This is related to #13663, and attempts to tackle the same issue. It is unobvious for users how to navigate the various aspects of the interface using primarily keyboard shortcuts, and the "Keyboard Shortcuts" sheet in the More menu is insufficient to surface this. Let's discuss ways we can make keyboard shortcuts more obvious to users.

Surface keyboard shortcuts when modifier keys are held

The first idea comes courtesy of Enrique Sanchez (@enriquesanchez) who submitted an idea for improving this:

The idea is that the keyboard shortcut is surfaced when the accesskey is pressed. This requires some additional work around customizing and improving the accesskey interface in the editor.

But it seems like a first step to explore could be to show the keyboard shortcut as a little bubble tip on top of any button that has a shortcut, when you press and hold the modifier keys. For example the Block Navigation button has the keyboard shortcut ^⌥O — this button would show O when you press and hold ^⌥.

Is this feasible as a first step, or do we need to look further into accesskeys? Please share your thoughts.