Fazle Rahman
·improvementAt Hashnode we are committed to improving accessibility. Last month we made significant updates including:
Improved color contrast and dark mode accessibility
Improved keyboard accessibility
Details about these updates are available in our previous changelog.
This week, we released an update that improves keyboard accessibility and simplifies navigation across the formatting toolbar inside the editor. This update allow users with limited mobility or those who rely on keyboard navigation to perform formatting tasks swiftly and with less physical strain.
Here's how you can use the shortcut:
Highlight a text segment and press and hold the ⌘
key on macOS or the Ctrl
key on Windows.
Then choose your desired formatting option:
B
- Makes the selected text bold
I
- Changes the selected text to Italics
shift+S
- Applies a strikethrough to the selected text
opt+1
(macOS) or alt+1
(windows)- Formats the selected text as Heading 1
opt+2
(macOS) or alt+2
(windows) - Formats the selected text as Heading 2
opt+3
(macOS) or alt+3
(windows) - Formats the selected text as Heading 3
shift+H
- Highlights the selected text
E
- Turns the selected text into inline code
K
- Creates a hyperlink for the selected text
M
- Adds an inline comment to the selected text
J
- Triggers Hashnode AI
And that's how you can utilize the newly added keyboard shortcuts to format your article. To begin using these shortcuts, start a new draft today.
We hope this update will make Hashnode more accessible for everyone. If you have any feedback or suggestion for us, send us a message on Discord.