FEATURE: CTRL+/ to trigger search even from composer

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/d-editor.js.es6

@@ -234,6 +234,13 @@ export default Ember.Component.extend({
 
     const mouseTrap = Mousetrap(this.$('.d-editor-input')[0]);
     const shortcuts = this.get('toolbar.shortcuts');
+
+    // for some reason I am having trouble bubbling this so hack it in
+    mouseTrap.bind(['ctrl+/','command+/'], (event) =>{
+      this.appEvents.trigger('header:keyboard-trigger', {type: 'search', event});
+      return true;
+    });
+
     Object.keys(shortcuts).forEach(sc => {
       const button = shortcuts[sc];
       mouseTrap.bind(sc, () => {
@@ -267,6 +274,7 @@ export default Ember.Component.extend({
 
     const mouseTrap = this._mouseTrap;
     Object.keys(this.get('toolbar.shortcuts')).forEach(sc => mouseTrap.unbind(sc));
+    mouseTrap.unbind('ctrl+/','command+/');
     this.$('.d-editor-preview').off('click.preview');
   },
 

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/keyboard-shortcuts.js.es6

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ const bindings = {
   '!':               {postAction: 'showFlags'},
   '#':               {handler: 'goToPost', anonymous: true},
   '/':               {handler: 'toggleSearch', anonymous: true},
+  'ctrl+/':          {handler: 'toggleSearch', anonymous: true},
+  'command+/':       {handler: 'toggleSearch', anonymous: true},
   '=':               {handler: 'toggleHamburgerMenu', anonymous: true},
   '?':               {handler: 'showHelpModal', anonymous: true},
   '.':               {click: '.alert.alert-info.clickable', anonymous: true}, // show incoming/updated topics

config/locales/client.en.yml

@@ -2359,7 +2359,7 @@ en:
         hamburger_menu: '<b>=</b> Open hamburger menu'
         user_profile_menu: '<b>p</b> Open user menu'
         show_incoming_updated_topics: '<b>.</b> Show updated topics'
-        search: '<b>/</b> Search'
+        search: '<b>/</b> or <b>ctrl</b>+<b>/</b> Search'
         help: '<b>?</b> Open keyboard help'
         dismiss_new_posts: '<b>x</b>, <b>r</b> Dismiss New/Posts'
         dismiss_topics: '<b>x</b>, <b>t</b> Dismiss Topics'

vendor/assets/javascripts/mousetrap.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*global define:false */
 /**
- * Copyright 2015 Craig Campbell
+ * Copyright 2012-2017 Craig Campbell
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,11 +17,16 @@
  * Mousetrap is a simple keyboard shortcut library for Javascript with
  * no external dependencies
  *
- * @version 1.5.3
+ * @version 1.6.1
  * @url craig.is/killing/mice
  */
 (function(window, document, undefined) {
 
+    // Check if mousetrap is used inside browser, if not, return
+    if (!window) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     /**
      * mapping of special keycodes to their corresponding keys
      *
@@ -151,7 +156,13 @@
      * loop through to map numbers on the numeric keypad
      */
     for (i = 0; i <= 9; ++i) {
-        _MAP[i + 96] = i;
+
+        // This needs to use a string cause otherwise since 0 is falsey
+        // mousetrap will never fire for numpad 0 pressed as part of a keydown
+        // event.
+        //
+        // @see https://github.com/ccampbell/mousetrap/pull/258
+        _MAP[i + 96] = i.toString();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -983,6 +994,18 @@
         return self._handleKey.apply(self, arguments);
     };
 
+    /**
+     * allow custom key mappings
+     */
+    Mousetrap.addKeycodes = function(object) {
+        for (var key in object) {
+            if (object.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
+                _MAP[key] = object[key];
+            }
+        }
+        _REVERSE_MAP = null;
+    };
+
     /**
      * Init the global mousetrap functions
      *
@@ -1018,4 +1041,4 @@
             return Mousetrap;
         });
     }
-}) (window, document);
+}) (typeof window !== 'undefined' ? window : null, typeof  window !== 'undefined' ? document : null);