Keyboard shortcut for subscript same in macOS Safari for opening Safari settings
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	Waddie96
	Jul 27 2025, 4:33 PM

Description

Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):

Open English Wikipedia, VisualEditor in macOS Safari
Press Command + [,]
Expect changing text to subscript per the label in the toolbar

What happens?:
Safari Settings window opens. Clash/same keyboard shortcut.

Other information (browser name/version, screenshots, etc.):
macOS Safari Version 18.5 (20621.2.5.11.8), on macOS 15.5
Documentation: Apple Safari user guide – keyboard shortcuts

When fixed, please update documentation on MediaWiki: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Portal/Keyboard_shortcuts.

Details

Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	CodeMirrorMediaWikiKeymap: Avoid `Cmd-,` in Safari	mediawiki/extensions/CodeMirror	master	+2 -1
	In Safari, don't allow hotkeys to fail-to-cover system shortcuts	mediawiki/extensions/WikiEditor	master	+14 -8

Customize query in gerrit

Related Objects

Mentioned In: T401630: Numerous keyboard shortcuts not working on macOS in Safari/Chrome
T401042: Create or move Settings toggle in WikiEditor/CodeEditor to visible toolbar; Clash with keyboard shortcut
T400583: WikiEditor toolbar items don't expose their keyboard shortcuts
T399295: Mention hotkeys in tooltips in Favourite Templates
T377663: Support autocompletion in CodeEditor

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Waddie96 created this task.Jul 27 2025, 4:33 PM

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Waddie96 updated the task description. (Show Details)Jul 27 2025, 4:34 PM

Waddie96 updated the task description. (Show Details)Jul 27 2025, 5:22 PM

Kind of interesting that Chrome-on-macOS doesn't suffer from the same issue (I checked).

Sorry if this is not a place to discuss more about shortcuts. (I just created my account here to discover shortcut issues of VisualEditor)

On VisualEditor, I have another issue on my macbook with the shortcuts, CTRL + [0-9] because these conflict with my MacOS's shortcuts for Workspace Switch.

I was wondering if it could be possible to have an option to customize any shortcuts of VisualEditor as a preference for end-users or as a global option for administrators.

I think this custom-shortcut-setting option could provide a DIY-solution to users/administrators without involving a development process.

(If this approach makes sense, I am open to contribution to its implementing)

In T400569#11037778, @DLynch wrote:

Kind of interesting that Chrome-on-macOS doesn't suffer from the same issue (I checked).

No, it doesn't. In fact, the shortcut COMMAND + [,] still opens Settings in Google Chrome on macOS, but smartly not when the cursor is active in an edit window.

Waddie96 updated the task description. (Show Details)Aug 1 2025, 5:00 PM

Waddie96 mentioned this in T377663: Support autocompletion in CodeEditor.Aug 1 2025, 9:42 PM

Waddie96 renamed this task from Keyboard shortcut for subscript same in macOS Safari for opening Safari settings to VisualEdtiro: Keyboard shortcut for subscript same in macOS Safari for opening Safari settings.Aug 2 2025, 8:31 AM

Waddie96 mentioned this in T399295: Mention hotkeys in tooltips in Favourite Templates.Aug 2 2025, 8:34 AM

Waddie96 renamed this task from VisualEdtiro: Keyboard shortcut for subscript same in macOS Safari for opening Safari settings to Keyboard shortcut for subscript same in macOS Safari for opening Safari settings.Aug 2 2025, 8:58 AM

This clash occurs in Safari as expected with WikiEditor (2010), MediaWiki-extensions-CodeMirror and VisualEditor-MediaWiki-2017WikitextEditor too.

Waddie96 mentioned this in T400583: WikiEditor toolbar items don't expose their keyboard shortcuts.Aug 2 2025, 9:46 AM

There's so many variations with the three editors, but I also tested at https://en.wikipedia.beta.wmcloud.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Div_col_end.

Sometimes in different editors: Command + , works for subscript, Command + Shift + , works for settings, and now Command + Shift + fn + , also. But when I have the energy I'll go through them all.