Arrow keybinds to navigate in history is a terrible idea for mac users

Arthur M

Hi,

I always use option + arrow keys to navigate word by word in the text I am currently typing.

On Discord there is a key binding which navigates backward and forward in the history, preventing me to navigate in my text!

This is quite annoying, and I don't really care about navigating in the history (browsers have other shortcuts for this purpose anyways).

 

Note : I am a mac user with an french Apple Keyboard (about to switch to linux).

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13 comments

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  • rictic
    • Edited

    Strong agree. Both myself and my partner have been frustrated by this. It seems like a recent change, in the last week or so?

    Repro'd with US english keyboard layout.

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  • Adam 🌈

    Strong agree. ⌥+⬅️   or ⌥+➡️  to jump words is core functionality for Macs. Jumping history instead is very bad.

    Discord should fix it ASAP.

    If they're trying to to mirror Windows, a better key might be "COMMAND" ⌘. That's in the same place as ALT on a Windows keyboard and typically does what ALT does in other applications.

    Fix it fix it.

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  • salien

    100% agree, this is horrible, I'm _very_ used to using option + arrow for jumping words, and now suddenly i'm in an entirely different chat/tab/whatever.

    Please do not use CMD and arrow either, that's used for jumping to start/end of line.

    If it's really necessary, CMD and [ or ] are the usual page forward/back keys, though in general this function is built into browsers and Discord shouldn't need to provide it at all. CTRL and arrows might also be an option, I don't believe those have default settings.

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  • Jon

    I also agree with this.  If there is a way on the browser app to customize the shortcut this wouldn't be an issue, but since there isn't this actually breaks the entire experience.

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  • Nik

    Command + arrow is supposed to be beginning/end of line. Discord should read the UI guidelines for text input on macos and follow them. It's bad enough Discord doesn't do any of the built-in control-key shortcuts but at least those aren't formally documented.

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  • anthropicprincipal

    Indeed. Capturing [modifier]+arrow is infuriating to people accustomed to the usual Mac keyboard interface.

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  • UINT_MIN

    FWIW, I filed a Support request about this (10968934) and was directed here (Community in general, not this specific thread).

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  • gu3st

    Yes this is a recent change and it's become infuriating to use Discord.  Making it practically impossible to use.  It's infurating.

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  • gu3st

    I also created a support issue for this (11011479)

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  • UnholyCommander

    It's not letting me vote or follow this for some reason, but strongly agree! I can't edit my messages in Discord anymore it's so damn frustrating, and *"Custom keybindings are not currently supported in the browser"* wtf! I basically will have to struggle along  until this is fixed

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  • rictic

    Seems like sometime in the past day or so it was fixed! Option left and right no longer navigate! Thanks Discord!

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  • jschwalbe

    rictic still fixed? not fixed for me :( using Microsoft Edge on macOS

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  • jschwalbe

    woooohoooo forced refresh worked

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