[16.0][IMP] web_refresher: hotkey Alt R

[DiegoParadeda]

Adds a simple hotkey to quick refresh the page with Alt + R

[pedrobaeza]

Is there the possibility that the S key is assigned by the Odoo automatic hotkey assigner? If so, you should blacklist it.

[DiegoParadeda]

Is there the possibility that the S key is assigned by the Odoo automatic hotkey assigner? If so, you should blacklist it.

Good point. I investigated this in more detail.

In v16 it was technically possible to blacklist a hotkey, as the automatic access key assignment system used _getAllUsedAccessKeys and knownUnusableAccessKeys in addons/web/static/src/legacy/frontend/keyboard_navigation_mixin.js.

However, those legacy implementations were not carried forward. In v18, there no longer seems to be an automatic hotkey attribution system nor a centralized whitelist/blacklist mechanism.

To verify this, I tested overriding the well-known Alt+S behavior and was able to do so without any conflict (not even a warning in the logs):

So your concern is definitely valid, but from what I could find there does not appear to be a structured way to reserve or blacklist access keys in the current implementation.

That said, if there is another hotkey management mechanism in v18 that I missed, I'd be happy to adapt the implementation accordingly.