Linear’s visual key feedback

The task manager app Linear does something interesting I have not seen before. In the keyboard shortcut tooltips, it highlights the modifier keys you already pressed, to give you confirmation you’re on the right track: I think this is nice, particularly given that the modifier key situation is kind of a mess, and particularly if you consider some keyboards present their modifier keys like this: I think it’s valuable to offer a connection between your fingers touching keys and something happening onscreen in real time – similarly how the blinker arrow in your car pulses exactly at the same rate as the sound it makes, to help you connect the two. However, Linear does not do this in all the contexts: While the first two videos might be simply bugs, I am not sure about the last three. It’s entirely possible this was done intentionally because these surfaces – the menus, the command palette, and the keyboard shortcut pane – do not support actually invoking the shortcuts. (Pressing the…