
It's possible to delete/undelete a post with the keyboard shortcut M+D. After pressing M on a deleted post, the menu says D is for 'delete', but it should say 'undelete' in this case.
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Should the "Enable keyboard shortcuts" user setting disable ALL custom keyboard shortcuts on a site?
Since July 2009 the community is asking for a way to disable the editor keyboard shortcuts.
Since September 2010 many people are asking to disable comment submitting on Enter.
Since July 2014 ...
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