shortcut for replies

[lub]

It would be great to use replies without leaving the keyboard.
E.g. [ctrl]+[arrow key] to select a message and [return] to confirm

https://matrix.to/#/!YTvKGNlinIzlkMTVRl:matrix.org/$YC3rGXMm3Q7yUgkUrg9RdcxT2---d_5-mFXkaTWUA8I?via=matrix.org&via=privacytools.io&via=tedomum.net

[Arctize]

Will this ever be considered?
Coming from Telegram Desktop, I'd really appreciate such a shortcut, and I know many others who would too.

[t3chguy]

Yes, that's why the issue is open. If it wasn't to be considered it would be closed.

[ara4n]

alt-up/down currently navigates you up and down the roomlist. alt-meta-up/down (i.e. alt-cmd-up/down on macOS) might work though?

[SimonBrandner]

alt-meta-up/down

Isn't that a composer history shortcut?

[SimonBrandner]

#17128 is somewhat related as we want to avoid collisions

[ara4n]

Isn't that a composer history shortcut?

on macOS at least the composer history shortcut is ctrl-alt-up/down, not alt-meta-up/down.

[SimonBrandner]

Sorry, I am getting confused by how keys are called in different places...

This, at least on Windows and Linux, leaves shift + control. Unless we want to include the super/windows key (which I am not a fan of...). Sorry, if I am missing something here...

[t3chguy]

Shift + Control + Arrows is a text editing shortcut for selecting blocks, no?

[SimonBrandner]

Yep...

[Arctize]

Is ctrl-up / ctrl-down not possible? Or is that used/reserved for something else already?

[t3chguy]

Those are standard text field shortcuts

Ctrl + Down arrow | Move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph.
-- | --
Ctrl + Up arrow | Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph.

src: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/keyboard-shortcuts-in-windows-dcc61a57-8ff0-cffe-9796-cb9706c75eec

[Arctize]

Oh okay, thanks. I did not know that. Does this apply to other OSes or is this a Windows only thing?
I always assumed that since Telegram uses it, and since the shortcut doesn't currently do anything on Linux, it would still be available.

Edit: Just installed Element desktop on a Windows machine, typed a few paragraphs in the message composer, and ctrl + arrow up/down doesn't seem to do anything either. It just a basic up/down.

[SimonBrandner]

Looking into this now, the shortcut does a different thing in different places...

[c7hm4r]

I like Slack’s shortcuts. They allow to select any message with the up/down key (unless you are currently inputting a multi-line message 😕 ). Once a message is selected you can press letter keys without modifiers to perform actions on that message: e for edit, t for replying in a new thread, r for reactions.

Maybe it makes sense to consider this together with #16332.