Right now, in Firefox/Mac, at all wikis where VisualEditor is enabled for my account, from read mode, I can press control-option-v to open a page in VisualEditor or control-option-e to open it in the wikitext editor.
I like this. I like being able to explicitly choose my editor, and I like being able to do it from the keyboard. I want these keyboard shortcuts to keep working exactly like they do now, regardless of which editing environment I used last, even when there is only one edit tab.
IMO it's not necessary for this keyboard shortcut to work from within the wikitext editor, so the request at T69218 could presumably still be fulfilled. Alternatively, it could be kept in the editor (tied to the new button for switching to VisualEditor), and the keyboard shortcut for diffs could be changed.
I don't think it makes a lot of sense for this to be a separate task
Edit: This comment made more sense when I wrote it, less now.
This is not about Firefox. This is not about a bug that was reported in November 2014.
This is about mid-2016, when Single Edit Tab will be at more wikis. This is about a what happens in Safari and other web browsers.
Current behavior:
Desirable behavior:
Change 283591 had a related patch set uploaded (by Alex Monk):
Add a hidden link with accesskey=v in SET prefer-wt mode
Change 283591 merged by jenkins-bot:
Add a hidden link with accesskey=v in SET prefer-wt mode and remember-last wikitext