Plans for our Shortcuts.js (deserves adoptive developers) (could be used globally eventually)

[ImprovedTube]

1. Our shortcuts are allowing single keys or mouse input unlike chrome://extensions/shortcuts

• +they should have a global option / outside of the tab
• +while we allow more than chrome://extensions/shortcuts, that doesn't mean we can't make use of the standard too and connect both ways somehow/meaningfully.
  Once we are there, then we have something awesome that could improve almost every browser extension.

Structure: #648 #1220.
Features: #862.
Youtube's defaults: #517 #110 #1566.

Shortcuts.js & the "UI".js

Bugs: #1770 #1174 #1446 (UX)

( _i didn't write the shortcut logic, which is why i list it for adoption for now!.. )

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#2437

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• Update shortcuts.js handlers rewrite, multiple fixes #2421 thanks to @raszpl !!

[gabrielhsdev]

Hi @ImprovedTube
Could you assign this to me? ( Related to issue #2111 )
I will look at this once I am available.
Thanks in advance

[gabrielhsdev]

Thanks @ImprovedTube

[raszpl]

1566 (we also got feature requests to simply disable all youtube shortcuts...)

Yes, this is definitely needed. Clicking on Shortcut definition should display more options beyond Keyboard input widnow.

• checkbox to Disable
• optional checkbox for hold Toggle mode. Triggering 'toggle' shortcut calls shortcut_function(true), letting go of the key calls again shortcut_function(false). This will allow us to for example offer rebinding of YT "hold space for 2x>>" fast forward
• checkbox for KeyUp mode. Shortcut only triggers when letting go, covers review our shortcut logic. (bug: screenshot by shortcut might takes several screenshots unintentionally; etc: ... #1565) #1770
• Plus icon adding another Input box allowing to configure more than one key combination for same shortcut multiple/synonym hotkeys #648

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Structure:

• multiple/synonym hotkeys #648
• [ Feature Request ] suggested shortcuts (& better structure) #1220

Feature:

• BUG: scroll shortcuts in firefox & FEATURE REQUEST: 1. Shortcut requirement hover player optional (or other elements) 2. predefined scroll for volume option 3. multiple shortcuts for one action #862

Youtube's defaults:

• IDEA: show all default shortcuts in shortcut menu #517
• Remap Youtube Shortcuts? Keep visual feedback. (Display default YouTube icons and overwrite default shortcuts) #110
• Disable Youtube's shortcuts toggle [also: we can automatically cancel a single letter shortcut, if the actual input of quickly becomes a string/word/series of no-shortcuts]  #1566

Bugs:

• review our shortcut logic. (bug: screenshot by shortcut might takes several screenshots unintentionally; etc: ... #1565) #1770
• GUI BUG: mouse shortcuts creation: no clicks & scroll flashing/disappearing #1174
• Custom Shortcuts Issues #1446
• bug: can set the same shortcut as YouTube (=twice). Please Review our shortcuts.js vs. youtube defaults. #1815 (UX)

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Smart Keyboard Event Analysis

this almost never works, and ends up a source of endless daily frustration

delayed/aborted/undone if the second letter follows within 0.4 seconds

this just means higher latency and worse user experience ("wow this extension really boggles YT down ,everything is on a delay")

[ImprovedTube]

@raszpl hope you like the edit / order of your comment above

this just means higher latency and worse user experience ("wow this extension really boggles YT down ,everything is on a delay")

#2437 (moved & more precise)

[raszpl]

oh, the checkbox are clickable? I mainly did it so instead of Hash and a number those issues are displayed with title and icon showing open/closed

#2437 (moved & more precise)

I dont know if its just me, but bundling issues into one post is very demotivating. A post listing individual bugs one can bang out one at a time great, an issue listing three or more bugs all in one go - no way Im touching that :)

[ImprovedTube]

bundling issues

yes!😅 @raszpl

hover Grand Topic Big topic, reaches far beyond or above this App. Make a new Repo! (too)
this could be repos, or discussions or projects at least.
and issues could be a motivating quick ticket system each taking minutes only
and i didn't invent this structure: List of tasks Efficient to have a List for this (sub-)project. (Each task might be worth an extra thread.) - it is just what github lead us to.

And and both labels are still not common. While other things seem more containable in one topic or one thread to start with (if anybody is starting it at all). For example imagine there would be an extension /repo called "all about youtube sidebar and panel heights and scroll" and this repo will see 20 issues in 20 years and 10 solved. And we'd would run 100 micro projects like that with just a few volunteers and forget to link them. So that could be under-challenging (=frustrating?) (or more motivated /more efficient to bundle. In case of #214 And the whole might still be under-challenging for us. One could argue that it is still short now and considering the new title, the issue number is high already, while a much lower would be intuitive /tidy)

[ImprovedTube]

Honorary assignment (honoris causa) (in retrospect)