Ctrl+S autosave for new posts

[fitztrev]

I've grown accustomed to the Ctrl+S saving feature in Gmail and Google Docs and propose it as a feature available in the New Post page.

Once "Control + S" is hit on the keyboard, it can call the current autosave function.

jQuery Plugins:

​http://rikrikrik.com/jquery/shortkeys/

​http://code.google.com/p/js-hotkeys/

Normal Javascript:

​http://www.openjs.com/scripts/events/keyboard_shortcuts/

[DD32]

Extending the hotkeys for comment moderation to other areas of the WordPress admin would certainly be nice.. Control + S seems nice for autosave too.

[Denis-de-Bernardy]

isn't this done in 2.8?

[Elpie]

If it was done, it doesn't work ;)

It's a really bad idea. Ctrl +S is a common browser keyboard shortcut. In Opera, Firefox and others Ctrl +S triggers a "Save page as" dialog for saving a web page locally. Overriding browser behaviour can lead to undesired results and can have a huge impact on accessibility. (Screen readers such as JAWS also use Ctrl +S for saving local copies of pages). For this reason, many people find the Gmail hotkey unusable and confusing (it also doesn't work in all browsers - just another thing to consider!)

Hotkeys in WordPress would be very useful, but they need to be hotkeys that are not already in use by browsers and assistive devices.

[dd32]

Control + Shift + S is my vote.. (Mearly for the fact that it means "Send" in Opera email... :))

AFAIK, Only the comment moderation got the hotkeys? I'm not sure..

[bi0xid]

+1

Only comment moderation? Nopes, they work in posts (Ctrl+B, Ctrl+I...) and will be very good to save drafts.

BTW, why not Ctrl+Shift+P (publish in Coda) for publish?

[dd32]

Nopes, they work in posts (Ctrl+B, Ctrl+I...) and will be very good to save drafts.

Thats different.. And is a TinyMCE function, not something WordPress has implemented.

[bi0xid]

Replying to dd32:

Nopes, they work in posts (Ctrl+B, Ctrl+I...) and will be very good to save drafts.

Thats different.. And is a TinyMCE function, not something WordPress has implemented.

Ups...

Anyway, Ctrl+Shift+S & Ctrl+Shift+P are my votes.

[johnbillion]

Ctrl+S has been introduced at some point