Fix

app/main.js

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ const { readLock } = require('../core/locks');
 const CaptureService = require('./capture');
 const { TextIntelService } = require('./text-intel');
 const { keepProcessesResponsive } = require('./win-power');
+const { zoomShortcutFromInputEvent } = require('./shortcut-utils');
 const security = require('./security');
 const PACKAGE_JSON = require(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'package.json'));
 
@@ -113,6 +114,12 @@ function createWindow() {
   // away from it and every popup is denied, so no other document can run
   // with this window's preload bridge.
   security.installWindowSecurity(mainWindow, 'main');
+  mainWindow.webContents.on('before-input-event', (event, input) => {
+    const kind = zoomShortcutFromInputEvent(input);
+    if (!kind) return;
+    event.preventDefault();
+    sendToRenderer('editor:zoom-shortcut', kind);
+  });
   mainWindow.loadFile(path.join(__dirname, 'renderer', 'index.html'));
   mainWindow.once('ready-to-show', () => {
     mainWindow.show();

app/preload.js

@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ const api = {
     onState: (fn) => ipcRenderer.on('capture:state', (e, payload) => fn(payload)),
     onStepUpdated: (fn) => ipcRenderer.on('step:updated', (e, payload) => fn(payload)),
   },
+  editor: {
+    onZoomShortcut: (fn) => ipcRenderer.on('editor:zoom-shortcut', (e, payload) => fn(payload)),
+  },
   archive: {
     export: invoke('archive:export'),
     open: invoke('archive:open'),

app/renderer/dialogs.js

@@ -169,7 +169,14 @@ function makeHotkeyInput(value = '') {
   return wrap;
 }
 
-async function promptText({ title, label = 'Value', value = '', placeholder = '', multiline = false } = {}) {
+async function promptText({
+  title,
+  label = 'Value',
+  value = '',
+  placeholder = '',
+  multiline = false,
+  onInput = null,
+} = {}) {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
     const field = multiline
       ? el('textarea', { rows: 6, placeholder }, value)
@@ -197,6 +204,9 @@ async function promptText({ title, label = 'Value', value = '', placeholder = ''
         resolve(field.value);
       }
     });
+    field.addEventListener('input', () => {
+      if (typeof onInput === 'function') onInput(field.value);
+    });
 
     setTimeout(() => field.focus(), 0);
   });

app/renderer/editor.js

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 const api = window.stepforge;
 const dialogs = window.StepForgeDialogs || {};
+const shortcuts = window.StepForgeShortcuts || {};
 
 const clone = (value) => JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(value));
 const BLOCK_KIND_ORDER = { text: 0, code: 1, table: 2 };
@@ -105,16 +106,21 @@ function isEditableTarget(target) {
   );
 }
 
-const ZOOM_IN_KEYS = new Set(['=', '+', 'Add']);
-const ZOOM_OUT_KEYS = new Set(['-', '_', 'Subtract']);
-
 function zoomShortcutFromEvent(e) {
+  if (shortcuts.zoomShortcutFromKeyboardEvent) {
+    return shortcuts.zoomShortcutFromKeyboardEvent(e);
+  }
+
   if (!(e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey)) return null;
 
-  const { key, code } = e;
+  const { key, code, shiftKey } = e;
   if (key === '0' || code === 'Digit0' || code === 'Numpad0') return 'fit';
-  if (ZOOM_IN_KEYS.has(key) || code === 'Equal' || code === 'NumpadAdd') return 'in';
-  if (ZOOM_OUT_KEYS.has(key) || code === 'Minus' || code === 'NumpadSubtract') return 'out';
+  if (
+    key === '+' || key === '=' || key === 'Add' || key === 'Plus' ||
+    code === 'Equal' || code === 'NumpadAdd' ||
+    (key === '=' && shiftKey) || (code === 'Equal' && shiftKey)
+  ) return 'in';
+  if (key === '-' || key === '_' || key === 'Subtract' || key === 'Minus' || code === 'Minus' || code === 'NumpadSubtract') return 'out';
   return null;
 }
 
@@ -154,6 +160,13 @@ class GuideEditor {
     this.saveStepDebounced = debounce(() => this.flushStep(), 180);
     this.saveGuideDebounced = debounce(() => this.flushGuide(), 180);
 
+    if (api.editor && typeof api.editor.onZoomShortcut === 'function') {
+      api.editor.onZoomShortcut((kind) => {
+        if (!this.active || !this.guide) return;
+        this.applyZoomShortcut(kind);
+      });
+    }
+
     this.onDocumentKeyDown = this.onDocumentKeyDown.bind(this);
     document.addEventListener('keydown', this.onDocumentKeyDown, true);
   }
@@ -1368,6 +1381,22 @@ class GuideEditor {
     if (mode === 1.5) this.dom.zoom150Btn.classList.add('active');
   }
 
