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Can you give me an idea what keyboard shortcuts you were looking for you didn't have? I have no affiliation with Trello; I'm just curious, since they've been a

by gecko 11y ago

Can you give me an idea what keyboard shortcuts you were looking for you didn't have? I have no affiliation with Trello; I'm just curious, since they've been a good fit for my use patterns, and it'd probably be relatively easy to convince the team to add some new ones.

aidos 11y ago
I think it's actually the context of where you're working - the highlighted card could be anywhere on your board. Eg - open Trello - go to bottom of a list and click Add a card - type the name, <enter> - <esc> to leave the adding cards box - 'e' for edit, but actually, you're on the first card in the first list - <esc> to leave the editor on the wrong card - click on the card you want to edit (or arrow over / down until you get to it and hit 'e') - 'e' to edit the desc - cmd-<enter> to save - <esc> to close - 'n' to create another card You need to be careful that you haven't touched the mouse and highlighted a different card during this process too. It's simultaneously hard to be in the correct context and easy to move to the wrong context. And you have the situation where actions in one context don't move you there, generally. Looking at it, it feels like it would be way better if creating a card set that as the currently highlighted card. There are other things too - like you can't create a card in a blank list without clicking on the button. Not in itself a big deal but it's another thing that pushes you away from shortcuts. Most of the pieces are there. Just that when I tried to use the shortcuts in earnest I found that I couldn't create smooth patterns to make it work. Now I mostly use the mouse because I feel like I'm going to get it wrong if I use the keyboard, and I have to remember too many things instead of concentrating on what I'm trying to enter. I'm upvoting you in the hopes that your help goes towards making trello better (obviously I should have just sent this feedback myself, naughty me)
- gecko 11y ago
  Meh, I'm friends with the team and stopping by the office tomorrow anyway, so I figured I'd save you a step.
  - aidos 11y ago
    Thanks :)

by gecko 11y ago

aidos 11y ago

I think it's actually the context of where you're working - the highlighted card could be anywhere on your board. Eg - open Trello - go to bottom of a list and click Add a card - type the name, <enter> - <esc> to leave the adding cards box - 'e' for edit, but actually, you're on the first card in the first list - <esc> to leave the editor on the wrong card - click on the card you want to edit (or arrow over / down until you get to it and hit 'e') - 'e' to edit the desc - cmd-<enter> to save - <esc> to close - 'n' to create another card You need to be careful that you haven't touched the mouse and highlighted a different card during this process too. It's simultaneously hard to be in the correct context and easy to move to the wrong context. And you have the situation where actions in one context don't move you there, generally. Looking at it, it feels like it would be way better if creating a card set that as the currently highlighted card. There are other things too - like you can't create a card in a blank list without clicking on the button. Not in itself a big deal but it's another thing that pushes you away from shortcuts. Most of the pieces are there. Just that when I tried to use the shortcuts in earnest I found that I couldn't create smooth patterns to make it work. Now I mostly use the mouse because I feel like I'm going to get it wrong if I use the keyboard, and I have to remember too many things instead of concentrating on what I'm trying to enter. I'm upvoting you in the hopes that your help goes towards making trello better (obviously I should have just sent this feedback myself, naughty me)

gecko 11y ago
Meh, I'm friends with the team and stopping by the office tomorrow anyway, so I figured I'd save you a step.
- aidos 11y ago
  Thanks :)