From 9bcad33012b6deb7d3dadf37e3aebc6d12e9bbfa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yuri Kuznetsov <yurikuzn@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:53:38 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] markdown shortcuts

---
 client/src/views/fields/text.js | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 69 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/client/src/views/fields/text.js b/client/src/views/fields/text.js
index 572d8b5aaf..3f5e67eb43 100644
--- a/client/src/views/fields/text.js
+++ b/client/src/views/fields/text.js
@@ -622,9 +622,13 @@ class TextFieldView extends BaseFieldView {
      * @param {KeyboardEvent} event
      */
     onKeyDownMarkdown(event) {
-        if (Espo.Utils.getKeyFromKeyEvent(event) !== 'Enter') {
+        const key = Espo.Utils.getKeyFromKeyEvent(event);
+
+        if (key !== 'Enter') {
             this._lastEnteredKeyIsEnter = false;
 
+            this.handleKeyDownMarkdown(event, key);
+
             return;
         }
 
@@ -686,6 +690,70 @@ class TextFieldView extends BaseFieldView {
 
         this.controlTextareaHeight();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @private
+     * @param {KeyboardEvent} event
+     * @param {string} key
+     */
+    handleKeyDownMarkdown(event, key) {
+        const target = event.target;
+
+        if (!(target instanceof HTMLTextAreaElement)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * @param {string} wrapper
+         */
+        const toggleWrap = (wrapper) => {
+            const {selectionStart, selectionEnd} = target;
+
+            let text = target.value.substring(selectionStart, selectionEnd);
+
+            if (text === '') {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            let textPrevious = text;
+
+            text = text.trimStart();
+
+            const startPart = textPrevious.substring(0, textPrevious.length - text.length);
+
+            textPrevious = text;
+
+            text = text.trimEnd();
+
+            const endPart = textPrevious.substring(text.length);
+
+            if (text.startsWith(wrapper) && text.endsWith(wrapper)) {
+                text = text.slice(wrapper.length, - wrapper.length);
+            } else {
+                text = wrapper + text + wrapper;
+            }
+
+            const newText = startPart + text + endPart;
+
+            // noinspection JSDeprecatedSymbols
+            document.execCommand('insertText', false, newText);
+
+            const newStart = selectionStart + startPart.length;
+
+            target.setSelectionRange(newStart, newStart + text.length);
+
+            event.preventDefault();
+            event.stopPropagation();
+        };
+
+        if (key === 'Control+KeyB') {
+            toggleWrap('**');
+        }
+
+        if (key === 'Control+KeyI') {
+            toggleWrap('_');
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 export default TextFieldView;