Open Address Bar Suggestions in Background Tab with Cmd+Return

[rk1]

Hey! 👋

I've been really enjoying using Zen as an alternative to Firefox on macOS, thanks for the great work!

One small frustration I've run into: is there a way to make Zen open address bar suggestions in a new background tab using Command+Return on macOS?

I know that Command+Shift+Return currently does this, and I'm also aware of the open Firefox issue on this behavior: Bugzilla #1513830. However, my muscle memory is wired for Command+Return from using other browsers, so I was hoping there might be a way to adjust this behavior in Zen.

Thanks!

[dosubot[bot]]

Hi @rk1! I'm Dosu and I’m helping the desktop team.

Zen currently supports Cmd+Shift+Enter to open address bar suggestions in a new background tab, but Cmd+Return (without Shift) does not perform this action by default. There isn't official documentation for remapping this shortcut, but some users have worked around similar shortcut issues by editing the zen-keyboard-settings.json file in their profile directory on macOS. This file may allow you to customize keyboard shortcuts, though it's not guaranteed to support every action or modifier combination. You can find more details and user experiences with this workaround here.

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[rk1]

I don't think there's a way to do this via zen-keyboard-settings.json