Hi guys,

I'm currently configuring shortcuts to try animating in Krita.

For example, I use "," for the previous frame and ";" for the next frame (as in Flash)
I'm now trying to find a convenient shortcut for previous and next keyframes.

Those are shortcuts you like to keep simple as usually you have only one hand available when animating or drawing.
So a combinaison of keys is not a good idea here.
Without forgetting that Krita often warns me that i'm overriding an existing shortcut.
That is something I try to avoid (I like to keep the configuration as it is, so if I work on another computer, I don't have bad reflexes)

Well, all this to suggest an idea :

Why not allowing typing several times a key quickly for shortcuts ?

In this idea,
* previous frame could be "," and previous keyframe would be ",,"
* next frame could be ";" and next keyframe would be ";;"

What do you think of that ?

Hi!

I'm not a Krita developer, but I do believe I have an answer for you.

I believe the biggest issue occurs when you think about the "double click speed". Basically, how quickly you would have to press the key in order for it to register as a "double click" and execute the double click command instead of two regular commands. Most of us (me and people I've talked to) wants commands to be executed instantaneously and without delay; we don't want to have to wait .5 seconds for the software to switch tools or jump to the next frame after a single keypress. It makes the software seem slow and buggy. But once we introduce a "double click speed", that wait time is essential for the shortcuts to work.

Additionally, I have never heard of a different software doing this, which makes it risky in terms of trying to have intuitive controls. Someone who comes to Krita from another software would probably be confused by the concept of double clicking on the keyboard.

I'm fairly confident that you can make different shortcut profiles in Krita. If you're worried about overwriting shortcuts that you might use later on, maybe you could setup a specific "animation"-shortcut profile to use specifically when animating, and a different one for when doing other types of work in Krita? Get creative and set up your own personal shortcuts independent of software defaults

You mentioned that you were coming from Adobe Flash. Is there such a feature/shortcut in that software? Because if there is, perhaps you could push for a shortcut preset to be included in Krita by deafult that mimicks Adobe Flash? Seeing as we already have one for Photoshop and PaintTool SAI, and Krita now supports animation, it should be possible to include some for popular animation softwares such as Adobe Flash/Animate and TVPaint.