https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64905

            Bug ID: 64905
           Summary: VisualEditor: Provide an omnibar for quick keyboard
                    access to tools
           Product: VisualEditor
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: ASSIGNED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: Unprioritized
         Component: Editing Tools
          Assignee: [email protected]
          Reporter: [email protected]
                CC: [email protected], [email protected],
                    [email protected], [email protected],
                    [email protected]
       Web browser: ---
   Mobile Platform: ---

From MediaWiki.org:

> I would like to have an omnibar in VE. This is a single text field where
> a user can search for things they want to do, instead of clicking a
> button you can invoke omnibar with a keyboard shortcut and then search
> for the task you want to do. This would be helpful to easier access those
> buttons which don't have shortcuts now. Like managing category, inserting
> reference, changing to source editor etc.

Seems like it could be a lot of work to implement – for example,
internationalisation of such controls might be hard – but it might be
particularly useful for power users (or for controls that don't have a keyboard
shortcut, as the proposer notes).

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