Updating permalinks with .htaccess non writable : the message to copy the mod_rewrite is not adapted to each OS

[Valer1e]

Here is the message, when we register the permalinks in the back office with a .htaccess non writable:

If your .htaccess file was writable, we could do this automatically, but it isn't > so these are the mod_rewrite rules you should have in your .htaccess file. Click
in the field and press CTRL + a to select all.

"CTRL + a" is different on Mac OS for example. It's possible that some people don't know how to do it? We also have a control key on Mac

[Valer1e]

It would be better if we would have something like :

If your .htaccess file was writable, we could do this automatically, but it isn't so these >are the mod_rewrite rules you should have in your .htaccess file. Click in the field and press CTRL + a (or ⌘ + A on mac) to select all

Patch to add Mac shortcut on permalinks page

Result :

See : https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/54633

[audrasjb]

Thanks for the PR @ajoah.
Looks good to me. Self assigning for commit consideration (it has to wait for 5.9 to be branched first, as it's milestoned to 6.0).

[SergeyBiryukov]

Thanks for the PR! I have a couple notes:

• We refer to this Mac key as "Cmd" in the `wordpress` TinyMCE plugin​ bundled with core. Should we maybe do the same here, or is ⌘ a more common/recognizable name?
• The same key combination is mentioned in two more instances in the same file for web.config and should be updated there as well.

Hi @SergeyBiryukov,

Well seen :)

Tinymce refers to cmd and ⌘ too : https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/5.8.2/src/js/_enqueues/vendor/tinymce/plugins/wordpress/plugin.js#L712
So I replaced the cmd reference by ⌘.

I updated the two other mentions of the shortcut in permalinks file

Conflicts solved (merged trunk to the PR branch)

[audrasjb]

I refreshed the patch and I confirmed it addresses the comment above. Self assigning for commit.

[audrasjb]

In 53047:

Adds "select all" shortcut for Mac on permalinks page when .htaccess is not writable.

This change improves the description of the "select all" shortcut for Mac users in Permalink Settings screen.

Props Valer1e, ajoah, audrasjb, SergeyBiryukov.
Fixes #54633.

Committed in https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/53047