[Fix] Stop global shortcuts from hijacking Ctrl/Cmd+P#545
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…k-ai#423) Extract global shortcut resolution into @clawwork/core with editable-context pass-through, optional disabled panel shortcuts, print menu support, and regression tests confirming Ctrl/Cmd+P is never bound by the renderer handler. Signed-off-by: Array Fleet <fleet@advancedresearcharray.local> Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Extend settings/config types with None panel shortcut, add i18n keys for all locales, and format global-shortcuts regression tests. Signed-off-by: Array Fleet <fleet@advancedresearcharray.local> Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
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Summary of ChangesHello, I'm Gemini Code Assist1! I'm currently reviewing this pull request and will post my feedback shortly. In the meantime, here's a summary to help you and other reviewers quickly get up to speed! This pull request addresses shortcut conflicts by implementing a robust, shared global shortcut resolver. It ensures that critical system shortcuts like Print (Ctrl/Cmd+P) are not hijacked by application-level bindings and improves the user experience by deferring shortcut triggers while the user is interacting with text inputs. Additionally, it provides users with the flexibility to disable specific panel shortcuts and adds proper localization support for the new settings options. Highlights
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This pull request refactors global shortcut handling by extracting the logic into a core library, adding support for disabling panel shortcuts, and introducing a warning for macOS preference conflicts. The review feedback highlights several improvement opportunities: updating text input detection to support contenteditable="plaintext-only", preventing a regression where standard shortcuts like Cmd+Shift+O and Cmd+Shift+F are deferred while typing, adding corresponding tests, and replacing the deprecated navigator.platform check with a more reliable user agent check.
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| const TEXT_INPUT_SELECTOR = | ||
| 'input:not([type=checkbox]):not([type=radio]):not([type=button]):not([type=submit]):not([type=reset]), textarea, select, [contenteditable=""], [contenteditable="true"]'; |
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The TEXT_INPUT_SELECTOR only matches contenteditable="true" and contenteditable="". However, modern rich text editors and chat inputs frequently use contenteditable="plaintext-only" to allow auto-resizing while preventing formatted rich-text pasting. We should update the selector to match any element with a contenteditable attribute that is not explicitly set to "false".
| const TEXT_INPUT_SELECTOR = | |
| 'input:not([type=checkbox]):not([type=radio]):not([type=button]):not([type=submit]):not([type=reset]), textarea, select, [contenteditable=""], [contenteditable="true"]'; | |
| const TEXT_INPUT_SELECTOR = | |
| 'input:not([type=checkbox]):not([type=radio]):not([type=button]):not([type=submit]):not([type=reset]), textarea, select, [contenteditable]:not([contenteditable="false"])'; |
| export function isTextInputElement(target: EventTarget | null): boolean { | ||
| if (!isElementWithSelectorSupport(target)) return false; | ||
| if (target.matches(TEXT_INPUT_SELECTOR)) return true; | ||
| return Boolean(target.closest('[contenteditable="true"], [contenteditable=""]')); | ||
| } |
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To fully support contenteditable="plaintext-only" elements, the closest check in isTextInputElement should also be updated to match any non-false contenteditable ancestor.
| export function isTextInputElement(target: EventTarget | null): boolean { | |
| if (!isElementWithSelectorSupport(target)) return false; | |
| if (target.matches(TEXT_INPUT_SELECTOR)) return true; | |
| return Boolean(target.closest('[contenteditable="true"], [contenteditable=""]')); | |
| } | |
| export function isTextInputElement(target: EventTarget | null): boolean { | |
| if (!isElementWithSelectorSupport(target)) return false; | |
| if (target.matches(TEXT_INPUT_SELECTOR)) return true; | |
| return Boolean(target.closest('[contenteditable]:not([contenteditable="false"])')); | |
| } |
| export function shouldDeferGlobalShortcut( | ||
| event: Pick<KeyboardEvent, 'metaKey' | 'ctrlKey' | 'shiftKey' | 'code' | 'target'>, | ||
| ): boolean { | ||
| if (!isTextInputElement(event.target)) return false; | ||
| const meta = event.metaKey || event.ctrlKey; | ||
| if (meta && !event.shiftKey && event.code === 'KeyK') return false; | ||
| return true; | ||
| } |
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The current implementation of shouldDeferGlobalShortcut defers all global shortcuts except Cmd/Ctrl+K when focus is inside a text input. This introduces a regression where standard, non-conflicting application shortcuts like Cmd+Shift+O (New Task) and Cmd+Shift+F (Open Files) will no longer work when the user is focusing the chat input or any other text field. We should explicitly allow these non-conflicting global shortcuts to pass through even when a text input is focused, while still deferring configurable panel shortcuts.
