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PowerToys Shortcuts in Shortcut Guide #15405
Description
Description of the new feature / enhancement
The shortcuts to access PowerToys features should be shown in the shortcut guide. For example, if the colour picker is enabled then the Windows + Shift + C shortcut should be shown in the menu.
Scenario when this would be used?
This would be used when accessing features that are only available through keyboard shortcuts. This would prevent users from having to access the app to check a shortcut, improving workflow.
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franky920920 commentedon Jan 11, 2022
ref: #179
jabaruben commentedon Apr 29, 2022
Sorry if this isn't the right place but, news about this change?
Thanks!
sba923 commentedon Sep 7, 2022
Adding the info for PowerToys shortcuts in the Shortcut Guide does make sense, but I wouldn't mind if there was any way to see all currently active PowerToys shortcuts in one place, to avoid opening each and every settings page in turn.
sba923 commentedon Sep 7, 2022
Adding the PowerToys shortcuts to the Shortcut Guide does make sense, but I wouldn't mind if there was any way to show all active PowerToys shortcuts in one single place, to avoid opening each and every settings page in turn.
nformis commentedon Oct 6, 2022
Any news on this? Would be awesome and extremely useful.
hmkyriacou commentedon Jan 24, 2023
^
Jay-o-Way commentedon Mar 19, 2023
Hey everybody... Would adding the shortcuts to the existing fly-out be sufficient?
possi commentedon Mar 19, 2023
While I think they should be added there, especially since it is called "Shortcuts", I don't think it is sufficient. A few remarks:
rhasselbusch commentedon Mar 19, 2023
I don’t think this is sufficient, because most of the users (I know) don’t know that this flyout exist and secondly it has no shortcut to show so accessing it braked the workflow.
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TinkerTob commentedon May 17, 2024
The problem here is that noone seems to feel responsible for the Shortcut Guide. This goes back until at least 2019: #129
As far as I can see, this powertoy doesn't do much more than display a static svg file. This almost trivial functionality results in 80 Open and 613 closed (297 of which are duplicates) issues: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues?q=is%3Aissue+%22Shortcut+Guide%22+is%3Aopen
In my opinion, it's past time to set a new course for the Shortcut Guide: Either call it what it is (rename it to something like "help overlay" and allow the user to select custom files for display, not just the Windows Shortcuts SVG), or completely re-invent it and create a powertoy that actually does interact with the shortcut system. https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/hot_keys_list.html might be a start, maybe provide this with context by intelligently recognizing as many hotkeys as possible, grouping them by application and creating different pages for each.
...and just while I'm typing this, I'm stumbling over #890 where some people have gone to real efforts to design a Shortcut Guide v2 - mostly four years ago. 😢
Clint Rutkas (@crutkas) from your comments on related issues, it's clear that you're aware of all of this and have a much better overview of what's already been done. I'd really appreciate some feedback (or executive decision) on what the future of the Shortcut Guide should be. Maybe there's even a way to wrap up #890? At a glance, it already seems like a huge improvement, even if some features might still be missing.
TinkerTob commentedon May 17, 2024
Btw, Stéphane BARIZIEN (@sba923) HAR (@CombeeMike)
You don't have to enter the individual util settings to see the shortcuts.... There already is an overview on the Dashboard:
(Maybe requesting a keyboard shortcut for opening / previewing this dashboard would be more promising than asking for any changes to the Shortcut Guide... No matter. I've printed out a screenshot and added it to my collection of cheat sheets.)
Jay-o-Way commentedon May 17, 2024
TinkerTob I have an idea that's shown in issue #24880, but that's completely different from the current idea. It hasn't gained much support yet.
niels9001 commentedon Apr 19, 2026
Closing as duplicate of #129.
Shortcut Guide V2 (#40834)