Keyboard automation to accept and move to review the next file.
Most times, when I look at a file in collaborator, especially a short one, I just want to accept the file, and move to the next file. Why Accept?
- It tells me that I looked at the file, and places a green checkmark in the review. Useful for long review, and not losing what was reviewed and what not.
- It tells the Author that I actually looked at the file – communicating that I felt it was important to look and review it.
Collaborator makes this simple thing VERY CHALLENGING using the keyboard alone, so I have a workaround. You need to install the Chrome Vimium extension for this to work, and have the aText keystroke recorder/player The key thing is that PageUp will remove the input focus from the Overall comment edit control, and thus allow Vimium to work.
On my system I record the following keystrokes:
PageUp (The editor has the input focus, this key removes it)
f (this invokes the vimium find - overlaying keystrokes to press in order to achieve a button press
sk (this is the code for the Accept overall displayed in Vimium)
-- at this point there is an exchange with the server, so you have to put in wait.
Ctrl + ] moves you to the next File in the review.
Voila, you activate your macro via keyboard sequence (there's a hotkey to find the last used snipped), and it automatically accepts the file, and moves to the next file.
Friedrich Brunzema
