Hi Matt, You currently can't "alter" existing keyboard shortcuts in Chrome, they are hardcoded within the code base.
But, you can use plain JavaScript to add event listeners. As well, you can use keycodes ( http://www.expandinghead.net/keycode.html ) If you want to emulate ALT+SHIFT+X to any page you would do the following: var myCustomKey = 88; // Shift + x window.addEventListener('keyup', keyboardNavigation, false); function keyboardNavigation(e) { switch(e.which) { case myCustomKey: if (e.altKey) { // Do whatever. } break; } } That will allow you to use your custom key listeners for an extension. -Mohamed On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 1:48 AM, Matt <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Is it possible to make a global keyboard shortcut for a chrome > extension? Based on the API documentation, I don't think that it is. > If not, are there plans to? > > I realize that you can get some semblance of this by adding a content > script to each page, but that only covers cases where the content area > is focused. > > Two example use cases that I can think of where this is necessary: > 1. Extensions which manipulate tabs. For example, say I wanted to be > able to add a keyboard shortcut that would group tabs by domain, or > sort them in alphabetical order, etc. Such a shortcut shouldn't apply > only when the content area is focused. > 2. An extension which adds a keyboard shortcut that moves focus to > the content area. > > Ideally, the API would be as simple as: > > chrome.addGlobalShortcut("<C-y>", function() {...}); > > This would be incredibly useful. > > Matt > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chromium-extensions" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
