Map bindings to lowercase letters; only show key bindings when using keyboard shortcut

app/assets/javascripts/shortcuts.js

@@ -19,43 +19,49 @@
           return _this.focusFilter(e);
         };
       })(this));
+
       function gotoMenu(menu){
-        if($('.global-dropdown.open').length) {
-          window.location.href = $('.global-dropdown-menu .dashboard-shortcuts-'+menu).attr('href');
-        }
+        window.location.href = $('.js-dashboard-shortcuts-'+menu).attr('href');
       }
 
-      Mousetrap.bind('n', function() {
-        $('.global-dropdown-menu').addClass('shortcuts')
-        $('.global-dropdown-toggle').trigger('click');
+      $('.global-dropdown').on('hide.bs.dropdown', function() {
+        $('.global-dropdown-menu').removeClass('shortcuts');
+        Mousetrap.unbind(['p', 'a', 'r', 'l', 'i', 'm', 'e']);
       });
 
-      Mousetrap.bind('P', function() {
-        gotoMenu('projects');
-      });
+      $('.global-dropdown').on('show.bs.dropdown', function() {
+        Mousetrap.bind('p', function() {
+          gotoMenu('projects');
+        });
 
-      Mousetrap.bind('A', function() {
-        gotoMenu('activity');
-      });
+        Mousetrap.bind('a', function() {
+          gotoMenu('activity');
+        });
 
-      Mousetrap.bind('G', function() {
-        gotoMenu('groups');
-      });
+        Mousetrap.bind('r', function() {
+          gotoMenu('groups');
+        });
 
-      Mousetrap.bind('L', function() {
-        gotoMenu('milestones');
-      });
+        Mousetrap.bind('l', function() {
+          gotoMenu('milestones');
+        });
 
-      Mousetrap.bind('I', function() {
-        gotoMenu('issues');
-      });
+        Mousetrap.bind('i', function() {
+          gotoMenu('issues');
+        });
 
-      Mousetrap.bind('M', function() {
-        gotoMenu('merge_requests');
+        Mousetrap.bind('m', function() {
+          gotoMenu('merge_requests');
+        });
+
+        Mousetrap.bind('e', function() {
+          gotoMenu('snippets');
+        });
       });
 
-      Mousetrap.bind('S', function() {
-        gotoMenu('snippets');
+      Mousetrap.bind('n', function() {
+        $('.global-dropdown-menu').addClass('shortcuts');
+        $('.global-dropdown-toggle').trigger('click');
       });
 
       Mousetrap.bind(['ctrl+shift+p', 'command+shift+p'], this.toggleMarkdownPreview);

app/views/layouts/nav/_dashboard.html.haml

 %ul
   = nav_link(path: ['root#index', 'projects#trending', 'projects#starred', 'dashboard/projects#index'], html_options: {class: "#{project_tab_class} home"}) do
-    = link_to dashboard_projects_path, title: 'Projects', class: 'dashboard-shortcuts-projects' do
+    = link_to dashboard_projects_path, title: 'Projects', class: 'js-dashboard-shortcuts-projects' do
       .kbd
-        P
+        p
       %span
         Projects
   = nav_link(path: 'dashboard#activity') do
-    = link_to activity_dashboard_path, class: 'dashboard-shortcuts-activity', title: 'Activity' do
+    = link_to activity_dashboard_path, class: 'js-dashboard-shortcuts-activity', title: 'Activity' do
       .kbd
-        A
+        a
       %span
         Activity
   - if koding_enabled?
@@ -17,35 +17,35 @@
         %span
           Koding
   = nav_link(controller: [:groups, 'groups/milestones', 'groups/group_members']) do
-    = link_to dashboard_groups_path, class: 'dashboard-shortcuts-groups', title: 'Groups' do
+    = link_to dashboard_groups_path, class: 'js-dashboard-shortcuts-groups', title: 'Groups' do
       .kbd
-        G
+        r
       %span
         Groups
   = nav_link(controller: 'dashboard/milestones') do
-    = link_to dashboard_milestones_path, class: 'dashboard-shortcuts-milestones', title: 'Milestones' do
+    = link_to dashboard_milestones_path, class: 'js-dashboard-shortcuts-milestones', title: 'Milestones' do
       .kbd
-        L
+        l
       %span
         Milestones
   = nav_link(path: 'dashboard#issues') do
-    = link_to assigned_issues_dashboard_path, title: 'Issues', class: 'dashboard-shortcuts-issues' do
+    = link_to assigned_issues_dashboard_path, title: 'Issues', class: 'js-dashboard-shortcuts-issues' do
       .kbd
-        I
+        i
       %span
         Issues
       .badge= number_with_delimiter(cached_assigned_issuables_count(current_user, :issues, :opened))
   = nav_link(path: 'dashboard#merge_requests') do
-    = link_to assigned_mrs_dashboard_path, title: 'Merge Requests', class: 'dashboard-shortcuts-merge_requests' do
+    = link_to assigned_mrs_dashboard_path, title: 'Merge Requests', class: 'js-dashboard-shortcuts-merge_requests' do
       .kbd
-        M
+        m
       %span
         Merge Requests
       .badge= number_with_delimiter(cached_assigned_issuables_count(current_user, :merge_requests, :opened))
   = nav_link(controller: 'dashboard/snippets') do
-    = link_to dashboard_snippets_path, class: 'dashboard-shortcuts-snippets', title: 'Snippets' do
+    = link_to dashboard_snippets_path, class: 'js-dashboard-shortcuts-snippets', title: 'Snippets' do
       .kbd
-        S
+        e
       %span
         Snippets
   %li.divider