keyboard shortcuts for buttons

[tfriedel]

I quite liked the example for data labeling.
There are buttons to go to the next or previous image. It would be nice to attach keyboard shortcuts to buttons so such a tool could be used without a mouse.

[mscolnick]

This is a good feature request - I will create an issue for this. To see if anyone wants to pick it up.

[rithik56]

@tfriedel @mscolnick can you please elaborate on the issue in more detail since I am new to this project.

[tfriedel]

@rithik56 For the use case of a data labeling tool, it's helpful to control actions like assigning a label or skipping to the next or previous item with a keyboard shortcut. In some UI frameworks you can assign hotkeys to buttons, e.g. you could have a button labeled "Next" that is activated by clicking on it or pressing the "right arrow" key. It may also be useful to add the feature to other widgets like Sliders.
Or even have a non-widget specific keyboard press listener.

It may make sense to check out how this feature is possible in other frameworks.
E.g. in panel:
holoviz/panel#3193

streamlit:
https://github.com/adriangalilea/streamlit-shortcuts

react:
https://devtrium.com/posts/how-keyboard-shortcut

[rithik56]

@tfriedel @mscolnick thanks for clarifying the doubt but I am having a hard time understanding how to add this feature ?