Bug 166111 - keyboard shortcut search feature
Summary: keyboard shortcut search feature
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
24.8.5.2 release
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Keywords: needsUXEval
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Blocks: Customize-Dialog-Keyboard
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Reported: 2025-04-09 18:34 UTC by golemus
Modified: 2025-04-11 06:52 UTC (History)
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Description golemus 2025-04-09 18:34:33 UTC
Description:
There should be search field somewhere (maybe above "Shortcut keys" text). First you click the field with mouse. After that you press a keyboard shortcut such as Shift-DownArrow. After this the cursor in "Shortcut Keys" list jumps to the corresponding Shortcut key.

Most serious apps have this feature and it is really essential as scrolling down through list of hundreds of keyboard shortcuts is bad user experience.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Customize... - Keyboard tab
2.
3.

Actual Results:
No way to search from keyboard shortcut to what it is assigned to

Expected Results:
There should be search field somewhere (maybe above "Shortcut keys" text). First you click the field with mouse. After that you press a keyboard shortcut such as Shift-DownArrow. After this the cursor in "Shortcut Keys" list jumps to the corresponding Shortcut key.

Most serious apps have this feature and it is really essential as scrolling down through list of hundreds of keyboard shortcuts is bad user experience.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
There should be search field somewhere (maybe above "Shortcut keys" text). First you click the field with mouse. After that you press a keyboard shortcut such as Shift-DownArrow. After this the cursor in "Shortcut Keys" list jumps to the corresponding Shortcut key.

Most serious apps have this feature and it is really essential as scrolling down through list of hundreds of keyboard shortcuts is bad user experience.
Comment 1 Regina Henschel 2025-04-09 21:03:52 UTC
After opening Tools > Customize go to dialog page 'Keyboard'. Hover the list in field 'Shortcut Keys'. You get a tooltip, "To quickly find a shortcut in this list, simply press the key combination."

And pressing a key combination indeed jumps to the according item. That works at least in Version: 25.2.1.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: d3abf4aee5fd705e4a92bba33a32f40bc4e56f49
CPU threads: 32; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (10.0 build 26100); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: de-DE (de_DE); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

Please try it out.
Comment 2 V Stuart Foote 2025-04-10 12:05:27 UTC
Yes, the Tools -> Customize "Keyboard" panel allows search by entering the key sequence, as noted. But the Tools -> Customize *search by key entry* unfortunately balks when mode is switched from that of open LO module, to the LO global radio button. Also when Tools -> Customize is opened without an active module, i.e. from the StartCenter.

Additionally, the Tools -> Help -> 'Search Commands...' dialog  (<Shift>+<Esc> shortcut) exposes assigned shortcuts on mouseover appended to the Tooltip for returned controls--only for UNO with assigned shortcuts. But likewise does not work without an active LO module, i.e. from the StartCenter.

But it is not really an issue for the "global" shortcuts. And we are already able to identify shortcuts efficiently per module, just not the global assignments.

IMHO already doing enough, and => WF

Version: 25.2.2.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 7370d4be9e3cf6031a51beef54ff3bda878e3fac
CPU threads: 28; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (10.0 build 26100); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded

Version: 25.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 0d0e5c72e6344de48227b74846a6ff638b803c64
CPU threads: 28; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 26100); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded
Comment 3 Heiko Tietze 2025-04-11 06:52:37 UTC
=> WF

See bug 115527 and bug 115052 for redesign proposals