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pastilhasandClaude Opus 5 b1dfa3f7bb spotlight on shift+space, overriding both of its stock behaviours
Fifth setting in three days: ctrl-space → shift-space → alt-space → ctrl-space → shift-space. Ctrl-space was
tried twice on the theory that preventDefault would beat Brave's address bar. It does not — that binding is
at the browser level and the key never reaches the handler. Recorded in the file so it is not tried a third
time.

Shift-space overrides two stock behaviours deliberately, and the owner's reasoning is the right one: it types
a space in a text field, and it scrolls a page UP when nothing has focus. Neither is worth a launcher.
Page-up-by-shift-space is a fossil, and typing a space is what the unmodified spacebar is for.

The cost is stated once in the file rather than argued again: typing in CAPS by holding shift instead of
using caps lock puts a shift-space between every word, which opens the launcher mid-sentence. If that turns
out to bite, the fix is a text-field guard — which this had for one day, and which is exactly what made the
launcher unopenable from the composer, where it is most wanted. Trading that back would be trading down.

Every other modifier must be absent: ctrl+shift+space is the theme browser, and one chord opening both is
the bug that needed a capture-phase listener to fix. Verified disjoint in the built bundle, both conditions
quoted from it rather than from the source.

Five moves in three days is the argument for making chords configurable rather than for choosing better ones,
which is why the ctrl+? registry names the implementing file for each.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-22 16:05:59 +00:00

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/*
Every keyboard shortcut the shell owns, as data.
── Why a registry ──
Ported in shape from the owner's `vimazing` (`vim-maze/src/gameInfo.ts`), where the controls are declared
once and the help screen renders them. The alternative is what this replaced: chords spelled out inside
three separate key handlers, and a help text nobody updates because it lives somewhere else.
Two things follow from having it. `Ctrl+?` can render an accurate list without anybody maintaining prose.
And when shortcuts become configurable — the next big piece — this is the table a binding UI edits, rather
than a grep across handlers.
── What it is NOT, yet ──
Declarative but not authoritative: the handlers still contain their own conditions, so a chord changed here
does not move. Making this the single source is part of the configurable-shortcuts work, and doing it now
would mean a rewrite of three handlers for no visible gain. Where a chord appears in both places the file
that owns it is named in `implementedIn`, so the pair can be found in one search.
*/
export type Shortcut = {
/** As a person reads it — `Ctrl+Shift+Space`, not a KeyboardEvent spelling. */
keys: string;
description: string;
/** The file whose handler actually implements it, until this registry is authoritative. */
implementedIn: string;
};
export type ShortcutSection = {
title: string;
/** Shown under the title when the section needs a caveat that a per-row description cannot carry. */
note?: string;
shortcuts: Shortcut[];
};
export const SHORTCUT_SECTIONS: ShortcutSection[] = [
{
title: 'Navigation',
shortcuts: [
{
keys: 'Shift+Space',
description: 'Spotlight — go to any screen, plugin or setting by name',
implementedIn: 'Layout/Spotlight/Spotlight.tsx',
},
{ keys: 'Ctrl+?', description: 'This list', implementedIn: 'Layout/ShortcutsModal.tsx' },
],
},
{
title: 'Themes',
note: 'The browser applies as you move, so you watch the app change rather than reading names.',
shortcuts: [
{
keys: 'Ctrl+Shift+Space',
description: 'Open the theme browser',
implementedIn: 'theme/useThemeKeys.ts',
},
{
keys: 'Ctrl+Shift+← / →',
description: 'Previous / next theme, without opening anything',
implementedIn: 'theme/useThemeKeys.ts',
},
{
keys: 'Ctrl+Shift+F',
description: 'Star or unstar the current theme, from anywhere',
implementedIn: 'theme/useThemeKeys.ts',
},
],
},
{
title: 'In the theme browser',
shortcuts: [
{ keys: 'j / k ↑ / ↓', description: 'Move through the list', implementedIn: 'theme/useThemeKeys.ts' },
{
keys: 'l →',
description: 'Apply the focused theme and keep browsing',
implementedIn: 'theme/useThemeKeys.ts',
},
{ keys: 'h ←', description: 'Put back the theme you started on', implementedIn: 'theme/useThemeKeys.ts' },
{ keys: 'f', description: 'Star or unstar the focused theme', implementedIn: 'theme/useThemeKeys.ts' },
{ keys: 'Enter', description: 'Keep what you are looking at', implementedIn: 'theme/useThemeKeys.ts' },
{ keys: 'Esc', description: 'Cancel and restore', implementedIn: 'theme/useThemeKeys.ts' },
],
},
{
title: 'In Spotlight',
shortcuts: [
{ keys: '↑ / ↓', description: 'Move through the results', implementedIn: 'Layout/Spotlight/Spotlight.tsx' },
{ keys: 'Enter', description: 'Go there', implementedIn: 'Layout/Spotlight/Spotlight.tsx' },
{ keys: 'Esc', description: 'Close', implementedIn: 'Layout/Spotlight/Spotlight.tsx' },
],
},
{
title: 'Chat',
note: 'Recall only takes the arrow key from an EMPTY composer, and any other key ends a recall — so a draft is never overwritten.',
shortcuts: [
{
keys: '↑ / ↓',
description: 'Previous / next prompt you sent, shell-style',
implementedIn: 'Chat/EmbeddableChat/useEmbeddableChat.ts',
},
{
keys: 'Enter',
description: 'Send · on an empty composer with something queued, send that now',
implementedIn: 'Chat/EmbeddableChat/useEmbeddableChat.ts',
},
{ keys: 'Shift+Enter', description: 'Newline', implementedIn: 'Chat/EmbeddableChat/useEmbeddableChat.ts' },
{
keys: 'Esc',
description: 'Stop the turn that is generating',
implementedIn: 'Chat/EmbeddableChat/useEmbeddableChat.ts',
},
],
},
];
/**
* Is this the `Ctrl+?` chord?
*
* `?` is `Shift+/` on most layouts and its own key on some, so both spellings are accepted rather than
* guessing which keyboard is attached. `code === 'Slash'` is the physical key, which is stable where `key`
* is not.
*/
export function isShortcutsChord(ev: KeyboardEvent): boolean {
if (!ev.ctrlKey) return false;
return ev.key === '?' || (ev.shiftKey && ev.code === 'Slash');
}