+  applyZoomShortcut(kind) {
+    if (kind === 'in') {
+      this.setZoom(Math.min(3, (Number(this.currentZoom) || 1) + 0.25));
+      return true;
+    }
+    if (kind === 'out') {
+      this.setZoom(Math.max(0.25, (Number(this.currentZoom) || 1) - 0.25));
+      return true;
+    }
+    if (kind === 'fit') {
+      this.setZoom('fit');
+      return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
   pushCanvasHistory(recordOrLabel = 'change') {
     if (!this.currentStep) return;
     const record = recordOrLabel && typeof recordOrLabel === 'object'
@@ -2188,19 +2217,38 @@ class GuideEditor {
   async editAnnotationText(ann) {
     const step = this.currentStep;
     if (!step || !ann) return;
+    const originalText = ann.text ?? '';
+    const applyText = (nextText, { persist = true } = {}) => {
+      const selected = this.canvas.selected();
+      if (!selected) return;
+      selected.text = nextText;
+      step.annotations = clone(this.canvas.annotations || []);
+      this.pendingSave = true;
+      this.canvas.setAnnotations(step.annotations || []);
+      this.renderAnnotationPanel();
+      this.emitMeta();
+      if (persist) this.saveStepDebounced();
+    };
     const value = await dialogs.promptText({
       title: ann.type === 'tooltip' ? 'Edit tooltip' : 'Edit text',
       label: 'Text',
-      value: ann.text || '',
+      value: originalText,
       multiline: true,
+      onInput: applyText,
     });
-    if (value == null) return;
-    ann.text = value;
-    step.annotations = clone(step.annotations || []);
-    this.pendingSave = true;
-    this.canvas.setAnnotations(step.annotations || []);
-    this.renderAnnotationPanel();
-    this.emitMeta();
+    this.saveStepDebounced.cancel();
+    if (value == null) {
+      const current = this.canvas.selected();
+      if ((current?.text ?? '') !== originalText) {
+        applyText(originalText, { persist: false });
+      }
+      await this.flushStep(step);
+      return;
+    }
+    const current = this.canvas.selected();
+    if ((current?.text ?? '') !== value) {
+      applyText(value, { persist: false });
+    }
     await this.flushStep(step);
   }
 
@@ -2251,13 +2299,7 @@ class GuideEditor {
     const zoomShortcut = zoomShortcutFromEvent(e);
     if (zoomShortcut) {
       e.preventDefault();
-      if (zoomShortcut === 'in') {
-        this.setZoom(Math.min(3, (Number(this.currentZoom) || 1) + 0.25));
-      } else if (zoomShortcut === 'out') {
-        this.setZoom(Math.max(0.25, (Number(this.currentZoom) || 1) - 0.25));
-      } else {
-        this.setZoom('fit');
-      }
+      this.applyZoomShortcut(zoomShortcut);
       return;
     }
     if ((e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey) && e.key === '/' && !e.shiftKey) {

app/renderer/index.html

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 <div id="modal-root"></div>
 <div id="toast-root"></div>
 <script src="util.js"></script>
+<script src="../shortcut-utils.js"></script>
 <script src="canvas.js"></script>
 <script src="dialogs.js"></script>
 <script src="editor.js"></script>

app/shortcut-utils.js

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+'use strict';
+
+(function attachShortcutUtils(root, factory) {
+  const api = factory();
+  if (typeof module !== 'undefined' && module.exports) {
+    module.exports = api;
+  }
+  if (root) {
+    root.StepForgeShortcuts = api;
+  }
+})(typeof globalThis !== 'undefined' ? globalThis : this, () => {
+  function hasZoomModifier(source) {
+    return Boolean(source && (source.ctrlKey || source.metaKey || source.control || source.meta));
+  }
+
+  function zoomShortcutFromSource(source) {
+    if (!hasZoomModifier(source)) return null;
+
+    const key = String(source.key || '');
+    const code = String(source.code || '');
+    const shiftKey = Boolean(source.shiftKey || source.shift);
+
+    if (key === '0' || code === 'Digit0' || code === 'Numpad0') return 'fit';
+
+    if (
+      key === '+' || key === '=' || key === 'Add' || key === 'Plus' ||
+      code === 'Equal' || code === 'NumpadAdd' ||
+      (key === '=' && shiftKey) || (code === 'Equal' && shiftKey)
+    ) {
+      return 'in';
+    }
+
+    if (
+      key === '-' || key === '_' || key === 'Subtract' || key === 'Minus' ||
+      code === 'Minus' || code === 'NumpadSubtract'
+    ) {
+      return 'out';
+    }
+
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  function zoomShortcutFromKeyboardEvent(event) {
+    return zoomShortcutFromSource(event);
+  }
+
+  function zoomShortcutFromInputEvent(input) {
+    return zoomShortcutFromSource(input);
+  }
+
+  return {
+    zoomShortcutFromInputEvent,
+    zoomShortcutFromKeyboardEvent,
+  };
+});

tests/unit/shortcut-utils.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const test = require('node:test');
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+
+const {
+  zoomShortcutFromInputEvent,
+  zoomShortcutFromKeyboardEvent,
+} = require('../../app/shortcut-utils');
+
+test('zoom shortcut helper recognizes zoom in, out, and fit across event shapes', () => {
+  assert.equal(zoomShortcutFromKeyboardEvent({ ctrlKey: true, key: '=', code: 'Equal' }), 'in');
+  assert.equal(zoomShortcutFromKeyboardEvent({ ctrlKey: true, key: '+', code: 'NumpadAdd' }), 'in');
+  assert.equal(zoomShortcutFromKeyboardEvent({ ctrlKey: true, key: '-', code: 'Minus' }), 'out');
+  assert.equal(zoomShortcutFromKeyboardEvent({ metaKey: true, key: '0', code: 'Digit0' }), 'fit');
+  assert.equal(zoomShortcutFromKeyboardEvent({ ctrlKey: true, key: '=', code: 'Equal', shiftKey: true }), 'in');
+});
+
+test('zoom shortcut helper recognizes Electron before-input-event payloads', () => {
+  assert.equal(zoomShortcutFromInputEvent({ control: true, key: '=', code: 'Equal' }), 'in');
+  assert.equal(zoomShortcutFromInputEvent({ control: true, key: '-', code: 'Minus' }), 'out');
+  assert.equal(zoomShortcutFromInputEvent({ meta: true, key: '0', code: 'Digit0' }), 'fit');
+});