# Keyboard Shortcut - post actions select post unclear
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/keyboard-shortcut-post-actions-select-post-unclear/54512
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** keyboard-shortcuts
**Created:** [19 Dezembro , 2016 20:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keyboard-shortcut-post-actions-select-post-unclear/54512 "2016-12-19T20:33:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@JMichaelTX](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JMichaelTX)
#### Post date: [19 Dezembro , 2016 20:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keyboard-shortcut-post-actions-select-post-unclear/54512/1 "2016-12-19T20:33:25Z")
Continuing the discussion from [Keyboard Shortcuts - post actions don't work](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keyboard-shortcuts-post-actions-dont-work/15946): (May 25, 2014)
I’m having the same issue as reported in the above topic.
None of these shortcuts are working for me in
Discourse Version 1.6.8 in Chrome 55.0.2883.95 (2883.95) on macOS 10.11.4:
```plaintext
s Share post
r Reply to post
q Quote post
l Like post
! Flag post
b Bookmark post
e Edit post
d Delete post
```
Is this a known issue?
So I’m not sure what the “`q Quote post`” is supposed to do. If I have selected text in a post, and it shows:
Is there a shortcut key to use the quote, as if I had clicked on the popup?
Thanks.
BTW, I have done extensive searching, both here in the forum, and via Google, but could not find any recent topics that address this issue.
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EDIT: 2016-12-19 3:24 PM CT
Solution: [Post #2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keyboard-shortcuts-for-post-actions-not-working-again/54512/2?u=jmichaeltx) by @jomaxro
```
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [19 Dezembro , 2016 20:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keyboard-shortcut-post-actions-select-post-unclear/54512/2 "2016-12-19T20:38:06Z")
They’re all working for me (can’t test delete here…). Have you selected the post first using j and k? As those are post commands they’ll do nothing if there isn’t a post selected.
As for quote, it works, but you have to have the post selected.
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### Author:  [@JMichaelTX](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JMichaelTX)
#### Post date: [19 Dezembro , 2016 21:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keyboard-shortcut-post-actions-select-post-unclear/54512/3 "2016-12-19T21:23:24Z")
> [@jomaxro](#):
>
> Have you selected the post first using j and k? As those are post commands they’ll do nothing if there isn’t a post selected.
Nope, did NOT have the post selected. Didn’t know I needed to.
How are users supposed to know this from the Shortcut Keys popup?
May I propose a small change to the Shortcut Keys popup to clarify this?
This is just a simple mockup. Of course you guys can use any style you wish that is clear.
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [19 Dezembro , 2016 21:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keyboard-shortcut-post-actions-select-post-unclear/54512/4 "2016-12-19T21:27:22Z")
Movi isso para #Contribute > UX. Concordo que não está claro que as ações da publicação não são evidentes no pop-up. No entanto, nem tudo em **Ações** requer uma publicação selecionada. Talvez seja melhor separar as ações da publicação das ações “globais”.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [20 Dezembro , 2016 00:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keyboard-shortcut-post-actions-select-post-unclear/54512/5 "2016-12-20T00:10:53Z")
Generally the advanced folks who deal with keyboard shortcuts are expected to be able to figure this out 😉
If you press a “reply” key, the obvious question is: _reply to which post?_
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### Author:  [@JMichaelTX](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JMichaelTX)
#### Post date: [20 Dezembro , 2016 00:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keyboard-shortcut-post-actions-select-post-unclear/54512/6 "2016-12-20T00:29:07Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
>
> Generally the advanced folks who deal with keyboard shortcuts are expected to be able to figure this out
So I guess me, and those like me, are all idiots?
Really?
Just because it is obvious to you and your kind, Jeff, does NOT mean it is obvious to everyone else.
But why make it a mystery? What is so hard about putting this info on the Shortcuts key popup?
> [@codinghorror](#):
>
> If you press a “reply” key, the obvious question is: reply to which post?
And I thought it would be the post currently indicated in the right margin, like this:
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [20 Dezembro , 2016 00:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keyboard-shortcut-post-actions-select-post-unclear/54512/7 "2016-12-20T00:58:26Z")
> [@JMichaelTX](#):
>
> it would be the post currently indicated in the right margin
Aha, I see your point. That’s fair!