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Does the FogBugz web interface have any keyboard shortcuts? If so, how can I use them?

edited Dec 3 2010 at 14:40

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asked Sep 1 2010 at 22:16

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Daniel LeCheminant · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-02 14:15:24Z UTC

Yes! FogBugz has keyboard shortcuts!

To activate FogBugz keyboard shortcuts, press Ctrl+; (hold down Ctrl and press the semicolon key) on any page. Little yellow tags will appear over each action with its shortcut.

You can:

Press the key shown to perform the action,
Press Ctrl+; again to rotate through different sets of keyboard shortcuts,
Or press Esc to make the tags go away.

When you're looking at the list of cases, press Ctrl+; to go into keyboard mode and use the cursor keys (⇑, ⇓, Home, End, Page Up, and Page Down) keys to select a case. Once you've selected a case press Enter ↵ to view it.

In some browsers, including Firefox and Internet Explorer, Alt+; can be used as an alternative to Ctrl+;.
On non-English keyboards, try Ctrl+, (comma) or Ctrl+` (backtick).
In certain browsers, including Opera, the arrow keys are not available. Use j and k to navigate up and down within a list.

James Wilson · Answer 2 · 2010-11-22 16:37:10Z UTC

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+1 for making it a setting I can toggle somewhere!

answered Nov 22 2010 at 16:37

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vitalik · Answer 3 · 2011-08-16 14:45:42Z UTC

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I wish i didn't have to press ctrl+; every single time to use a keyboard shortcut, nothing short about pressing a sequence of 2+1 keys. I like it how you can just use shortcuts in gmail.

answered Aug 16 2011 at 14:45

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	Try this Javascript as a BugMonkey customization: `KeyManager.nHotKeysLevel = 1; KeyManager.activateHotKeys();` It enables shortcuts on load. I'm sure it can be improved to also activate on edit, cancel, etc. – Michel de Ruiter♦ Aug 17 2011 at 8:15
	Also copied this to the BugMonkey Script Archive: fogbugz.stackexchange.com/questions/59/… – Michel de Ruiter♦ Aug 17 2011 at 8:22

balexandre · Answer 4 · 2011-06-09 15:44:23Z UTC

If you want, you can use a 3rd party solution that contains much more options

Vimium is a Google Chrome extension which provides keyboard shortcuts for navigation and control in the spirit of the Vim editor.

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The Fog Bugz shortcuts (pressing Ctrl + ,):

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The Vimium shortcuts (just by pressing the letter F):

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P.S. If anyone wants the custom layout, the script can be found here.

Oliver Fink · Answer 5 · 2010-11-29 15:06:41Z UTC

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Oh yes, please make this a configurable setting. Using it on Mac OS with a German keyboard it seems impossible to enter "\" (Alt-Shift-7) to get to "Working on". This is the Menu I have to enter very often… :-(

answered Nov 29 2010 at 15:06

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Frank M. Eriksson · Answer 6 · 2011-07-14 04:45:04Z UTC

Crap! I can't use the \- shortcut! :(

I have a Swedish keyboard-layout, to enter \ I must press <Alt Gr> + +, and as soon as I press <Alt Gr> all the yellow hints disappear and I get a backslash in whatever field that was focused at the moment.

Nothing too serious, I still got that pointing device at the side of the laptop :)

Quite nice way of making Keyboard short-cuts, I'd guess that it is a very clever way of working around some browser limitations (like that you cannot override browser-level shortcuts like <ctrl>/<alt>+S,D,R and so forth).

Eric Z. Beard · Answer 7 · 2011-12-02 12:20:40Z UTC

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The shortcuts do not work in the latest version of Chrome on Windows 7.

answered Dec 2 2011 at 12:20

Eric Z. Beard
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For me, they do. – Michel de Ruiter♦ Dec 2 2011 at 21:45

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