Pluto.jl: Customise keyboard shortcuts

[dpsanders]

This looks like a very nice project, thanks!

I am trying to find the shortcut key to evaluate a cell (on Mac). Coming from Jupyter I was expecting / hoping that Shift-Enter would work, but it seems to create a new cell without evaluating the previous one.

[dpsanders]

OK, it's Ctrl-Enter. How can I configure it to be Shift-Enter instead?

[fonsp]

Welcome to the project! We are happy to be receiving feedback :)

We want to inform users about keyboard shortcuts using an FAQ (#53), and we want a single system for all customisation (#6). Customising keyboard shortcuts (using this system) was not yet on our list, so let's make that the focus of this issue ~

For future reference: Ctrl+Shift+? or F1 shows the list of keyboard shortcuts.

[fonsp]

You also pointed out that the current defaults are confusing to Jupyter users, so maybe we should change them to match Jupyter?

[dpsanders]

Shift-enter is also used in Atom for executing the code.

[fonsp]

I found online that Jupyter has:
Ctrl+Enter for _run cell_,
Shift+Enter for _run cell and select next cell_.

Juno has:
Ctrl+Enter to _run your selection or current line_,
Alt+Shift+Enter to _run cell and select next cell_. (strange...)

So I suggest that Pluto has:
Ctrl+Enter to _run cell_
Shift+Enter to _run cell and add cell below_.

with the philosophy that running and selecting the next cell is mostly useful in a non-reactive notebook, where you manually need to run a bunch of sequential cells.

And of course, this will all be customisable in a few weeks :)

[dpsanders]

OK good point. I guess I just find shift-enter more ergonomic so tend to use that. Thanks!

[karlwessel]

One minor thing that might fit here: When executing and creating a new cell with shift+return it would be nice if the input cursor would switch to the new cell, so one can continue typing in that one.

[fonsp]

Ah yep that used to be there and it disappeared again. Thanks for pointing it out :)

[karlwessel]

Ah yep that used to be there and it disappeared again. Thanks for pointing it out :)

Ah, thats probably the reason why I immediately missed it :).

[fonsp]

shift+return is fixed 👍

[tamasgal]

OK good point. I guess I just find shift-enter more ergonomic so tend to use that. Thanks!

Btw. you can easily remap Caps-Lock to CTRL on a Mac (Keyboard Preferences), which is generally a very good idea since that key only causes trouble :laughing: