Keyboard Shortcut - post actions select post unclear

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Discourse user JMichaelTX reported an issue with keyboard shortcuts for post actions not working. jomaxro suggested that the user had not selected the post first using the j and k keys, which is required for post actions to work.

JMichaelTX proposed a change to the Shortcut Keys popup to clarify this requirement. jomaxro agreed that the current design is unclear and suggested splitting post actions from “global” actions.

codinghorror initially suggested that advanced users should be able to figure out the requirement, but later acknowledged JMichaelTX’s point that it is not immediately obvious and that the post currently indicated in the right margin should be the default selection for post actions.

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Continuing the discussion from Keyboard Shortcuts - post actions don't work: (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:

 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.


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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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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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?

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This is just a simple mockup. Of course you guys can use any style you wish that is clear.

Thanks.

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J’ai déplacé ce sujet vers Contribute > UX. Je suis d’accord pour dire qu’il n’est pas évident que les actions sur les publications ne soient pas claires dans la fenêtre contextuelle. Cependant, toutes les options dans Actions ne nécessitent pas une publication sélectionnée. Peut-être faudrait-il séparer les actions sur les publications des actions « globales ».

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Generally the advanced folks who deal with keyboard shortcuts are expected to be able to figure this out :wink:

If you press a “reply” key, the obvious question is: reply to which post?

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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?

And I thought it would be the post currently indicated in the right margin, like this:

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Aha, I see your point. That’s fair!

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