maybe global/local scope could also be a switch, once you are in spotter
> On 6 Nov 2018, at 12:02, Guillermo Polito <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Q: does "contextual spotter" inherit all the features from the global one?
>
> If yes, why not overriding shift+enter?
> - if you're on a global scope, you open a global spotter
> - if you're on a local scope, you open a local spotter (that also does
> global spotter things)
>
> Also, it will be more easy to discover => just a single shortcut, and people
> will start using it directly, maybe even without knowing it
>
> On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 11:56 AM Esteban Lorenzano <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Most of you don’t know it, but Calypso incorporates an option to show a
> “contextual spotter” which will list all available commands in the context
> you selected.
> This is meant to help on discoverability and reachability of commands
> available.
>
> This is *in addition to shortcuts* not a replace of them (but lets be honest,
> we have far more commands than those that are possible to handle with a
> simple shortcut).
>
> Anyway, originally I mapped this command to meta+/, which fitted well with my
> keyboard and language, but seems is not the case for many others (and this is
> not working at all on windows).
>
> So. I’m looking for options :)
>
> So far I have this two ideas:
>
> 1- alt+enter
> 2- meta+h
>
> First one looks nice, but I’m not sure it will work on all
> platforms/combinations. What do you think?
>
> Esteban
>
> Ps: I will also add an icon somewhere to expose the contextual spotter.
>
>
>
>
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