Extension: Rooster HotKeys -> Modify keybindings for LingQ Reader

[roosterburton]

ROOSTER HOTKEYS PATCH 1.28

@mhast

The key works perfectly fine though so there’s no issue with the binding itself, just the way it’s represented in the gui overlay could maybe be made more clear.

→ Fixed!

@mhast

An assignable shortcut to toggle between sentence view and page view - the button in the bottom middle of the web reader.

→ Added!

@mhast

The new toggle stats menu shortcut is surprisingly useful too, I didn’t know I wanted that until you put it in!

You can thank @bbbblinq for that one

[jpp025]

@roosterburton

→ More binds (Let me know what needs to be included, new feature or existing)

Can we add "Increase Font Size" and “Reduce Font Size” as actions?

Seems like " - " for “Font Size” shrinks the font for LingQ, and “Shift +” enlarges it.

It Would be nice to keep " - " the same for shrinking the font and set the Increase Font Size shortcut to " = " as opposed to “Shift +”.

For me, I tend to increase my text font size over decreasing it. (The joys of vision impairment, lol—I wear glasses .)

[jpp025]

@roosterburton

The questions that keep me up at night. Why does this work on Chrome but die on Firefox and vice versa…?

Something interesting I just noticed.

This is now what the Next blue LingQ shortcut looks like for me on Firefox:

Note: Before the latest update, this shortcut on the Firefox extension appeared like in the below image (i.e. b for next blue Lingq), and I was having more problems getting the shortcut to work.

This is what it looks like on Chrome:

[Stay with me on this.]

When I rebind the shortcut on Firefox to be the same as the Chrome image (initially how LingQ intended it), the shortcut doesn’t work in Firefox.

But if I set the Firefox extension to the shortcut shown in the Firefox image and use " b " as the shortcut (not Shift + B), the shortcut goes to the next blue LingQ as I want to. (Note: my caps lock is not on at any point). And Shift + B doesn’t seem to work.*

*This is also applicable to the Chrome extension.

Does any of this help or make sense? Anyway, I’m going to test this out for a while and see if this fixes the issue for me and allows me to avoid going through the process I detailed in one of my edits here.

P.S. Though all of this could be a weird coincidence that doesn’t help at all,

[mhast]

Haha, I’m blown away by the speed you update these things… not even an hour later you have the update out! It works perfectly though, just tested it.

I noticed that the “All Controls” tab in the gui is missing the shortcut for “Toggle Sentence/Page View” but it’s available under the “Advanced Controls” tab. Just a heads up - obviously not a big deal!

Thanks for the update, this is awesome.

[roosterburton]

@jpp025

*This is also applicable to the Chrome extension.

I fixed the display bug in the latest patch, Chrome takes a few days to update but should notice changes almost immediately on Firefox.

@jpp025

But if I set the Firefox extension to the shortcut shown in the Firefox image and use " b " as the shortcut (not Shift + B), the shortcut goes to the next blue LingQ as I want to. (Note: my caps lock is not on at any point). And Shift + B doesn’t seem to work.*

So the key works on Chrome if you rebind it to ‘b’ but if you bind it to something else it doesnt work?

@mhast

I noticed that the “All Controls” tab in the gui is missing the shortcut for “Toggle Sentence/Page View”

Ill fix that next update

@jpp025 Thank you for your troubleshooting guide. I’ll add that to main post.

[jpp025]

@roosterburton

So the key works on Chrome if you rebind it to ‘b’ but if you bind it to something else it doesnt work?

The key works in Firefox if you rebind it to Shift + B, but use b (for some reason).

The key also works in Chrome if you rebind it to Shift + B, but use b (for some reason).

This is what I’m testing out to see if I run into issues with the key bindings having to be troubleshot.

The combo Shift + B doesn’t work at all but somehow clears up the ability for me to use b.

Hopefully, this makes a little more sense, I know it sounds a bit weird.

@roosterburton

@jpp025 Thank you for your troubleshooting guide. I’ll add that to main post.

No problem! I hope it helps some users if they’re having similar issues.

[roosterburton]

ROOSTER HOTKEYS PATCH 1.29
→ Fixed next blue LingQ Key
→ Added Words read total GUI
→ Added Word size + Key

ROOSTER HOTKEYS PATCH 1.30
→ Added bind to toggle on and off the Hotkeys Menu
→ Hotkeys Button isn’t removed anymore when clicked

@jpp025

Is this a similar issue as the “Shift + [arrow right/left]” bindings for the Next page LingQ?

ROOSTER HOTKEYS PATCH 1.31
→ Changed the initial bind for Page left/right. Was causing a conflict that I don’t quite understand yet

[jpp025]

@roosterburton

Fixed next blue LingQ Key

It seems to be working great now!! Thank you!!

Is this a similar issue as the “Shift + [arrow right/left]” bindings for the Next page LingQ? Can it this issue be resolved in a similar way? Or was that like a weird special case?

Like I mentioned in an additional edit[ed] reply, I rebinded the next page to “Shift + >”, and it works fine in Rooster Hotkeys, I just wanted to check and see, if this was a similar fix that could be implemented on the next update. No worries, if not!

