Indent keybind

[Chaosy]

I have serious issues with this, I want a keybind to tab/intend a text.
Shift + tab = reverse

I know that tab is also used for site navigation, but I think it could be disabled if the user is typing perhaps?

For implementation I imagine it being done by checking if the (presumably) div element is being focused client side, apply keybind if so.

 

[Hotwer]

I have serious issues with this, I want a keybind to tab/intend a text.
Shift + tab = reverse

I know that tab is also used for site navigation, but I think it could be disabled if the user is typing perhaps?

For implementation I imagine it being done by checking if the (presumably) div element is being focused client side, apply keybind if so.

You can control this behaviour if there's focus on a input or textarea. Though if you're using some modern wysiwyg it may be in the proper api (as CKEditor, for instance).

 

[Ralle]

Are you typing code directly into the editor on this site?

 

[Chaosy]

Yes.
edit: no, I mean for normal typing, like posts and in the pastebin not code

 

[Ralle]

Why would you use the tab symbol?

 

[Chaosy]

Because that does not interrupt the writing flow? unlike pressing the indent button in the UI

 

[Hotwer]

Why would you use the tab symbol?

As far as I understand he's trying to use the tab do indent lines and shift+tab to deindent lines. But what happens is that when he tabs, it goes out of the box he's writing.
So he would like to indent lines with tab instead of changing focused objects.

 

[Chaosy]

Indeed, @Hotwer got it right.

 

[Ralle]

So it would insert [INDENT] tags? How do I navigate to the "Post Reply" button then? Use a mouse? That's barbaric.

 

[Chaosy]

Never thought of pressing tab + enter to post lol. Always pressed the button with the mouse
So yeah, I would make that trade, maybe that is just me.

 

[Hotwer]

You could add a shortcut for indentation or deindentation like ALT + Q for indent and ALT + A to deindent (we already have the buttons).

 

[Chaosy]

Well any shortcut would be welcome, though tab would be ideal since that is the default in all text editors.

 

[Hotwer]

Well, if a shortcut to post is so ideal, it would be better to have it on some shortcut. Like Ctrl + Enter (since Alt +Enter is already used by the browser).

I do have to agree with the use of tab sometines sads me greatly.