case 4756 - Ctrl+; inserts today's date, Ctrl+Shift+; date and time, in any text field

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/App.vue

@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ import gznotify from "./components/gznotify";
 import openObjectHandler from "./api/open-object-handler";
 import notifyPoll from "./api/notifypoll";
 import { processLogout } from "./api/authutil";
+import insertDateShortcut from "./api/insert-date-shortcut";
 export default {
   components: {
     gzconfirm,
@@ -310,10 +311,12 @@ export default {
     window.$gz.dialog.wireUpEventHandlers(this);
     openObjectHandler.wireUpEventHandlers(this);
     window.$gz.translation.setVuetifyDefaultLanguageElements(this);
+    insertDateShortcut.wireUp();
   },
   beforeDestroy() {
     //UNWIRE ALL EVENT HANDLERS FROM GZEVENTBUS
     window.$gz.eventBus.$off();
+    insertDateShortcut.unwire();
   },
   mounted() {
     const vm = this;

src/api/insert-date-shortcut.js

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// case 4756: keyboard shortcut to insert today's date in any text field
+// Ctrl+;       inserts "2026-10-26 - "
+// Ctrl+Shift+; inserts "2026-10-26 14:30 - "
+// at the cursor (replacing any selected text) of the text box being typed in, on the browser's clock
+// (same keys as Excel and Google Sheets)
+//
+function pad(n) {
+  return n < 10 ? "0" + n : "" + n;
+}
+
+export function dateText(now, withTime) {
+  let text = `${now.getFullYear()}-${pad(now.getMonth() + 1)}-${pad(
+    now.getDate()
+  )}`;
+  if (withTime) {
+    text += ` ${pad(now.getHours())}:${pad(now.getMinutes())}`;
+  }
+  return text + " - ";
+}
+
+function isPlainTextField(el) {
+  if (!el || el.readOnly || el.disabled) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  //the report editor (Monaco) has its own keyboard handling
+  if (el.closest && el.closest(".monaco-editor")) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (el.tagName === "TEXTAREA") {
+    return true;
+  }
+  return (
+    el.tagName === "INPUT" &&
+    ["text", "search", ""].includes(
+      (el.getAttribute("type") || "").toLowerCase()
+    )
+  );
+}
+
+export function handleKeydown(e) {
+  if (!e.ctrlKey || e.altKey || e.metaKey || e.code !== "Semicolon") {
+    return;
+  }
+  const el = document.activeElement;
+  if (!isPlainTextField(el)) {
+    return;
+  }
+  e.preventDefault();
+  el.setRangeText(
+    dateText(new Date(), e.shiftKey),
+    el.selectionStart,
+    el.selectionEnd,
+    "end"
+  );
+  //let Vue's v-model see the change, as typing would
+  el.dispatchEvent(new Event("input", { bubbles: true }));
+}
+
+export default {
+  wireUp() {
+    document.addEventListener("keydown", handleKeydown);
+  },
+  unwire() {
+    document.removeEventListener("keydown", handleKeydown);
+  }
+};