Setting meta+ctrl+alt+shift+n shortcut not working #4327

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giteasync · 2025-10-01T16:37:47-05:00

giteasync commented

2025-10-01 16:37:47 -05:00

Originally created by @technovangelist on GitHub.

I have remapped my caps lock to command-option-control-shift to give me a new set of keyboard shortcuts. So I want to use them in Trilium. If I use 3 of the keys, it seems to work fine, but as soon as my shortcut has four keys, it won't. I have tried it with that special caps lock key as well as simply mashing down all those keys at once.

Originally created by @technovangelist on GitHub. I have remapped my caps lock to command-option-control-shift to give me a new set of keyboard shortcuts. So I want to use them in Trilium. If I use 3 of the keys, it seems to work fine, but as soon as my shortcut has four keys, it won't. I have tried it with that special caps lock key as well as simply mashing down all those keys at once.

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giteasync commented

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@zadam commented on GitHub:

Try ctrl+meta+n- I'm using this library for keyboard shortcuts and they say if you use multiple modifiers they should be in alphabetical order.

@zadam commented on GitHub: Try `ctrl+meta+n`- I'm using [this library](https://github.com/jeresig/jquery.hotkeys) for keyboard shortcuts and they say if you use multiple modifiers they should be in alphabetical order.

giteasync commented

2025-10-01 16:37:47 -05:00

@technovangelist commented on GitHub:

here is the beginning of one of your examples:

api.addButtonToToolbar({
    title: 'New task',
    icon: 'check',
    shortcut: 'alt+n',
    action: async () => {
        // creating notes is backend (server) responsibility so we need to pass
        // the control there
        const taskNoteId = await api.runOnServer(async () => {
            const todoRootNote = await

shortcut is alt+n. I want to have command-option-control-shift-n. Have tried cmd+shift+ctrl+alt+n and replaced cmd with meta just in case. nothing works.

@technovangelist commented on GitHub: here is the beginning of one of your examples: ```javascript api.addButtonToToolbar({ title: 'New task', icon: 'check', shortcut: 'alt+n', action: async () => { // creating notes is backend (server) responsibility so we need to pass // the control there const taskNoteId = await api.runOnServer(async () => { const todoRootNote = await ``` shortcut is alt+n. I want to have command-option-control-shift-n. Have tried cmd+shift+ctrl+alt+n and replaced cmd with meta just in case. nothing works.

giteasync commented

2025-10-01 16:37:47 -05:00

@technovangelist commented on GitHub:

i can do meta+n, and i can do ctrl+n, but i cannot do meta+ctrl+n

@technovangelist commented on GitHub: i can do meta+n, and i can do ctrl+n, but i cannot do meta+ctrl+n

giteasync commented

2025-10-01 16:37:47 -05:00

@zadam commented on GitHub:

When you say "use them in Trilium" - how do you bind the keyboard shortcut to something? AFAIK this is not exposed now in script API ...

@zadam commented on GitHub: When you say "use them in Trilium" - how do you bind the keyboard shortcut to something? AFAIK this is not exposed now in script API ...

giteasync commented

2025-10-01 16:37:48 -05:00

@technovangelist commented on GitHub:

so shift+meta+n works but ctrl+meta+n does not

@technovangelist commented on GitHub: so shift+meta+n works but ctrl+meta+n does not

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Reference: TriliumNext/Trilium#4327