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[Feature]: Run the Script pane with Ctrl+Enter (⌘+Enter on macOS)

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
83/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
rust
Domain
documentation, frontend, testing

Research direction

Start with sqlbox.rs to follow the existing Ctrl+Enter handling, then find the Script pane's Run button and script editor. Keep the shortcut limited to editor focus and share its execution path with the button; preserve Enter and suggestion-list behavior. Update the tooltip and docs/user-guide/analysis.md, then add the described test verifying the script runs without changing its text.

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Description

enhancement
Before you start
What problem does this solve?

The Script pane (Analyze › Script) can only be run with its Run button. While writing and testing a script, every run means leaving the keyboard for the mouse, and then clicking back into the box to keep editing.

The SQL pane already runs its query with Ctrl+Enter (sqlbox.rs, documented in docs/user-guide/data.md), so the Script pane is the odd one out.

Proposed solution

With the focus in the Script box, Ctrl+Enter (⌘+Enter on macOS, egui::Modifiers::COMMAND) runs the script, as the Run button does:

  • The key is taken before the box sees it, so it runs the script and does not break the line. This is how sqlbox.rs does it.
  • It only applies while the Script box has the focus. Elsewhere the key does nothing new.
  • The box keeps the focus after the run, so editing goes on.
  • Plain Enter, and Enter or Tab while the suggestion list is open, keep their current meaning.
  • The Run button and the shortcut share one code path, so they can't drift apart.
  • The Run button's tooltip names the shortcut, and the Script paragraph of docs/user-guide/analysis.md mentions it.
  • A test checks that Ctrl+Enter with the focus in the box runs the script and leaves the text unchanged.
Estimated scope

Small: a minor tweak, small UI change, or text adjustment

Alternatives considered
  • Shift+Enter, as in notebooks. Ctrl+Enter matches the SQL pane, and one shortcut for "run what I typed" across panes is easier to learn.
  • A global keymap entry (keymap.rs). The shortcut only makes sense while the Script box has the focus, so it belongs with the box, as in the SQL pane.
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