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> Olive is geared towards users who rely on shortcuts: all editing tools and common operations have them, and you can configure your own shortcuts (UI for that could do with more work though).

I wish all programs that rely heavily in shortcuts also had a search bar for users still not proficient with the program. The way Code Editors have been doing in the last years. Searching with a few keywords is much better than having to look through tons of menus for new users.

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It should be a feature of the OS/desktop environment! MacOS has this feature (in the Help menu), and I've seen proposals to add it to GNOME. I thought KDE was also going to add it via krunner, but I haven't seen it yet.

> I wish all programs that rely heavily in shortcuts also had a search bar for users still not proficient with the program.

Maybe, this feature request[0] would be implemented very soon ;-)

UPD: Added few mockups into description of feature request![0]

P.S.: Issue with saving customized shortcuts in Olive just fixed![1]

[0] https://github.com/olive-editor/olive/issues/259

[1] https://github.com/olive-editor/olive/issues/250

That's useful, but not what the guy above had in mind :)

You are looking for Blender's or GIMP's search and run command thing. E.g. https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/interface/controls...

Well, could you write another one feature request to Olive issues tracker?

UPD: I just add such feature request[0], think it would be solved very soon, as such pop-up should be very similar to current "Keyboard" tab of "Preferences" dialog ;)

[0] https://github.com/olive-editor/olive/issues/265

You already did that :)

Finally, Issue 265 fixed & "Action Search" pop-up menu added into Olive![0]

@krispbyte, GET latest nightly build[1] while it hot! ;-)

[0] https://github.com/olive-editor/olive/commit/952c67972b9e19f...

[1] https://github.com/olive-editor/olive/releases/tag/continuou...

And you already wrote[0] fresh review on new features in Olive added this week ;)

[0] http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/winter-break-recap-...

Issue 250 took 13 hours to be fixed. That's pretty great turnaround!

> Issue 250 took 13 hours to be fixed. That's pretty great turnaround!

Haha, Issue 259 just fixed![0] ;)

And it took only 1 (one!) hour to be fixed!!! :P

@krispbyte, GET latest nightly build of Olive with "search shortcuts" feature while it hot![1]

[0] https://github.com/olive-editor/olive/commit/d46252b823fb40e...

[1] https://github.com/olive-editor/olive/releases/tag/continuou...

That's an amazing turnaround.

And here is screenshot[0] of Olive with "Search for action or shortcut" feature in action!

[0] https://i.imgur.com/2ALbMl9.png

macOS users can install CheatSheet, which displays all the menu keyboard shortcuts associated with an app when you hold down the ⌘ key. It isn't a foolproof solution though because it only displays shortcuts that are associated with a specific menu item, but it's still a super handy tool, and it's free.

https://www.mediaatelier.com/CheatSheet/

> The way Code Editors have been doing in the last years.

Or like Emacs's M-x, which is much older than the editors you probably have in mind.

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