Here’s a nice overlay of some of the actions available on the search menu after a search has been done. The most basic functionality is that Esc and Enter keys will work in all dialog windows:Īlso all sidebar buttons have shortcuts as well as many other actions. Long story short, I decided to remove the source of my frustration creating a Chrome Extension that would get rid of most of my frustration by adding shortcuts to my most commonly used actions. For example, when creating a new notebook you can press enter to accept the name you have entered, but when you get the same kind of dialog when deleting a notebook, the enter key does not confirm your action, and in both cases the Esc key doesn’t cancel the action. So you can imagine my frustration when I’m using Evernote web and I can’t do almost anything with the keyboard, and the things you can do are not always consistent.

I do all my coding in vim, my email is managed via mutt, and weechat takes care of my IRC messaging, and even when I’m browsing the web I use vimium to have a good control of my browsing with the keyboard. Which skyrockets my frustration levels, because the app is not keyboard friendly and I work all day with terminal applications that make extensive use of the keyboard to increase your efficiency. I’m a Linux user, and even though there are unofficial Evernote applications like Everpad, there is no official application, so I always end up using the web interface when I’m on my laptop. Now you can increase your productivity with this new Chrome Extension that adds shortcuts to most common functionality.

If you are an Evernote’s web interface user and you are anything like me, you’ve probably felt the pain and frustration of not being able to move around with your keyboard when using the service.

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