Dynamic Hot Keys

The number of programs in the world is growing, new features are being added to existing programs, and the number of hot keys is increasing accordingly. Remembering hotkeys in one Microsoft Word-level program is a rather complicated problem , not to mention a bunch of other programs.

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Often programs can be used by you only once, for solving some local problem. Or this task should be solved in your favorite application, but using rare opportunities. It is good when everything is solved with one touch of a button, but there are frequent cases of the same repetition of the same actions. It would seem that shortcuts can come to the rescue, however there are many “but” :

• There is no “hot key” for certain actions.
• An application may not support the assignment of its key combinations.
• Hotkeys can be assigned not to all actions
• the process of assigning shortcuts is not easy
• the task at first glance is small and the time to search for good key combinations is not worth it

Naturally there is a certain set of keys that almost everyone uses - Ctrl + C , Ctrl-V - Copy / Paste; Ctrl-F - search; Ctrl-S - save. We will not touch them. But for rare actions, you can assign combinations that are valid only during one session . It should be easy enough to erase all combinations and start a new session.
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One of the options for implementing this idea may be the following procedure:

1. Enter the hotkey assignment mode (it can also have its own combination, for example, Ctrl + Shift + H )
2. Select the desired action in the menu
3. Dial the desired key combination

Thus, if we suddenly need to frequently insert new rows in a spreadsheet application, press Ctrl + Shift + H , select Insert Row from the menu, press Ctrl + I. And enjoy the new rows with each press of Ctrl + I in the future.