LanguageCrush website needs Keyboard shortcuts (or does it already have it?)

I'm trying to use this website and switch over from LingQ but I noticed right away there are no keyboard shortcuts to make marking words Known or Ignored right away, nor a way to go to the next word with the arrow keys. Please add this ability or let me know if it's a feature I don't know how to do yet. Thanks!

StewartLikesOPLingo wrote:

I'm trying to use this website and switch over from LingQ but I noticed right away there are no keyboard shortcuts to make marking words Known or Ignored right away, nor a way to go to the next word with the arrow keys. Please add this ability or let me know if it's a feature I don't know how to do yet. Thanks!

Welcome back Stewart. We don't have these features. Can you describe in detail how you would like these to work? Like, which keys would you like for shortcuts, and would you want all four arrow keys to work?

Thanks very much!

Left and Right arrow keys – move to the previous/next highlighted word

k – mark the word as known

x – "ignore"

s – play the automatically generated text-to-speech audio

On a unknown highlighted word:

Up and Down arrow keys – move up or down in the list of hints and dictionaries

Enter – select first recommended definition 

I'd also suggest that when selecting a definition for a new word, the red unknown highlighted word should turn green to signify you've seen it before and it's now a "Learning" word. 

Thanks - I forwarded your suggestions to the tech team.

Totally agree with Stewart :) very needed

Hello! Did any of this get implemented or are there any plans on doing so? Especially "k" for known would be extremely helpful to me :)

Sarah.H wrote:

Hello! Did any of this get implemented or are there any plans on doing so? Especially "k" for known would be extremely helpful to me :)

Hi Sarah. This is still sitting in our inbox - we are running behind, unfortunately. I added your note to the ticket.

StewartLikesOPLingo wrote:

Left and Right arrow keys – move to the previous/next highlighted word k – mark the word as known x – "ignore" s – play the automatically generated text-to-speech audio On a unknown highlighted word: Up and Down arrow keys – move up or down in the list of hints and dictionaries Enter – select first recommended definition I'd also suggest that when selecting a definition for a new word, the red unknown highlighted word should turn green to signify you've seen it before and it's now a "Learning" word.

Sarah.H wrote:

Hello! Did any of this get implemented or are there any plans on doing so? Especially "k" for known would be extremely helpful to me :)

HolaIsabel wrote:

Totally agree with Stewart :) very needed

Ok, this is what we have now:

enter: use most popular definition

left, right to move left or right

space replay word definition audio

u → unknown

l → learning

k → known

i → ignore

Does it work for you?

@leosmith Omg, I've only seen this now! This is awesome! Now languagecrush is perfectly usable for me :) It would be great if I could see the shortcuts somewhere in the reading tool (maybe on hover?), but they are also very easy to remember. Thanks so much for implementing!!

After using this a bit, the only thing missing to me is that the left and right keys jump to the next word that is highlighted (so either unknown or learning words) and skipping every word that is either set to ignore or known. Thanks :) Otherwise this is already very good!

Sarah.H wrote:

After using this a bit, the only thing missing to me is that the left and right keys jump to the next word that is highlighted (so either unknown or learning words) and skipping every word that is either set to ignore or known. Thanks :) Otherwise this is already very good!

Thanks - I forwarded this to the tech team to see if there is anything they can do.

Sarah.H wrote:

After using this a bit, the only thing missing to me is that the left and right keys jump to the next word that is highlighted (so either unknown or learning words) and skipping every word that is either set to ignore or known. Thanks :) Otherwise this is already very good!

Hi Sarah - we couldn't reproduce this. Can you provide a link to a passage it happens on?

Hey, I am not sure if I was clear in my request!

I would like to have an additional shortcut - so that the next word selected is either a word that is currently set as "learning" or a word that is "unknown". Otherwise you have to rush through all the known words in which you don't need a translation. So I would like to change the behaviour of the right arrow key, so that it never selects words that are known. Or is this the behaviour that should be already implemented? If yes, it doesn't work like this for me in any passage.

Hope it's clearer now and thanks for looking into it!

Ah ok, I get it now. That is not per design, but I'll update the ticket.

Sarah.H wrote:

Hey, I am not sure if I was clear in my request!
I would like to have an additional shortcut - so that the next word selected is either a word that is currently set as "learning" or a word that is "unknown". Otherwise you have to rush through all the known words in which you don't need a translation. So I would like to change the behaviour of the right arrow key, so that it never selects words that are known. Or is this the behaviour that should be already implemented? If yes, it doesn't work like this for me in any passage.
Hope it's clearer now and thanks for looking into it!

I agree this would be very useful to be able to zoom through texts using the keyboard only working on my unknown and learning words. I can't wait for this update to get implemented, it will be amazing! 

The ticket is in work.

I'm thinking of committing to Language Crush.

Shortcuts are extremely important.

Known, ignore and next page (stop hiding the controls).

Getting rid of the highlighted word area using ESC would be helpful. Or better if you don't cover the page controls.

Less important:

A shortcut for "next highlighted" word would help.

I can't see dark green highlighted text on some screens so changing it would help. 

Working better on android would be great.

There are some half-shortcuts.

SOMETIMES right and enter goes to the next page. Not when a word is highlighted. Please make it always work (ideally using control right or page down).

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Currently, on android, you can tab through areas and get some value.

go to a tab stop (press tab) and press enter or space.

If tab stop 1 is the 3 line menu

tab 2 passage statistics [could this have it's own shortcut please?]

3

4 edit passage

5 3 dots

7 play

8 speed

9 full screen

10 last screen[could this have it's own shortcut please?]

11 Next screen [could this have it's own shortcut please?]

Number of words read in a day would be great. It's a primary statistic.

LC allows left, right and K for known right now . Chrome browser on a desktop.

ok, we'll discuss it

You updated the app but didn't add these. That's worrying.

BrianLearnsGreek.Birch wrote:

You updated the app but didn't add these. That's worrying.

Note how old this thread is. The other change was out before you posted, but delayed in a migration issue. We solved the migration issue. Please be patient; we haven't discussed your requests yet, and it takes time to release stuff.

Gug.27 wrote:

I agree this would be very useful to be able to zoom through texts using the keyboard only working on my unknown and learning words. I can't wait for this update to get implemented, it will be amazing!

Hi Gug - this should be working now. Can you confirm?

BrianLearnsGreek.Birch wrote:

Known, ignore and next page (stop hiding the controls).

What do you mean by hiding the controls? Can you provide a screenshot?

wrote:

A shortcut for "next highlighted" word would help.

Known words are skipped now by the right and left arrow keys. Is that what you mean?

wrote:

I can't see dark green highlighted text on some screens so changing it would help.

It's ok for me - can you provide a screenshot?

wrote:

Working better on android would be great.

Can you be more specific?

wrote:

There are some half-shortcuts.

What do you mean?

wrote:

SOMETIMES right and enter goes to the next page. Not when a word is highlighted. Please make it always work (ideally using control right or page down).

Is this on android?

leosmith wrote:

Gug.27 wrote:

I agree this would be very useful to be able to zoom through texts using the keyboard only working on my unknown and learning words. I can't wait for this update to get implemented, it will be amazing!

Hi Gug - this should be working now. Can you confirm?

I confirm that this update is awesome and works great for me on Chrome. Your android app is really good too, thanks for your hard work. 

Gug.27 wrote:

Your android app is really good too, thanks for your hard work.

Thanks!

After using this for a while, the only feature I feel is missing is the ability for the left and right keys to jump to the next highlighted word (whether unknown or learning), while skipping over any words marked as known or set to ignore. Other than that, it's already really great! Thanks.