Navigation shortcuts are confusing in Mac OS

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Dmitry Kotenko

• October 10, 2018 12:17

In beta-version of Workflowy there are the following navigation shortcuts:

“Command + →” to go one level lower in the hierarchy

“Command + ←” to go one level higher

 

But on Mac OS, these shortcuts have another meaning. They are usually used to navigate through a line of text:

“Command + →” moves the cursor to the end of the line

“Command + ←” move the cursor to the beginning of the line

 

Now, when I edit some Workflowy item and want to move the cursor to the end of the current item, I mechanically press “Command + →”. And, instead of moving to the end of the current item, I am moved to the first child of the current item. This is very confusing.

 

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  Adam Pearson

  • October 10, 2018 17:18

  Yep - this is a fatal conflict which can't be resolved without remapping the key commands to not interfere with Mac OS commands. It was fine before today's update, so I suggest there needs to be another update as soon as poss.

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  MR A ARCHER

  • October 10, 2018 17:22

  I've found the same confusing behaviour.

  "Command + ←" AND “Command + →” are well-established natural text shortcut which function across the majority of programs on MacOS to move to the beginning/end of the given line. Has really thrown me off now that I'm no longer able to use those. :(

  I was already using "Command + <" and "Command + >" to move into/out of a given bullet point - and those were working very well! Just not sure you need 2 ways to do that.

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  Adam Pearson

  • October 10, 2018 17:28

  I was using ctrl-left and ctrl-right to zoom in and out, and ctrl-shift-L/R arrows to move items up and down. Was great. Now it's broken 😭

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  Paul Cernek

  • October 10, 2018 21:28

  This is a severe disruption to my workflow.

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  Scott Foubister

  • October 10, 2018 22:07

  I noticed this change right away, and realized how frequently & automatically I use those shortcuts to jump to the start/end of a line. Looking forward to an update to fix this!

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  Paul Cernek

  • October 12, 2018 17:19
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  The same issue has been brought up here: https://workflowy.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360026397491-Allow-keyboard-shortcuts-to-be-disabled-or-changed-?page=1#community_comment_360002635172

  and here: https://workflowy.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360026460072-how-to-jump-the-end-of-line-with-shortcut-?page=1#community_comment_360002635292 

  Please take this issue seriously. Every additional day that I have to deal with this adds a dent in the overall enjoyment I get from using Workflowy.

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  Paul Cernek

  • October 12, 2018 17:24
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  Never mind! I just refreshed my page today (which, I admit, I don't do regularly), and looks like the CMD + [left/right arrow] shortcut for zoom in/out has been disabled (at least on mac), and proper jumping to beginning/end of line functionality has been restored.

  Thanks, Workflowy devs!

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  Stephen Akerson

  • October 10, 2018 21:57

  Echo all the above comments.

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  Dmitry Kotenko

  • October 14, 2018 10:07

  Yes, it is fixed now. Thanks, development team :–)

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