Keyboard shortcuts = board super powers

Type a question mark ? to get a list of keyboard shortcuts.

They’re good, fast, and really useful. I’m gradually learning more of them.

Okay, I’m a bells and whistles kind of guy, but the bells and whistles on this board are good!

?
(it doesn’t seem to work)

Not when you’re in an edit window! When you’re anywhere else, not editing text.

lol was that a whoosh?

If the question mark didn’t work in an edit window, no one could ask a question in a reply. (I have to admit though. I tried it too.)

I tried it in the search slot first, with no results.

There are many things I don’t understand, but I’m trying to stay carefree. :slight_smile:

I also heard this expression here before and I have no idea what it means.
I’ve looked it up with no relevant results.

It’s the sound of a joke going past someone, without them getting it.

Thanks for the tip. I’m a member of some other discourse boards, but never knew about the shortcuts!

In the way I meant it in your case was I was wondering if you were kidding with others about it and whooshing them.

I was mistaken. I apologize.

@PlaceboTarget - click on the screen somewhere (not a link, not a hyperlink, not a search bar - just somewhere in blank space). Then type “?”.

That was fast. :slight_smile:

Nice. Thank you @Munch! It looks like a treasure trove. I’ll use it.

I went to Urban Dictionary and kind of understood what “whooshing” means.

I would have never imagined that one is supposed to type question mark on a non-typing surface to get a result. Anyway, thank you everyone for the tip and for the help. Criticism helps too. :slight_smile:

ETA: I’m playing with the shortcuts too and they’re really fun (besides useful, of course).

Aww. ~hanging my head in shame~ I’ll try to be better in the future. I thought you already had it worked out. I shouldn’t assume those things. My apologies again. No criticism from me anyway. You’re a good person for continuing to respond to me. Thanks.

Do you think you will? I took a look at them, and they didn’t seem all that intuitive. I like that they’re there - I’m sure they provide a good amount of utility to a poweruser.

Edit: Though I may use “=” a lot. That seems very handy.

Of course I will make a selection of those that look useful and easy to use.
Everyone will probably do the same; nothing special about it.

ETA: I love it, for instance, how you start Creating a new topic simply by pressing C.
:slight_smile:

In this case, if I had whooshed your recommendation, I guess it would have been a mocking gesture or something like that (if I understand the Urban Dictionary correctly). I admit my post was silly, but I only wanted to display my helplessness. And later, when you tried to help me, I just didn’t understand what “anywhere else” meant. I couldn’t think out of the box. And my box is sometimes inside another box… it’s complicated. :slight_smile:

So, here’s a question about one of the keyboard shortcuts:

You can flag a post by typing exclamation mark.

How do exactly do that? Do I make sure that the scroll bar shows the number of the post I want to flag and press exclamation mark on my keyboard?

You can select a post by using the J and K keys. These keys scroll up and down one post at a time, and also show the selected post by a red line on the left next to it (in SD Light theme, anyway).

One you’ve selected a post, then you can bookmark it, flag it, etc. using the keyboard.