6th April 2023
I didn’t know much about keyboards going into this project. As a software engineer on Figma’s Editor Usability team, my day-to-day typically focuses on the design editor experience. Turns out, keyboard shortcuts are a big part of that. These preset key combinations are essential for efficient, intuitive workflows and have a host of accessibility benefits—such as making it easier to access menus and functions. Yet Figma’s many shortcuts were originally designed based on US keyboards, which meant that they didn’t work for many other types of keyboards. Our team began seeing a steady stream of shortcut-related bug reports as users encountered […]