Add hotkey to select search bar

[gjed]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
When there are many images if frustrating to scroll up and down the list of images. The search bar is really nice but when jumping from image to image I have to select it every time with the mouse.

Describe the solution you'd like
It would be nice to have a hotkey to select the search bar

Describe alternatives you've considered
Scroll down the list or use normal chrome ctrl+f

Additional context
I added a accesskey attribute in the dist docker-registry-ui.js as a workaround and it works nicely. I'm don't know enough of riot to put hands on the original source code.

Ps: consider to implement more keyboard navigation: it would be really nice!

[Joxit]

Hello, thank you for using my project 😄

Yes, this would be a nice addition, I was a little afraid of the compatibility of browsers to tell the truth...

What actions do you want to do using shortcuts?

[gjed]

Yes compatibility doesn't always workout nice!
The "accesskey" attribute is supported pretty much everywhere, but the user experience is not consistent from browser to browser.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Global_attributes/accesskey

Other than the "f" shortcut for search, I'm not sure what would be nice or doable.. take it with a grain of salt.
As a story: the user navigats the registry using the keboard > shortcut "f" to filter down the images > select the images he wants form the ones left using "up/down" shortcut > press "enter" to select the one he wants to see the history/details > goes back to the main list or last search with "back" shortcut.

I see it like using the keyboard to navigate the filesystem in win explorer

Other idea completely off-topic: what about exposing prometheus-style metrics about the registry?

[Joxit]

Hi there,
You can now select the search bar with the shortcut CRTL + F or F3. When the search bar is already focused, the shortcut will fallback to the default behavior.

For prometheus-style metrics, you should write an issue here github.com/distribution/distribution, it's the project of the registry.