More Keyboard Shortcut Support

Building a SEO-focused, UX/UI-polished store in GemPages v7 requires a lot of small repetitive actions (links, styling headings, consistency across sections). More shortcuts would significantly reduce friction, speed up production, and help keep designs consistent.

Current pain points:

  1. Creating hyperlinks in text is mouse-heavy:

    • Today: highlight text → click the chain/link icon → paste URL → confirm.

    • Request: support the industry-standard shortcut Ctrl/Cmd + K to “Insert/Edit Link” in the inline text editor.

  2. Repeating styling across similar elements takes too many clicks:

    • Example: One row with 4 columns, each column has a Heading. I want to apply the same typography (size/weight/spacing) to all 4 headings quickly.

    • Global Styles is great for base typography, but in real pages we still need quick “apply same style here too” workflows.

    • Request: add a keyboard shortcut for “Copy Style” to match the existing “Paste Style” workflow. Suggested: Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + C = Copy Style Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + V = Paste Style (already exists)

Requested features (v7 editor): A) Ctrl/Cmd + K → Insert/Edit Link for selected text in inline editor

  • Same behavior as common editors: if text is selected → opens link modal; if cursor is inside an existing link → edit link.

B) Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + C → Copy Style (for the selected element)

  • Complements the existing Paste Style shortcut and reduces repetitive context-menu clicks.

Optional (nice-to-have): C) Shortcut/Hotkey cheat sheet in editor + ability to customize shortcuts in Preferences.

How this improves UX/UI + SEO workflows:

  • Faster page building and iteration (less time clicking, more time improving content and layout).

  • Encourages better internal linking practices (quickly adding links), which helps site structure and SEO.

  • Improves design consistency (typography & spacing), reducing visual “noise” across the site.

  • Brings GemPages in line with common editor conventions (Ctrl/Cmd+K for links is widely used).

Thank you! Happy to provide a short screen recording of the current workflow + how the shortcut would be used.

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Status

In Review

Board

💡 Feature Requests

Date

3 days ago

Author

Dima Chernyshov

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