Okay, then there might be something special going on with these two shortcuts then. For example, the iPadOS is using these two shortcuts.
If thatās the case, there isnāt lots we can do, except for changing the shortcut (which will annoying people whoāre used to these shortcuts and are not bothered by the iPadOS bug). Since you have Pro, could you try if customizing these shortcuts solves the issue? Thanks!
Hey @Erica, great idea. I just tested it with CMD+ALT+. (didnāt work) but CMD+, worked a treat. Iām guessing there is an iOS limitation with the . character, since ALT works fine as a shortcut key modifier in other situations.
Thanks for the tip. Works absolutely fine for me but a shame that @coffee_saotome canāt make use of the same workaround. Totally agree with you that changing the default shortcut is probably not the solution, but could it make sense to add (for example) ALT+, as a dual shortcut?
(But then I guess you risk irking users who could be using CMD+, for something else. Itās a tough life, product!)
Sorry I wasnāt suggesting that. I was only suggesting it because @JohnLi already upgraded (maybe for reasons other than custom shortcuts). If you were the OP I wouldnāt have suggested that.
Before we can do anything else, it is a workable temporary solution for @JohnLi, donāt you think?
Hi John, I googled around for iPad OS shortcuts, and learned that there are 30+ new shortcuts. Among them I didnāt find Cmd+., maybe itās a default shortcut?
Iād love to learn what Cmd+. is used for in iPad OS and whether iPad users can customize it, but Iām not an in-depth iPad user myself. Maybe youāll know better?
Iām sorry too. I said too much.
I am using Dynalist on iPadOS.
On iPadOS, the dot key cannot be used as a shortcut key.
This is iPadOS specification.
The current solution is to upgrade to DynalistPro and customize shortcuts. But I canāt pay for it alone.
Can you use it with other key combinations? Please.
Hey @Erica - so it seems the CMD+. combination on iPad is pretty handy as is. It functions in a similar way to ESC meaning you can toggle āeditā and āviewā. That is, hitting the combo hides the cursor and the current node is rendered. Doesnāt seem like it can be customised, and it doesnāt seem to act as a global ESC key, which is odd.
It would seem like on iOS, Apple specifically hacked the āCMD + Periodā combination to trigger an āESCā key (without the command modifier). This was done apparently because some iOS keyboards donāt have an ESC key???
Weāll put a hack in place to detect this sequence (CMD + ESC but without the CMD modifier) and replace this with the proper CMD + Period. If you have a keyboard with an ESC key, it will still work correctly because there wonāt be a CMD pressed before it.