IMDb - Boards: Hotkeys for previewing/posting

By Chicago_gangster Last update Sep 19, 2009 — Installed 45 times. Daily Installs: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
Script Summary:
[Ctrl]+[Shift] = set focus to the body text; [Ctrl]+[Enter] = preview; [Ctrl]+[Shift]+[Enter] = post / send PM.

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If you are an advanced PC user and therefore like using the keyboard (hot-keys) instead of the mouse whenever possible, this script is for you. It saves your time when posting/editing messages and sending private messages.

[Ctrl]+[Shift] = set focus to the body text area
[Ctrl]+[Enter] = preview the message *
[Ctrl]+[Shift]+[Enter] = post/edit the message / send the PM

* the cursor must be inside the body text area

A hint: when the cursor is inside the body text area, use Windows' built-in hot-keys: [Ctrl]+[Home] and [Ctrl]+[End] move the cursor to the beginning/end of the text; [Ctrl]+[left] and [Ctrl]+[right] move the cursor left/right word by word (rather than character by character).

This script also automatically sets focus to the body text area when the page loads. (But it excludes message preview pages in order to prevent auto-scrolling down to the body text area.)

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ChangeLog

19 September 2009
  • Fixed this bug (possibly caused by changes made to the IMDb): the script wasn't disabling the body text area on-load autofocus on PM preview pages.
7 September 2009
  • Added body text area on-load autofocus (excluding preview pages).