Adds additional Google Reader access keys

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Johan Sundström Script's Author

Japanese users also might find Masayuki Ataka's article on the script useful: http://at-aka.blogspot.com/2006/08/google-reade...

 
Johan Sundström Script's Author

Updated with some fixes from Masayuki Ataka (thanks!), addressing Erik's concerns and more.

 
Jeffrey Klein User

It would be so cool if you added a keyboard shortcut for editing the labels on a particular item. Totally missing in the reader now, and would make labels that much more useful. Maybe something really cool like the new g then l shortcut for sorting through labels. Just a thought. - Jeff

 
Johan Sundström Script's Author

As Erik says, it ought to integrate much more nicely and unintrusively. If anyone knows of a conveninent way of checking whether no text entry widgets have keyboard input focus, I'd be interested in fixing up these bugs. Otherwise I might look into it too, eventually, but probably not as soon.

 
ycc2106 Scriptwright

This does not seem to work on macs

 
风的朋友 Scriptwright

sorry, the script works and i love it:)

 
风的朋友 Scriptwright

seems google reader changed it's code again?

 
Erik Haugo User

Johan, I like the idea behind your script. I too itch for more access keys with the Reader.

I tried out your script. I have a couple of bugs to report and then a request:

(1) Both "k" and "s" are already mapped to "previous" and toggling "star". I suggest you move it to "r".

(2) If you try to type into a text box, you can't use the characters that are used as shortcuts (u,d, b, s, etc..). Is it possible to suspend the access keys when the focus on an input field?

(3) Could you add other access keys? I particularly miss the shortcut (it's available in Gmail as "gs") that moves to the Starred list. You would also need a way of getting back to "home" from the "starred" list. If it's possible, the most convenient for the user would be one key, e.g. "H", that moves between the two lists.

Good start!

-Erik

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