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Create a child node when pressing Enter on the root node #121

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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions CHANGELOG.md
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Expand Up @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ In case there is no issue present, the pull request implementing the feature is

### Changed

- We changed <kbd>Enter</kbd> on the root node to create a child node instead of doing nothing.
- We changed the "New PDF node" dialog to list only the PDFs linked to the selected BibTeX node; the PDF button is disabled for other nodes. [#56](https://github.com/JabRef/jabmap/issues/56)

### Fixed
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion shortcuts.md
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Expand Up @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ For these shortcuts, you have to first select a node by clicking on it.
| <kbd>CTRL</kbd> + <kbd>B</kbd>| Create a new child BibTeX node
| <kbd>CTRL</kbd> + <kbd>P</kbd>| Create a new child PDF node (BibTeX node selected)
| <kbd>CTRL</kbd> + <kbd>J</kbd>| Select the entry in JabRef and bring JabRef to the front (BibTeX node selected)
|<kbd>ENTER</kbd> | Create a new sibling node
|<kbd>ENTER</kbd> | Create a new sibling node (a child node if the root node is selected)
| <kbd>F2</kbd> or _Double Click_ | Change node topic
| <kbd>DELETE</kbd> or <kbd>BACKSPACE</kbd> | Delete node
| <kbd>↑</kbd> <kbd>←</kbd> <kbd>→</kbd> <kbd>↓</kbd> | Change selected node
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8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions src/main.js
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Expand Up @@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ let mind = DefaultMap;
const options = DefaultOptions;
// adding Named shortcut key event processor
options.shortcut.handles = {
// the root has no siblings, so <Enter> would do nothing there
'addBrotherOrChild': function (jm, e) {
if (jm.get_selected_node()?.isroot) {
this.handle_addchild(jm, e);
} else {
this.handle_addbrother(jm, e);
}
},
'undo': function (jm, e) {
// display mind map's previous state (undo the last operation)
hidePopovers();
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion src/mindPresets/DefaultMindOptions.js
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Expand Up @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const DefaultOptions = {
enable: true, // Whether to enable shortcut
mapping: { // Shortcut key mapping
addchild: [45, 4096 + 13], // <Insert>, <Ctrl> + <Enter>
addbrother: 13, // <Enter>
addBrotherOrChild: 13, // <Enter>
editnode: 113, // <F2>
delnode: [46, 8], // <Delete>
toggle: 32, // <Space>
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