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Description

This branch is a Proof-of-Concept implementation to bring keyboard shortcuts to admin in Django core.

Proposed Shortcuts

Description Shortcut Scope Status
Show shortcuts help dialog ? Global Done
Go to the site index g i Global Done
Save and go to change list Alt+s Change Form Done
Save and add another Alt+a Change Form Done
Save and continue editing Alt+c Change Form Done
Delete Alt+d Change Form Done
Confirm deletion Alt+y Delete Confirmation Done
Cancel deletion Alt+n Delete Confirmation Done
Go to a change list page g l Global TBD
Go to the model instance page g c Global TBD
Focus search bar / Change List TBD
Select previous row for action k Change List TBD
Select next row for action j Change List TBD
Toggle row selection x Change List TBD
Focus actions dropdown a Change List TBD

Notes

  • Key events are handled manually, no external javascript library used for shortcuts.
  • Shortcut keys are mostly hardcoded in javascript (limited flexibility).
  • Key sequences are limited to two characters only.

khanxmetu added 3 commits June 19, 2025 23:12
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Added basic keyboard shortcuts to admin:
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- Show keyboard shortcuts dialog
- Save, Save and add another, Save and continue editing
- Delete
- Confirm deletion
- Cancel deletion
- Go to admin index
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Added test for shortcuts dialog
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Removed shortcuts dialog from login
fc74f5b
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@khanxmetu khanxmetu force-pushed the admin-keyboard-shortcuts branch from 1ce6f8a to 1ba2d51 Compare June 20, 2025 09:47
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@khanxmetu khanxmetu force-pushed the admin-keyboard-shortcuts branch from fe9ff27 to 534e543 Compare June 26, 2025 13:21
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@khanxmetu khanxmetu force-pushed the admin-keyboard-shortcuts branch from 0148740 to dbfc0d0 Compare June 27, 2025 21:50
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