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Jul 31, 2020 05:00 AM
Has anyone tried making custom keyboard shortcuts for Airtable? For example, to make an action like this: ‘apply a specific tag from single select field and move the focus to the next text field’.
I’m wondering what could be potential approaches to achieve this.

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Jul 31, 2020 05:59 AM
Airtable doesn’t natively give you this control, but you MIGHT have some luck by turning on the Accessibility features of your operating system, or by using a custom macro app like Keyboard Maestro.

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Aug 05, 2020 10:27 PM
I use TextExpander, though very rarely in Airtable itself because I seldom do similar sequences of actions/entries. Even though it does have a few features for certain UI operations, it’s geared more toward text replacement.
@ScottWorld Thanks for the tip about Keyboard Maestro! That definitely looks intriguing, mainly because of all the features it has beyond basic text replacement. I just might switch…

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Aug 06, 2020 07:16 AM
You’re welcome, @Justin_Barrett! :slightly_smiling_face:
You might also enjoy exploring Typinator, which is very similar to TextExpander, but more advanced & cheaper & no monthly subscription.
I actually use these 3 time-saving keyboard tools on my Mac:
Keyboard Maestro
Typinator
LaunchBar
There is definitely some overlap between these tools, so all 3 are definitely not necessary.
And while we’re talking about Mac time-savers, I’m also a big fan of:
