Custom shortcuts and modules

💬 App Building
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I have set some custom shortcuts in a module and they work when I'm viewing that module. However, when I put that module into an app, the custom shortcuts no longer seem to work.

Is this a bug or expected behavior? Can't find anything about the intersection of custom shortcuts and modules in the documentation.

Is there a way to set custom shortcuts in an app that reference components/queries in a module? When I try to add custom shortcuts to an app that contains a module, the components/queries of the module don't autocomplete in the custom shortcuts action text field for me.

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Hey @jeffbowen!

Happy to help here! I believe this functionality is not currently supported but definitely understand how this UI can be confusing. I'll make sure to fill out a bug report and keep this thread open as a fix is addressed, thanks for flagging!

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Thanks, Chris. For me, ideally the custom shortcuts set in a module could be inherited wherever the module is included and in the case of conflicting custom shortcuts in the parent, the parent's shortcut would take precedence.

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Hey @jeffbowen — definitely agree, this would make the most sense. I've gone ahead and filed a bug report here and will keep this thread up to date as I hear back on this from my team! :)

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Hey @Chris-Thompson - I am running into the same issue as described on this thread. Curious if you have any updates on a fix for this behavior.

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Hey @Chris-Thompson - same issue here. Any updates?

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Hey @Chris-Thompson! Also wondering about this, since it still seems to be an issue.

I'm not sure I understand the point of custom shortcuts in modules if they don't work in the parent apps?

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Hi there,

Unfortunately, this bug is still in our queue to be fixed :disappointed: custom shortcuts are not supported for modules

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Any progress on this issue? Running into the same here.

For anyone like me stuck trying to trigger a specific script on a module in response to a parent app shortcut, I found a somewhat clunky workaround in these docs that helped Build modules to reuse queries and components | Retool Docs

Essentially, you can use a variable in the parent app as an input to the module whose value is the timestamp of the last time the hotkey combination was pressed. In the module, use a JSON SQL query to watch the input with a success handler that runs the script you'd like to fire on success. Any time the timestamp changes, the script runs.

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Hi @dennis_nimblerx :wave:
Thank you for sharing this workaround on the thread! No updates to share, but I will post here if there's news.

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Hey Abbey – any update on this request? Thanks!

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Unfortunately, no updates as of now. This is still in our backlog.