Show HN: Show the current application's shortcuts on Windows, Linux and macOS

https://tkainrad.dev/posts/app-to-show-shortcuts-of-current-application-windows-linux-macos/

by tkainrad • 6 years ago

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tkainrad3• 6 years ago

Looking up keyboard shortcuts on the web takes you out of the current context and breaks your workflow. That’s why, as a Linux user, I have always been a bit envious of macOS users, who had access to tools that could instantly show the current application’s shortcuts.

On Windows and Linux, there was no such thing. You had to find shortcut information in the software’s documentation and hope that it was searchable.

KeyCombiner Desktop shows the current application’s shortcuts in a searchable table, triggered instantly via a system-wide key combination. It is available for Windows, Linux, and macOS.

This lookup also includes all shortcuts and text snippets from personal KeyCombiner collections, making it a universal cheatsheet. I am afraid you will have to read the blog post to fully understand what this means.

I appreciate any feedback!

seniorivn2• 6 years ago

does it support custom shortcuts?

tkainrad3• 6 years ago

Yes and no.

It shows the default bindings of the active application's shortcuts. However, with KeyCombiner you can also create personal collections of shortcuts and commands. Those are always shown. In these personal collections, you can set whatever bindings and customizations you like. You can quickly build these collections by importing selected(or all) shortcuts from the public collection of an application.

In practice, when I use the lookup and search for a shortcut that I have customized, I will see both the default binding (because it's shown for the active application), and my own binding (because it's in my personal collections).

Sorry if this was confusing. The blog post explains it in more detail and illustrates with animations.

Show HN: Show the current application's shortcuts on Windows, Linux and macOS

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