Can't hotkey a period (dot)

[jherman]

I'm submitting a...

[ ] Regression (a behavior that used to work and stopped working in a new release)
[X] Bug report  
[ ] Performance issue
[ ] Feature request
[ ] Documentation issue or request
[ ] Support request
[ ] Other... Please describe:

Current behavior

Can't hotkey a period (dot).

Expected behavior

To be able to hotkey a period

Minimal reproduction of the problem with instructions

Attempted:

{ keys: 'control.\.', description: 'Go To Settings' }
{ keys: 'control..', description: 'Go To Settings' }
{ keys: 'control..', description: 'Go To Settings' }
{ keys: 'control.46;', description: 'Go To Settings' }

What is the motivation / use case for changing the behavior?

Using this specific hotkey to go to settings

Environment

Angular version: 13.x


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[izbushka]

Even more, on Ukrainian and Russian layout the dot character and "?" are on the same button, so you can't trigger the help window on those layouts.

[Tweniee]

@jherman can you be more specific about the issue not able to understand with "Can't hotkey a period (dot)."

[larskn]

Hi, @Tweniee

I am not the original commenter, but I will give a few more details since I am having the same issue.

It does not seem to be possible (or I am not able to find a way) to place a shortcut on the dot/period key (.)

As an example,this works fine: this.hotkeys.addShortcut({ keys: 'alt.,', description: 'Foo' })
bus this does not work this.hotkeys.addShortcut({ keys: 'alt..', description: 'Foo' })
(for obvious reasons since "." is the separator char)

The HotkeysShortcutPipe prints this shortcut (alt..) as:

So the question is: Is there any way to create a shortcut for the dot/period key (.) ?
(@jherman Listed a few ways they tried that weren't successful.)