Keyboard Shortcut Suggestion for Linking

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Scott Simmons (Secret-HQ)

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Mar 20, 2021, 5:47:18 PM3/20/21
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The ability to add and configure keyboard shortcuts in TiddlyWiki is the gift that keeps on giving!

I would like to float a suggestion about the built-in shortcuts for linking, however:

In Windows world, CTRL+K is usually the keyboard shortcut for creating a hyperlink (at least in text editors and in the text areas of most programs I've come across).  One of the first things I did when I discovered I could now configure shortcuts in TW was change the Linkify shortcut to CTRL+K and the Link shortcut to SHIFT+CTRL+K.

I don't know that I've ever seen CTRL+L or SHIFT+ALT+L trigger any kind of linking behavior in Windows.  Unless there are conventions I'm unaware of, I'd recommend making TW's out-of-the-box shortcuts for Linkify and Link CTRL+K and SHIFT+CTRL+K, respectively.

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I might also recommend a minor edit to the hint shadow tiddlers for each shortcut to prod users in distinguishing them in the control panel.

Perhaps:
Wrap selection in square brackets, e.g. `[[link]]`
... for Link.

And:
Create wikitext link, e.g. `[[link|destination]]`
... for Linkify.
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