1578160 - Add keyboard shortcut to navigate through history more easily in editor mode

Status: NEW

(DevTools :: Console, task, P3)

Description

[Nicolas Chevobbe [:nchevobbe]]

The shortcuts would also be available in inline mode since we can deal with multiline input there as well.
it looks like terminals register Ctrl+N and Ctrl+P to navigate through history.
We already handle those shortcuts, but only for OSX.
On other platforms, I guess this would conflict with open new tab and print page shortcuts, so maybe we should have another set (Ctrl+J and Ctrl+K could be an option)

Comment 1

[Dan Wolff]

I think I'd prefer Ctrl+H to open a History menu, and then stepping forward and back with arrow keys.

Comment 2

[Nicolas Chevobbe [:nchevobbe]]

We should try our best to be consistent with what is already existing in the industry so it feels more natural to people to use those shortcuts.
Having a menu as you suggested (or a mode), require a lot more work to get right, and is not consistent with anything out there.
We already have a reverse search UI if you want to look for a given previous command (Ctrl+R on OSX, F9 otherwise) (we are going to add an icon to make it more discoverable soon)