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Make shortcuts independent of keyboard layout (language) #811

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slavalamp opened this issue Mar 11, 2021 · 2 comments
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Make shortcuts independent of keyboard layout (language) #811

slavalamp opened this issue Mar 11, 2021 · 2 comments
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@slavalamp
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PROBLEM:
I switch between English (Latin) and Russian (Cyrillic) keyboard layouts frequently, and letter shortcuts work only with the language I set them in. For example, I set Q for quality in English and the same key types Й in Russian layout. I have to press Q in English for the shortcut to work.
I never remember which layout is on at the moment, it’s really frustrating when I press a key and the shortcut set for it doesn’t work, and I don’t want to have to switch the layout just to use a shortcut.

SOLUTION:
Do the action when a certain key is pressed, no matter what letter it types.

ALTERNATIVES:
Setting synonym hotkeys manually, that has already been requested in #648, could do the same, but that’s kinda counterintuitive. You would still have to remember to set all the variants. Totally not a good idea.

RELEVANCE / SCOPE:
Useful for all people who switch between different layouts a lot, for example if some of their languages’ alphabets aren’t Latin.

"SIDE EFFECTS":
Some people could possibly use the same key in different layouts for different actions?.. solvable by making this feature an option.

CONTEXT:
YouTube’s hotkeys don’t depend on your language.

@slavalamp slavalamp added the help wanted Just an old github standard we add automatically. (The team can remove it when working on it.) label Mar 11, 2021
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ImprovedTube commented Mar 14, 2021

true https://caniuse.com/?search=keyboardevent.code

welcome! @Jantaja

@ImprovedTube ImprovedTube added Bug Bug or required update after YouTube changes Feature request Wish or idea labels Mar 14, 2021
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ghost commented Jun 16, 2021

Fixed (c119313)

@ghost ghost closed this as completed Jun 16, 2021
@ImprovedTube ImprovedTube removed the help wanted Just an old github standard we add automatically. (The team can remove it when working on it.) label Dec 28, 2021
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