Feature Request: Support for key chords (for extending the currently available keyboard keys)
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:37 am
Currently Everything allows you to assign Menu commands, Bookmarks, Filters etc etc to only standard keyboard shortcuts such as or . I think, for some of us, it will be common to run out of keyboard keys that we can assign commands to.
In my case, I try to avoid using two modifier layers such as as I try to avoid straining my hand, which suffers from carpal tunnel, and certainly avoid the layer, for the same reason.
For this reason, I would like to ask, if we can get support for key chords in Everything? So, then it becomes possible to have key combinations such as, , ... etc etc.
Programmes like VsCode have key chords, simply due to the numerous commands the user is allowed to assign to a shortcut. On VsCode's Keyboard rules pages they describe key chords as:
f1
ctrl+alt+f1
In my case, I try to avoid using two modifier layers such as
ctrl+alt+<key>
ctrl+shift+alt+<key>
For this reason, I would like to ask, if we can get support for key chords in Everything? So, then it becomes possible to have key combinations such as
f1+a
f1+b
f1+c
f1+shift+a
Programmes like VsCode have key chords, simply due to the numerous commands the user is allowed to assign to a shortcut. On VsCode's Keyboard rules pages they describe key chords as:
Cheers!>Chords (two separate keypress actions) are described by separating the two keypresses with a space. For example,.Ctrl+K Ctrl+C