Keyboard Shortcuts for Slate

Ever wished you could go faster in the Slate query builder? 🚀 Wish you didn’t have to move the mouse to click Save, or that you could start a new Quick Query instantly?

Step 1

Install the Shortkeys browser add-on.

This article was written by a Firefox user but should be adaptable to all major browsers.

Step 2

Configure custom shortcuts! This example shows two shortcuts - one to add another filter and one to press the default (bolded) button in any Slate dialog:

• Copy-paste the code below into the Import tab of the add-on configuration to get the above.
• Click Save.

https://github.com/WyattBest/EDUPowerTools/blob/master/Slate/Shortkeys_keyboard_shortcuts.json

[
  {
    "key": "ctrl+shift+s",
    "label": "Default Button",
    "action": "javascript",
    "sites": "https://*/manage/*",
    "sitesArray": [
      "https://*/manage/*"
    ],
    "code": "$('button.default').last().click();",
    "activeInInputs": true,
    "blacklist": "whitelist"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+shift+f",
    "label": "New Filter",
    "action": "javascript",
    "code": "document.getElementsByClassName('toolbox_element type_filter')[0].scrollIntoView({block:'center'});\n$('.toolbox_element.type_filter').last().click();",
    "activeInInputs": true,
    "blacklist": "whitelist",
    "sites": "https://*/manage/*",
    "sitesArray": [
      "https://*/manage/*"
    ]
  },
  {
    "label": "Go up breadcrumb",
    "key": "f4",
    "action": "javascript",
    "activeInInputs": false,
    "blacklist": "whitelist",
    "sites": "https://*/manage/*",
    "code": "$('#content .breadcrumb a').toArray().pop().click();",
    "sitesArray": [
      "https://*/manage/*"
    ]
  },
  {
    "key": "f2",
    "activeInInputs": true,
    "blacklist": "whitelist",
    "label": "Top Action Link",
    "action": "javascript",
    "code": "$('.action-links a')[0].click();",
    "sites": "https://*/manage/*",
    "sitesArray": [
      "https://*/manage/*"
    ]
  },
  {
    "key": "f1",
    "label": "Add Join",
    "action": "javascript",
    "code": "$('div[data-type=\"join\"][title=\"Join\"], div.type_join').toArray().pop().click();",
    "activeInInputs": true,
    "blacklist": "whitelist",
    "sites": "https://*/manage/*",
    "sitesArray": [
      "https://*/manage/*"
    ]
  },
  {
    "key": "f7",
    "label": "Display SQL",
    "action": "javascript",
    "activeInInputs": true,
    "code": "$('a:contains(\"Display SQL\")').click();",
    "blacklist": "whitelist",
    "sites": "https://*/manage/*",
    "sitesArray": [
      "https://*/manage/*"
    ]
  },
  {
    "key": "shift+e",
    "label": "New Export",
    "action": "javascript",
    "code": "$('.toolbox_element.type_export, .query_add_export[title=\"Export\"]').last().click();",
    "activeInInputs": false,
    "blacklist": "whitelist",
    "sites": "https://*/manage/*",
    "sitesArray": [
      "https://*/manage/*"
    ]
  },
  {
    "activeInInputs": true,
    "action": "javascript",
    "code": "$('.search_part.search_matches')[0].click()",
    "blacklist": "whitelist",
    "sites": "https://*/manage/*",
    "label": "Select first query part result",
    "key": "ctrl+shift+d",
    "sitesArray": [
      "https://*/manage/*"
    ]
  },
  {
    "activeInInputs": true,
    "action": "javascript",
    "code": "FW.Lazy.Popup('/manage/query/query?cmd=edit&folder=Temp');",
    "blacklist": "whitelist",
    "sites": "https://*/manage/*",
    "label": "New Quick Query",
    "key": "alt+q",
    "sitesArray": [
      "https://*/manage/*"
    ]
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+d",
    "label": "Duplicate Tab",
    "action": "javascript",
    "activeInInputs": true,
    "blacklist": "whitelist",
    "sites": "https://*/manage/*",
    "code": "window.open(window.location);",
    "sitesArray": [
      "https://*/manage/*"
    ]
  }
]