Support for alternative keyboard layouts

[ClementHard]

It would be nice to be able to undo / redo modifications.

I tried to use cmd+z to undo my last modification but it closed the app.
I'm using an azerty keyboard so there might be an issue there (cmd+w == cmd+z).

[Kilian]

There is undo and redo support, they're mapped to ctrl/cmd+z and shift+ctrl/cmd+z, independent of your keyboard. Could it be your keyboard is azerty but your keyboard settings are qwerty?

[ClementHard]

Oh right, i didn't saw it in the Edit menu.
This is probably a shortcut problem then.

I'm using it on Mac OS X 10.10.5 and my keyboard is azerty and the settings are set to azerty (french).

Shortcut results (Edit menu) :
cmd+Z -> close
shift+cmd+Z -> nothing
cmd+X -> cut
cmd+C -> copy
cmd+V -> paste
cmd+A -> close

Other :
cmd+Q -> close
cmd+R -> refresh ?
cmd+U -> undo
shift+cmd+U -> redo
cmd+D -> delete line

[Kilian]

Could be related to #5. keyboard shortcuts, especially on OSX, turned out to be a PITA.

If you switch your keyboard layout to qwerty, does it behave as expected?

[ClementHard]

If i switch to qwerty, undo / redo works with cmd+Z (cmd+W on my keyboard) and cmd+W (cmd+Z on my keyboard) close the app.

[ClementHard]

There are some other problems with the undo/redo.

Shortcut action and menu item action seems incompatible :

• Write "something"
• cmd+U (undo)
• Edit / Redo
  => Nothing is displayed

There is a problem with undo/redo in the edit menu :

• write "something"
• Edit / Undo
• Move the cursor
• Edit / Redo
  => "something" is written at the new cursor's location

[Kilian]

I've renamed the issue, it seems that the shortcuts are not correctly transposed for alternative keyboard layouts. To be honest I probably won't look into this any further than seeing if Electron has a solution for this, as I feel this should be handled on that level, and not in FromScratch.

[fxpasquier]

If you have any ways of getting an ""Azerty-cmd qwerty"" keyboard layout I would be really interested... I would love to be able to switch keyboards while maintaining the shortcuts on the same keys: when you hit a shortcut, your fingers instinctively go somewhere, and I don't want that somewhere to be changed everytime I switch keyboards.

[Kilian]

With FromScratch 1.2.0 this should be fixed, as it uses a version of Electron that should have fixes for this. Can someone verify this?

[thomasgrnr]

No still it doesnt work for me. I'm on electron 1.4.10 and fromscratch 1.2.0. On my MacOS Cmd+Q quits the app, and Cmd+W closes the window. Since it's a one-window app both have the same behaviour and it works. But Cmd+A and Cmd+Z (on AZERTY keyboard) act just like Q and W respectively.
Is that what you wanted to do, cause i'm not sure. If not do you need anything to help debuging ?
And nice deduction btw ;) #issue40

[Kilian]

Caused by electron/electron#8116, and applies to keystrokes in combination with ctrl. Should be fixed in Chrome 56. Current build of electron uses chrome 53, so this will be a while away :(