aikidistas / force-shortcuts-intellij-plugin

IntelliJ plugin that forces the user to use keyboard shortcuts by blocking mouse clicks on buttons that have keybindings, and displaying a popup of what the keybinding is.

Force Shortcuts

Forces the user to use keyboard shortcuts by blocking mouse clicks on buttons that have keybindings, and displaying a popup of what the keybinding is.

Inspired by the Key Promoter plugin by Dmitry Kashin.

Build Instructions

To work on this project:

• Import the source into IntelliJ
• Create a run configuration of type plugin (use IntelliJ's JRE)
• To build a loadable plugin, from the Build menu bar drop down select Prepare Plugin Module 'force-shortcuts' For Deployment
  • This will build a .jar file in the root directory of the project. You can choose Install plugin from disk under Plugins in the settings window

Known Issues

• Top menu bar actions are not blocked
  • Haven't figured out how to catch those yet.
• Right click menu stays open after blocked click
  • The menu closes when the shortcut is used, but it feels clunky