Feature request: Cmd-Enter should save-and-dismiss when focus is inside the Search tags box on macOS

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When capturing a new item, my workflow is usually as follows:

  • press i to open the modal
  • enter the title I want in the New item box
  • optionally, if I want to specify a tag, press tab to get to the Search tags box
  • enter some text to search for a tag
  • press enter to add that tag

And here I’d like to be able to press Cmd-Enter to save-and-dismiss but I can’t.

This works in other fields of the modal, but for some reason fails to work inside the Search tags box. Currently I have to press tab to move out of the Search tags box and can then type Cmd-Enter to save-and-dismiss.

Not a big deal, but it would be delightful if the UI were consistent in allowing Cmd-Enter to work as save-and-dismiss from every field, and one could thereby shave a keystroke off the workflow.

(My comments pertain to Everdo Version 1.10.4 on macOS.)

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I believe it actually works like that with Ctrl+Enter. I need to look into why the Cmd convention is not being followed on macOS.

Edit: there’s a bug that prevents Cmd+Enter from working on macOS. Definitely fixing in the next update. Ctrl+Enter works for now as a workaround.

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Thanks, Andrei.

I can confirm that Ctrl+Enter is working for me too on macOS, though of course it would be great to fix the bug with Cmd+Enter.

I have a feature request that goes with this: I’d like to have a key, say Ctrl+Shift+Enter, that did three steps in one go:

  • save
  • dismiss
  • and open a new modal of the same kind

This would be convenient for “brain dumps” where one is trying to batch capture a series of items as quickly as possible.

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It feels like it’s only valuable to keep the modal open if it also keeps some of the state like the selected tags. Is this what you have in mind?

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Thanks, Andrei. I don’t think I want to keep the same tags, particularly when capturing, but I don’t have a strong opinion.

I just want a “save-and-enter-new-item” in one keystroke

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But if you want a clean state, I feel like pressing i/n again is not that much friction, don’t you agree?

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I don’t have a strong opinion about clean slate or not. I’m sorry for not being more helpful in giving definitive feedback to answer this.

However, let me emphasise the big picture need:

I’d like a batch “brain sweep” capture of ideas directly into Everdo to be as easy as it is in a text editor or Obsidian where the only thing I do is press Enter to capture the next item.

I used to capture that way, but I’m trying to see if I can wean myself off and capture directly into Everdo without feeling dragged down by the interface.