Shortcuts not triggering when no page is loaded in Chrome for Mac

[mbhutton]

The keyboard shortcuts are triggering from most web pages, but they don't trigger when no page is loaded.

To reproduce, either

(A)

• Open a new tab

• Press Ctrl-1 to activate the first bookmark(let)

• (Doesn't trigger)

  or...

(B)

• Type about:blank into the address bar and press
• Press Ctrl-1 to activate the first bookmark(let)
• (Doesn't trigger)

I haven't tested in Win/Linux, so this may or may not be Mac specific.

My environment:

• Bookmarks Bar Keyboard Shortcuts Version: 1.2
• Google Chrome Beta for Mac 5.0.307.7 (latest beta release for Mac)
• Mac OS X 10.6.2 (latest Mac OS X)

Thanks for sharing this great extension, really useful!

Regards,
Matt

[henrik]

I'm afraid the only way to support keyboard shortcuts in Chrome extensions currently is to put them in a content script, which is injected into web pages. So when there is no actual webpage, they don't work.

I would like them to work everywhere, but before that happens, it needs to be supported in Chrome.

I'll leave the ticket open since I do want to fix it if/when it becomes possible.

Thanks!

[mbhutton]

Thanks for the quick and informative response.
Hopefully the chrome team adds support for global shortcuts soon.

Cheers