Adding shortcuts to the right click context menu

Use case or problem

The current method of navigating the right click menu with the keyboard is tedious.

Proposed solution

I suggest that each button in the context menu is assigned a key to activate it.

For example, r could be used to rename the link below the cursor

Current workaround (optional)

In my example use case, it would require pressing the up arrow key 6 times to do an action that could take just one.

Related Feature Request

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As someone who tries to do everything by keyboard, I agree that this would be a very handy feature.

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On macOS at least, you can type a few letters of the menu item text to get closer to your target, as this is a native menu

Sadly its not available on all systems.

+1 for this!

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Are you on Windows? Have you tried turning on native menus in Obsidian under the Appearance tab?

With a native menu you can indeed navigate through the option by pressing letter keys like @obsequious suggests.

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Thank you for the advice, I’ll look into when I get back to my computer