New Keyboard Shortcuts & Tooltips

[AndyBoot]

Based on a tweet I recently put out with an idea (https://twitter.com/Andy_Boot/status/1541434882064367621):
Holding down the 'Alt' key should show tooltips against items which have an associated shortcut/key combo. Would be great to generally navigate/action the UI without the excessive need of a cursor. Similar to MS Word I suppose.

I am aware of the existing keyboard shortcuts and the dialog which appears when pressing Alt + Shift + K, however what I'm proposiing is the removal of this dialog, and instead to add easy to follow tooltips appear across the UI which when the necessary keyboard key is pressed alongside another key(s) (i.e. Alt) then that action is performed.

Small scenario (Add a Hero composition to the homepage doc type):
Note, I'm using made up keyboard shortcuts...

1. Log in to the backoffice
2. Hold down Alt + S to enter the 'Settings' area
3. Hold down Alt + 1 to expand the 'Document Types' folder
4. Hold down Alt + 1 to expand the 'Pages' folder
5. Hold down Alt + 3 to click into the 'Home Page' doc type (third item in the Pages folder)
6. Hold down Alt + [ to click into 'Compositions'
7. Hold down Alt + 1 + 1 to check/tick the 'Hero' composition (eleventh checkbox)
8. Hold down Alt + / to 'Submit'
9. Hold down Alt + / to 'Save' the doc type

As you can see I've reused certain shortcuts for different actions. My thoughts are that:

• Letters - reserved for main navigation tabs (Content, Media, Settings, etc)
• Numbers - reserved for dynamic items which are actively selectable on screen
• Symbols - reserved for call to actions on screen (i.e. Save, Compositions, Save & Publish, etc)

Obviously, there's still some 'what if's?' to iron out. For example in the above scenario walkthrough, what if you're at step 5 and want to now edit a data type, what's the shortcut for backtracking? Perhaps Alt + Backspace would do the trick?

Anyways, it's an interesting idea which may help some, but likely not a concept that'll be adopted by all. What do you think? Would you reduce your mouse usage in favour of this feature? Do you already heavily use keyboard shortcuts over a mouse on another platform/software (don't say terminal 😉) Can you suggest a better approach?

All the best,
Andy