Clarification:

Shift + Arrow[Right/Left] 

for the next page, seems to trigger the Shortcut for the Move Right/Left action:

Arrow[Right/Left] 

So I rebinded the shortcuts for paging to the Next and Previous pages (in a selected lesson) to:

Shift + >

And

Shift + <

[roosterburton]

ROOSTER HOTKEYS PREMIUM PATCH 1.11

→ Import and Export keybinding configurations. (Sync your binds between browsers/store multiple profiles)

VIDEO of Import/Export of Keybinds

[jpp025]

@roosterburton

"Toggle HOTKEYS Menu: ": {key: “~”, shift: true}, // New bind

Brilliant! Rebound it to:

Shift + H

for my purposes.

Solid addition when there are lots of bindings to keep track of!

[jpp025]

Copy of my Review of the extension through Firefox (Feel free to link it in your testimonials, if it’s helpful!):

This extension works great! It allows me to not only:
1.) See a list of the key combinations that LingQ uses all in one place;
2.) Rebind key combinations to combinations that are more convenient for me; but also
3.) Bind other key combinations than just the default combinations LingQ uses.

The hotkeys are also presented in an organized popup that is easy to follow since Rooster offers a lot of key combinations. I love this add-on and that the developer makes frequent and quick updates to the extension when needed. It’s also free! I’ll definitely continue to use this extension.

Thanks for a great add-on! It really improves the usability of key shortcuts with LingQ!

Note: Modified (from original) for skimability in the LingQ Forum.

[roosterburton]

Thanks for the store review @jpp025 That will be very helpful.

[jpp025]

@roosterburton

→ More binds (Let me know what needs to be included, new feature or existing)

Is it possible to have a keybinding to copy a whole sentence (that is displayed) in sentence mode?

Currently, I have to copy a whole line of text (sentence) in sentence mode by:

• Clicking Edit Sentence and highlight/copy/paste from there to an outside source.
• Highlighting the whole sentence manually in sentence mode, waiting for the LingQ “To create a phrase LingQ, please select up to 9 words from the same sentence.” popup to appear (which doesn’t always appear consistently for me), highlighting the sentence, and copying/pasting it into an outside source.
• Highlighting the whole sentence manually in sentence mode, doing a copy shortcut, and reformating the spaces when I paste it into the outside source since it pastes without spaces.

No worries if this is super obscure and you don’t think it would be a helpful addition; I just thought it would help when using DeepL, Papago, Mirinae, or any other outside translator/resource on a whole sentence without having to do all the extra manual work to work with an entire sentence, while studying in sentence mode.

[roosterburton]

@jpp025

Is it possible to have a keybinding to copy a whole sentence (that is displayed) in sentence mode?

Sounds good. I’ll have a look at this

@jpp025

(which doesn’t always appear consistently for me), highlighting the sentence, and copying/pasting it into an outside source.

Ye, this is an annoying bug. Same with not being able to open the phrase you just LingQed without opening a different LingQ first.

ROOSTER HOTKEYS FREE PATCH 1.32 & 1.33
→ Added Bind to copy Active Sentence to clipboard
→ Added Bind to open Print Page
→ Added Bind to Toggle Reader Settings

[jpp025]

@roosterburton

ROOSTER HOTKEYS FREE PATCH 1.32
→ Added Bind to copy Active Sentence to clipboard

Tried it out! Brilliant!

Studying in sentence mode is so much more efficient now!

[jpp025]

@roosterburton

→ More binds (Let me know what needs to be included, new feature or existing)

Can any shortcuts be added to change the speed of audio in sentence mode?

I’m unsure why LingQ has it on mobile but not on the web browser.

For me, I mainly just need 0.75 speed (currently, we can only play it “at original speed”), but other users may want more variety.

[roosterburton]

@jpp025

Can any shortcuts be added to change the speed of audio in sentence mode?

I’ll see what I can do.

Edit: It’s not a standard feature of the sentence view (from what I can tell) I would need to write my own solution

[mhast]

Hey @roosterburton, I’m not sure if you are still developing this or not but in the last few days there’s been a few issues. I’ve been noticing that certain keybinds are now causing all shortcuts to stop working. Some examples:

I use j and k to move up and down on the definition list, now if I press k it completely locks up all keyboard shortcuts and I have to refresh the page to get them to work again.

I use spacebar to choose the definition that is selected and it doesn’t do anything at all now. I tried resetting all the binds and rebinding everything but the same issues are happening. I think it has to do with the original binds that are set are still active even after rebind the keys or something…

I use asdfg to rate from 1-4 + known and asfg all work, but d doesn’t and it prompts bringing up the dictionary (the default bind of d I think). I’m wondering if this is due to an update/change on LingQ’s side which has maybe caused the addon to start acting weird?

Just wanted to let you know! I use this addon every day and it’s a huge part of my workflow, it’s still such an awesome addon.

Cheers.

[roosterburton]

@mhast

Great that its still valuable. It’s true I haven’t worked on this add-on in some time.

I installed the free version and did a few tests.

The script just rebinds the arrow up and down from the original LingQ bindings

Pressing definition up /down sometimes causes the main LingQ script to crash.

Interesting that with the addon disabled the process works as expected. What I’m going to do is prevent the custom LingQ action and do the process of up/down/select manually. Should have a patch out today.

Edit: Just pushed a fix to Firefox / Chrome stores, will be in the next ML update

[mhast]

@roosterburton - Thanks so much for the fix, all of my custom hotkeys are working perfectly again! It’s much appreciated. Thanks for fixing it so quickly too!

Cheers.