Restore `/` shortcut for searchbox?

[medmunds]

#1112 / #1236 changed the keyboard shortcut for the docs search field from / to Ctrl+K or Cmd-K. There were several good arguments for adding the Ctrl/Cmd-K hotkeys.

Would it make sense to also allow /? At least three important sites in the Django ecosystem only work with /, and I keep getting tripped up on which keys work where. Also, it seems like the other sites cited in #1112 actually allow either shortcut.

Site	/	Ctrl/Cmd-K
forum.djangoproject.com	✔	-
docs.python.org	✔	-
GitHub	✔	-
ReadTheDocs (example)	✔	-
MDN	✔	✔
tailwindcss.com	✔	✔
getbootstrap.com	-	-

(Bootstrap was mentioned in the earlier issue, but since seems to have changed to Ctrl+/, only.)

[keywords: slash key, solidus, Control-K, Command-K]

[adamzap]

Interesting! Stripe also supports both: https://docs.stripe.com/api?lang=python

I defer to others on how to proceed, but I hope we can get #1933 in before a change is made.

Nice table by the way!

[pauloxnet]

I defer to others on how to proceed, but I hope we can get #1933 in before a change is made.

I've just merged #1933

[medmunds]

I'm happy to start a forum discussion if that would be preferred. (I didn't see any reference to the forum in #1112 when the / key shortcut was removed.)

Or happy to open a PR. Or both.

[medmunds]

Most of the sites listed above that support / allow only plain, unmodified slash, ignoring Ctrl+/ and Command-/. The exceptions are docs.python.org, tailwindcss.com, and docs.stripe.com, which allow any modifier keys with the slash.