Hotkey defaults that work in the browser (for common actions)

[karlhorky]

🌈 Feature

Would the CodeSandbox team be interested in implementing hotkey defaults that work in browsers for common actions such as switching between tabs (VS Code Settings "View: Open Next Editor" and "View: Open Previous Editor").

For example, I would like to be able to switch to the next and previous tabs, but they are currently set to hotkeys like cmd-option-left/right, which collide with Chrome's bindings:

Since Chrome won't allow rebinding these keys, it would be cool if CodeSandbox had a binding for this out-of-the-box.

I know that I can just bind them myself, but I am suggesting to do this for all users to avoid having to do this.

Un-rebindable Keybindings

A list of keybindings that do not work in various platform + browser combinations (I've been testing them with JavaScript Event Key Tester with all suppressions enabled):

Chrome

macOS

• command-option-left (Previous Tab)
• command-shift-[ (Previous Tab)
• command-option-right (Next Tab)
• command-shift-] (Next Tab)
• command-w (Close Tab)
• command-t (Open New Tab)
• command-n (Open New Window)

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References:

Prior Art: #1044 (comment)

I wish we could have native behaviour here, but Chrome doesn't allow us to override CMD + W. This is frustrating for me, for now I 'fixed' it by implementing CTRL + W for Mac as alternative...

Issue "Ctrl + Tab to switch between two files": #761 (PR with implementation: #817)

[CompuIves]

Hmm yes this seems like a good idea. No use of keybindings that don't work 😄. If you're interested in tackling this, could you compile a list of keybindings that need to be replaced with the corresponding replacements? We can then put that as default keybindings for VSCode.

[karlhorky]

Cool, I've started to compile a list above in the description, maybe we can put the "help wanted" label on this. It's going to be a bit of a job, especially for a cross-platform list.

[karlhorky]

Hm, just realized that installing CodeSandbox as a desktop PWA allows for use of some of these shortcuts! This is a great workaround for now! Maybe even good enough to supersede this issue...

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[karlhorky]

I guess this is still current? There is however this experiment: #2716

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[karlhorky]

not stale

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