From c8349df8b6bbfc26fbf8eddb3e3723a7ffd153ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kolaente <k@knt.li>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 23:36:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat(desktop): open task in main window with Ctrl/Cmd+Enter

When creating a task via quick entry, pressing Ctrl+Enter (or
Cmd+Enter on macOS) creates the task and opens it in the main
Vikunja window. Adds show-main-window IPC to bring the main
window to focus.
---
 desktop/preload-quick-entry.js                |  1 +
 frontend/src/components/home/ContentAuth.vue  |  9 ++++++---
 .../components/quick-actions/QuickActions.vue | 20 +++++++++++++++++--
 frontend/src/types/quick-entry.d.ts           |  1 +
 4 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/desktop/preload-quick-entry.js b/desktop/preload-quick-entry.js
index bad2de093..8ca3b088c 100644
--- a/desktop/preload-quick-entry.js
+++ b/desktop/preload-quick-entry.js
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ const { contextBridge, ipcRenderer } = require('electron')
 contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('quickEntry', {
 	close: () => ipcRenderer.send('quick-entry:close'),
 	resize: (width, height) => ipcRenderer.send('quick-entry:resize', width, height),
+	showMainWindow: () => ipcRenderer.send('quick-entry:show-main-window'),
 })
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/home/ContentAuth.vue b/frontend/src/components/home/ContentAuth.vue
index 2ae5d63e5..cceb8a48d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/home/ContentAuth.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/home/ContentAuth.vue
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 
 <script lang="ts" setup>
 import {watch, computed, onBeforeUnmount} from 'vue'
-import {useRoute} from 'vue-router'
+import {useRoute, useRouter} from 'vue-router'
 
 import Navigation from '@/components/home/Navigation.vue'
 import QuickActions from '@/components/quick-actions/QuickActions.vue'
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ function showKeyboardShortcuts() {
 }
 
 const route = useRoute()
+const router = useRouter()
 
 // FIXME: this is really error prone
 // Reset the current project highlight in menu if the current route is not project related.
@@ -143,8 +144,10 @@ projectStore.loadAllProjects()
 
 // Listen for task creation from the quick-entry window
 const taskUpdateChannel = new BroadcastChannel('vikunja-task-updates')
-taskUpdateChannel.onmessage = () => {
-	// Handled by later commits (e.g. open task in main window)
+taskUpdateChannel.onmessage = (event) => {
+	if (event.data?.type === 'task-created-open' && event.data?.taskId) {
+		router.push({name: 'task.detail', params: {id: event.data.taskId}})
+	}
 }
 
 onBeforeUnmount(() => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/quick-actions/QuickActions.vue b/frontend/src/components/quick-actions/QuickActions.vue
index a578c3762..f9d488243 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/quick-actions/QuickActions.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/quick-actions/QuickActions.vue
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 					@keyup="search"
 					@keydown.down.prevent="select(0, 0)"
 					@keyup.prevent.delete="unselectCmd"
-					@keyup.prevent.enter="doCmd"
+					@keydown.prevent.enter="onEnter"
 					@keyup.prevent.esc="closeQuickActions"
 				>
 				<QuickAddMagic
@@ -572,14 +572,23 @@ async function doAction(type: ACTION_TYPE, item: DoAction) {
 	}
 }
 
+let openTaskAfterCreate = false
+
+function onEnter(event: KeyboardEvent) {
+	openTaskAfterCreate = event.ctrlKey || event.metaKey
+	doCmd()
+}
+
 async function doCmd() {
 	if (results.value.length === 1 && results.value[0].items.length === 1) {
 		const result = results.value[0]
 		doAction(result.type, result.items[0])
+		openTaskAfterCreate = false
 		return
 	}
 
 	if (selectedCmd.value === null || query.value === '') {
+		openTaskAfterCreate = false
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -602,9 +611,16 @@ async function newTask() {
 
 	if (isQuickAddMode) {
 		const channel = new BroadcastChannel('vikunja-task-updates')
-		channel.postMessage({type: 'task-created', taskId: task.id})
+		const type = openTaskAfterCreate ? 'task-created-open' : 'task-created'
+		channel.postMessage({type, taskId: task.id})
 		channel.close()
+
+		if (openTaskAfterCreate) {
+			window.quickEntry?.showMainWindow()
+		}
+
 		closeQuickActions()
+		openTaskAfterCreate = false
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/types/quick-entry.d.ts b/frontend/src/types/quick-entry.d.ts
index 553c3e145..bfa09d63f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/types/quick-entry.d.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/types/quick-entry.d.ts
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ interface Window {
 	quickEntry?: {
 		close: () => void
 		resize: (width: number, height: number) => void
+		showMainWindow: () => void
 	}
 }