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i have a little experience in this. The shortcut keys don't just vary by platform but can also vary by region / keyboard config. Ctrl-I might do italic text in

i have a little experience in this. The shortcut keys don't just vary by platform but can also vary by region / keyboard config. Ctrl-I might do italic text in your version of word, but it might do something else in another region, where italic does not start with I. Getting THESE consistent is very complex. Granted some (like arrow keys) could be done better, though in the case of electron this is part of webkit and not a separate component, so app developers (I'm pretty sure) have no control over it

dogma1138 10y ago
Office shortcuts do not tend to vary with region unless you have a complete IME installed for Office as well (and even then most of them stay the same), and IIRC this is only available for only a few edition of Office, and I'm not sure if the past 2-3 versions even had that. Overall the rule of thumb is that anything that is ctrl/winkey + key will stay the same, what Windows changes with the region is the alt shortcuts when you click alt + the a letter key it will use a UI component (usually) starting with that letter this is a literal shortcut rather than a functional one and it's fully converted via IME (IIRC MSFT even has an API that does this automatically), ctrl shortcuts are not literal, some are but mostly due to a coincidence rather than intent. e.g. ctrl c - for copy, but x and v for cut and paste are there for ease of use due to the location while if you do with with alt then it will be Alt + E for the Edit menu, then C for Copy, T for cuT and P for Paste.