Brave-browser: [Desktop] Users should be able to customize keyboard shortcuts

[bsclifton]

Carried over from browser-laptop-

Users should be able to change/remap/clear keyboard shortcuts in the browser

As a work-around, we can consider including or linking to an extension such as Shortkeys that allows users to do this

[vinicentus]

+1

[slavpetroff]

+1

[Jay1]

Hotkeys to navigate to recent tab is very important in my workflow, I've been using Brave exclusively for about 2 months now it's honestly the only small irritant with Brave browser so far.

[AndresPrez]

The fact that the Brave Browser gains control over the play/pause button (MacBook) is very annoying.
I enjoy Brave but unfortunately this problem is a no go on the browser for now.

[bsclifton]

@AndresPrez there is a separate issue tracking media keys being taken over (which happens because of Chromium). Can you try the work-around suggested here?
https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/3807#issuecomment-475332062

[AndresPrez]

Awesome!, there's a bunch of configurations here that I didn't know.

I'm sure this simple answer: "brave://flags". Might solve a lot of issues out there.

[SeevenDev]

@bsclifton Hi! Any plan on implementing this?

The Shortkeys extension doesn't allow to clear default shortcuts (in my case, I'd like to use Ctrl+Shift+Del with Streamkeys, but this shortcut is already taken for clearing browsing data, which is really annoying).

[orish1]

I've had the same issue with Chrome (and now Brave, thinking at least another developer would have addressed it).

I'm constantly deleting things by mistake because the default shortcut for adding a bookmark is Ctrl+D. What's worrying is that I sometimes don't even know what I've deleted because another window might be active. So when the bookmark dialog doesn't show up, I press Ctrl+D a few more times.

This is not the only problem I have with common shortcut keys, but this is the most serious one and I've lost valuable work and contacts and emails, etc without realizing until it's way too late. (Yes, I've even backed up data after I've deleted something important and only realized when I tried to recover the data from the backup!!!)

It's a habit I can't get rid of because I use the keyboard much more than I use my mouse - my work is very text-intensive. So I need an alternative shortcut for adding bookmarks for my research.

Any ideas in the meantime (shortkeys doesn't support adding bookmarks as a shortcut)?

Thanks

[pstephenwille]

This is a deal killer for me. Vivaldi is the only browser that supports customized key bindings.

[tearfang]

I want to add shortcut for my readerView extension or the distill page function...
Anyone know if there is some magic javascript I can drop into shortkeys to do this?

[loneconspirator]

I would like to assign keyboard shortcuts to bookmarks without using an untrusted extension

[tommyjcarpenter]

I agree to this issue. On mac, typing command w is very awkward on my Razer keyboard to close the current tab. Cant be done with one hand (the command key and the w are basically vertically on top of each other). Would love to change to shift w

[vindberg]

Please add this to the backlog for the next release! Its important for further adoption of the browser ASAP!!!

[zwimer]

I agree. I constantly hit ctrl-D to close a window (I am used to doing this for terminals). I would like the ability to change the bookmark key-binding to a different shortcut.

[vinicentus]

Would it be possible to write this as an open source chromium extension that would then be included by default? That way it might be easier to maintain. I don't know how efficient that would be, just throwing the idea to you :)

[Exr0n]

Or, is there a plan on implementing this? That might help somebody looking to contribute take a crack at it.. :)

[gerardb7]

Having a mechanism to modify and clear default shortcuts would prevent a lot of nagging issues such as unwanted zooming when pressing ctrl. Please implement this!

[auriusbendikas]

This is the only reason now I am not using Brave browser. Not being able to customize shortcuts is a deal braker.

Would also be nice if I could edit shortcuts in a file, that would help me to scrip my browser installations with my customisations pre-applied.

[brandon-toner]

+1 — I'm getting interference with keystrokes I use with other web-apps (Roam Research).

Will be changing browsers because of this. May return if fixed.

[developersam1995]

+1, Yes please add the ability to customize shortcuts.

[shenlin-tomtom]

• Please add the customize shortcuts.