Keyboard Shortcuts Insert Special Characters on Mac

I’m not sure if there is an event bubbling / preventDefault issue, but on Mac OS many of the keyboard shortcuts involving alt will immediately type the associated special character into the focused field. For example:

• alt+a types å into the library bar
• alt+q types œ into the quick add prompt

Also one of the menus might want to mention the Mac “translations” used:

• Option can replace alt; you don’t have to hold fn down for “true” alt.
• del means forward delete, i.e. fn+del, not the “delete” key which browsers rightfully treat as equivalent to backspace.

Tangentially, for those of us on condensed keyboards, could we move the del shortcuts to backspace? I’m not sure my Win laptop can even send a delete…

[cynicaloptimist]

Tickets are cheap, open a new one and reference this one.

[chrisbloom7]

@cynicaloptimist Thanks for merging my PR! Should we keep this open as we work through the other parts of it, or would you prefer splitting the additional scope out into a new ticket?