Function keys can't be bound as hotkeys without modifiers

[Taugeshtu]

Reproduces without third-party stuff.

Steps to reproduce

• Try to bind F1 to any command as a hotkey

Expected result

• Want to bind function keys directly, without modifiers

Actual result

• F1 doesn’t bind to a command
• Binding Ctrl+F1 works flawlessly

Environment

• Operating system: Windows 10

• Obsidian version: v0.12.19

[WhiteNoise]

we don’t support this yet. There’s an open feature request.

[rigmarole]

Do you know of any other apps that support this? I’ve personally never seen it. Usually plain function keys are reserved, and can’t be used as hotkeys.

[Taugeshtu]

VSCode is perfectly fine with straight function keys, for example.

There’s a way to sneak it into Obsidian as well, modifying hotkeys.json and leaving modifier array empty - but having it work from UI as well would be neat.

[saf-dmitry]

Emacs and Vim can too be configured to use function keys without modifiers.

[WhiteNoise]

Be able of using the Function keys (F1-F12) to perform -> Functions <-

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