export function shouldDeferGlobalShortcut(
event: Pick<KeyboardEvent, 'metaKey' | 'ctrlKey' | 'shiftKey' | 'code' | 'target'>,
): boolean {
if (!isTextInputElement(event.target)) return false;
const meta = event.metaKey || event.ctrlKey;
if (meta) {
if (!event.shiftKey && event.code === 'KeyK') return false;
if (event.shiftKey && (event.code === 'KeyO' || event.code === 'KeyF')) return false;
}
return true;
}| const isMac = navigator.platform.toUpperCase().includes('MAC'); | ||
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| export const isMacPlatform = isMac; | ||
| export const modKey = isMac ? '⌘' : 'Ctrl'; |
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navigator.platform is deprecated and can be unreliable or spoofed in modern browsers. Since this is an Electron application, we can reliably detect macOS by checking the user agent for "Macintosh" or "Mac", which is standard and future-proof.
| const isMac = navigator.platform.toUpperCase().includes('MAC'); | |
| export const isMacPlatform = isMac; | |
| export const modKey = isMac ? '⌘' : 'Ctrl'; | |
| const isMac = typeof navigator !== 'undefined' && /Mac|iPhone|iPod|iPad/i.test(navigator.userAgent); | |
| export const isMacPlatform = isMac; | |
| export const modKey = isMac ? '⌘' : 'Ctrl'; |
| it('still allows Cmd/Ctrl+K inside text fields', () => { | ||
| expect(shouldDeferGlobalShortcut(keyEvent({ metaKey: true, code: 'KeyK' }, mockTextInput()))).toBe(false); | ||
| }); | ||
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| it('does not defer shortcuts outside text inputs', () => { | ||
| expect(shouldDeferGlobalShortcut(keyEvent({ metaKey: true, code: 'Comma' }, mockNonInput()))).toBe(false); | ||
| }); | ||
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| it('defers Ctrl/Cmd+P inside text fields so print can pass through', () => { | ||
| expect(shouldDeferGlobalShortcut(keyEvent({ ctrlKey: true, code: 'KeyP' }, mockTextInput()))).toBe(true); | ||
| }); |
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We should add tests to verify that standard application shortcuts like Cmd+Shift+O and Cmd+Shift+F are not deferred when typing in a text field, ensuring our shortcut passthrough logic is fully covered and regression-tested.
it('still allows Cmd/Ctrl+K inside text fields', () => {
expect(shouldDeferGlobalShortcut(keyEvent({ metaKey: true, code: 'KeyK' }, mockTextInput()))).toBe(false);
});
it('still allows Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+O and Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+F inside text fields', () => {
expect(shouldDeferGlobalShortcut(keyEvent({ metaKey: true, shiftKey: true, code: 'KeyO' }, mockTextInput()))).toBe(false);
expect(shouldDeferGlobalShortcut(keyEvent({ metaKey: true, shiftKey: true, code: 'KeyF' }, mockTextInput()))).toBe(false);
});
it('does not defer shortcuts outside text inputs', () => {
expect(shouldDeferGlobalShortcut(keyEvent({ metaKey: true, code: 'Comma' }, mockNonInput()))).toBe(false);
});
it('defers Ctrl/Cmd+P inside text fields so print can pass through', () => {
expect(shouldDeferGlobalShortcut(keyEvent({ ctrlKey: true, code: 'KeyP' }, mockTextInput()))).toBe(true);
});
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PR is green and ready for merge. All review comments have been addressed, and no changes were needed. 🚀 |
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All review comments addressed and CI is green. Ready for merge. |
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Summary
@clawwork/coreglobal shortcut resolver that never binds Ctrl/Cmd+P and defers modifier shortcuts while focus is in editable fields (print/IME pass-through).None) with macOS Preferences conflict hint.packages/core/test/global-shortcuts.test.ts.Closes #423
Test plan
packages/corevitest — 106/106 passed (includes 10 global-shortcuts tests)packages/desktopvitest — 375/375 passedpackages/sharedvitest — 12/12 passedpackages/pwavitest — 61/61 passedpnpm typecheckequivalent (tsc across packages) — passednode scripts/check-i18n.mjs— passedeslint . --max-warnings 0— passedMade with Cursor