From a15c51242dcc768bea57b51874d5a04df75a852b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wesley Moore Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2015 16:01:39 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] Add technical/2015/06/slack-shortcuts-karabiner --- content/screen.sass | 4 ++++ .../2015/06/slack-shortcuts-karabiner.mkdn | 20 +++++++++++++++++++ .../2015/06/slack-shortcuts-karabiner.yaml | 15 ++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 39 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/technical/2015/06/slack-shortcuts-karabiner.mkdn create mode 100644 content/technical/2015/06/slack-shortcuts-karabiner.yaml diff --git a/content/screen.sass b/content/screen.sass index b8ea666..3f61e13 100644 --- a/content/screen.sass +++ b/content/screen.sass @@ -356,6 +356,10 @@ body.articles #content nav float: left margin: 5px 10px 5px 0 + .keyboard-shortcut + font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Liberation Sans", "Bitstream Vera Sans", Tahoma, Geneva, Arial, sans-serif + font-size: 1.5ex + font-weight: 400 img.alignleft float: left diff --git a/content/technical/2015/06/slack-shortcuts-karabiner.mkdn b/content/technical/2015/06/slack-shortcuts-karabiner.mkdn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ebe449e --- /dev/null +++ b/content/technical/2015/06/slack-shortcuts-karabiner.mkdn @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +[Slack] has a couple of useful keyboard shortcuts for navigating between unread +channels. Unfortunately these use an awkward combination of keys involving +multiple modifiers and an arrow key (⌥⇧↓ +and ⌥⇧↑). Additionally these shortcuts +are not exposed in the menu bar, meaning they are not able to be modified with +the [built-in support for such customisation in Mac OS X][custom-shortcuts]. + +[Slack]: https://slack.com/ +[custom-shortcuts]: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH18418 + +I have made a feature request for this to be addressed. Until the time that +happens, if at all, the following [Karabiner] config can be used to change the +next unread shortcut to something more sane. I chose +⌘J: + + +[View Code][code] + +[Karabiner]: https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/ +[code]: https://gist.github.com/wezm/05210d76660e735944a7 diff --git a/content/technical/2015/06/slack-shortcuts-karabiner.yaml b/content/technical/2015/06/slack-shortcuts-karabiner.yaml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d8b34b8 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/technical/2015/06/slack-shortcuts-karabiner.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +--- +title: Custom Slack Shortcuts With Karabiner +extra: Making Slack more keyboard friendly. +kind: article +section: technical +created_at: 2015-06-21 14:37:00.000000000 +10:00 +keywords: +- slack +- software +- customisation +- karabiner +- keyboard +- shortcuts +- productivity +short_url: http://j.mp/1Gs4FfK