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0010310ardourfeaturespublic2026-05-26 02:14
Reportersound8 Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
PlatformDebian GNUOSLinuxOS Version(any)
Product Version9.2 
Summary0010310: Keyboard Shortcuts Dialog - Ability to search key name
DescriptionNone of my other posts about this topic have been added so it is doubtful that this one will, but here is another `Keyboard Shortcuts` dialog post to go with the others.

The `Keyboard Shortcuts` dialog contains a search field at the bottom.
User types in keyword and the search is performed based on the names of the `Actions`

I am suggesting to add a way for user to be able to perform a search based on `Shortcuts` key names.
This would be something I would probably make hidden, so I am suggesting that this be added maybe in the form of some kind of "activator key" to perform this `Shortcut` key based search.

For now I will use / as the activator

So if user for example types in
/F10

The search results in each tab will show any shortcuts currently assigned to the F10 key.
Could be helpful to users trying to figure out which specific keys are already being used.

This could also be helpful when assigning `Global` shortcuts because there are no warning dialogs to let users know that keys are already being used by other sections (because other section shortcuts are programmed in Ardour to automatically override any `Global` assigned shortcuts).

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jean-emmanuel

2026-05-03 17:14

updater   ~0030319

There's a (currently undocumented) way to do it: type "k:F10"

jean-emmanuel

2026-05-07 14:56

updater   ~0030332

The feature is now documented in the manual.

sound8

2026-05-26 02:14

reporter   ~0030442

@jean-emmanuel
Sorry I reached my post quota the other day and could not respond to this one when I read it.
That is nice, this is one of the many things I really enjoy about this application, there are so many little hidden/unknown features everywhere :)
Cool to see that this is already available, did not know this.
Thank you for pointing this out to me.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2026-05-02 23:30 sound8 New Issue
2026-05-03 17:14 jean-emmanuel Note Added: 0030319
2026-05-07 14:56 jean-emmanuel Note Added: 0030332
2026-05-07 14:58 jean-emmanuel Status new => resolved
2026-05-08 14:58 jean-emmanuel Resolution open => fixed
2026-05-26 02:14 sound8 Note Added: 0030442