Community Suggestion: Handle Ctrl+S and Ctrl+Shift+S
Handle Ctrl+S and Ctrl+Shift+S
User Interface (UI) / User Experience (UX) · Generic · Created by sirintellegence
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Editor -tags save keyboard-shortcuts
As a programmer, I have a habit of pressing Ctrl+S and Ctrl+Shift+S after doing some typing, which results in the browser "save page" window opening. I would like Anvil to handle those buttons like Google Keep does or eat it.
Google Keep interperets those two key strokes as "Save immediantly" (I think...). I *have* noticed suggestions regarding a save button, how it has been removed, and the reasoning behind it. Google Keep also has no save button, opting to do auto-save like you do. But they still handle (or possibly eat?) those keystrokes so I don't have to conciously NOT press the buttons.
That isn't that hard in my opinion. You can just eat the event if you only want to support autosave or you can have it trigger a manual save, take you pick. I am actually not sure if Google Keep actually does do a save, but it does show the "autosave" icon thing when you do it.
Follow up
Do you have any suggestions on what extensions one could use to help with this?
The Team's Response
Thanks for the suggestion! While we understand the Ctrl+S reflex is strong when writing, we don't want to "hijack" a keyboard shortcut unless we really need to. There are browser extensions/addons that can help you with this, and possibly local settings too.
Current score
19/300 Votes · +3604 points
Votes Cast
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+300
by SierraKomodo
on 2025-01-30 04:41 -
+100
by HemlockFlats
on 2025-01-27 17:28 -
+300
by PurpleFeathers
on 2025-01-26 19:28I wish I could give more to this. I have this issue so often...
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by morganarcher
on 2025-01-24 19:58 -
+100
by MKHETH II
on 2025-01-23 06:46 -
+300
by Ormus_Erebus
on 2025-01-21 23:23 -
+300
by A Glamorous Bananafolk
on 2025-01-21 15:55 -
+100
by ss2020
on 2025-01-21 03:30 -
+100
by BCGR_Wurth
on 2025-01-19 18:03 -
+1
by Buzzard
on 2025-01-16 19:01Perhaps instead of disabling Ctrl+S, remap it to Save/Export a JSON or XML copy of the active article instead? Being able to quickly export a copy of a single article prior to editing would be a great tool that might go a long way to easing the concerns regarding auto-save. And it would create a way for users to easily create their own versioning/archiving system locally.
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+300
by kaixabu
on 2025-01-16 13:05 -
+1
by trossm
on 2025-01-15 23:32 -
+300
by Jupiter Melichios
on 2025-01-14 06:11 -
+100
by DragonHeart[8787]
on 2025-01-13 17:58 -
+300
by SoulLink
on 2025-01-13 17:41This made me realize that I largely untrained myself from excessive saving ^^ but a few years ago this would have definitely been an issue for me too
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+300
by Chrysoula
on 2025-01-13 08:39 -
+300
by Scalenex
on 2025-01-12 17:38 -
+1
by Michael Chandra
on 2025-01-12 12:26 -
+1
by Netany
on 2025-01-12 08:25 -
+300
by sirintellegence
on 2025-01-11 20:25
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