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Change the shortcut for Focus Sidebar to not interfere with text editing #2796

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Change the shortcut for Focus Sidebar to not interfere with text editing
May 19, 2026
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Merge branch 'main' into focus-sidebar-shortcut
jeremypw May 23, 2026
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Add explicit shortcut for focusing on the current container
May 24, 2026
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10 changes: 8 additions & 2 deletions src/View/Window.vala
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Expand Up @@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ public class Files.View.Window : Hdy.ApplicationWindow {
{"tabhistory-restore", action_tabhistory_restore, "s" },
{"forward", action_forward, "i"},
{"back", action_back, "i"},
{"focus-sidebar", action_focus_sidebar}
{"focus-sidebar", action_focus_sidebar},
{"focus-current-container", action_focus_current_container}
};

private static uint window_id = 0;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -161,7 +162,8 @@ public class Files.View.Window : Hdy.ApplicationWindow {
marlin_app.set_accels_for_action ("win.back(1)", {"<Alt>Left", "XF86Back"});
marlin_app.set_accels_for_action ("win.tab::TAB", {"<Shift><Ctrl>K"});
marlin_app.set_accels_for_action ("win.tab::WINDOW", {"<Ctrl><Alt>N"});
marlin_app.set_accels_for_action ("win.focus-sidebar", {"<Ctrl>Left"});
marlin_app.set_accels_for_action ("win.focus-sidebar", {"<Ctrl><Alt>Left"});
marlin_app.set_accels_for_action ("win.focus-tabview", {"<Ctrl><Alt>Right"});
}

build_window ();
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1006,6 +1008,10 @@ public class Files.View.Window : Hdy.ApplicationWindow {
sidebar.focus ();
}

private void action_focus_current_container () {
grab_focus ();
}

private void before_undo_redo () {
doing_undo_redo = true;
update_undo_actions ();
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