Add ² as hotkey to close the sidebar for azerty keboard users

[pietervdvn]

Hello,

I love the 'close left sidebar' feature. Unfortunately, the ` key is quite hard to type on a azerty keyboard. Would it be possible to add ² as alternative?

Thanks a lot!

[bhousel]

Would it be ok to just translate the sidebar.key string differently? see:
https://www.transifex.com/openstreetmap/id-editor/translate/#de/core/157285793?q=text%3A%60

You can change it to be something other than `

[pietervdvn]

I'm afraid not. I use iD in English, despite it not being my mother tongue. On the other hand, some areas which speak Dutch (as I do) use mostly qwerty (such as the Netherlands), whereas most people in Flanders use azerty.

[slhh]

@bhousel Do not assume matching of UI language and keyboard layout.

The main issue might be that the used shortcut key is a dead key (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_key#Dead_keys_on_various_keyboard_layouts) on many keyboard layouts, including the US-international one, but excluding the US layout.

I have tested with current Firefox and Edge on Windows 10 with German keyboard:
To generate the shortcut, I need to press the key + shift and the spacebar afterwards.
The shift requirement is added by the German keyboard layout, but the shift key is nearby.

The spacebar is required because the shortcut key is a dead key. We would likely need to listen to the keydown event to avoid this requirement.

Btw, the ² key wouldn't be a good replacement on German keyboards. It needs AltGr and both keys are far away. I think most people can't reach both keys simultanously with a single hand, even with widely spead fingers.

[bhousel]

Do not assume matching of UI language and keyboard layout.

Oh, yes I know about this. But right now it's the best we can do. From a browser app we have no idea what the user's keyboard layout is. It's enough of a challenges just to be able to get the keycode that they pressed.

I think to solve this specific issue, I'll probably just bind a bunch of the keys that commonly appear up in the corner for various QWERTY, QWERTZ, AZERTY layouts.

[pietervdvn]

For this specific issue, binding a bunch of common keys would be an appropriate fix - at least one that would work great for me. Looking forward to that!

[pietervdvn]

<3

Thx mate!